Show u vt old plo M aa nolt houses SOS I 1 that T I 1 jwj mi come a down oual structures built ying by settlers ett 11 1 1 lers of 10 the OW island and pug that wu figure in ur pry 0 it JOSIH history to OJ give OAID way AV to 0 a V y railroad memo w p their various occupants w aw the improvements planned byi I 1 pennsylvania railroad PlO in try long Is BI city AI will ilita cause the demo no of so a ancient long island houses TTO oni these is 91 the bragaw house chicri alpa agite two centuries aD has stood pools on crest isola of so sunnyside Sunny side hill the es so connected wit it once comprised grea er ja livi i art of so sunnyside Sunny side and pug di IG kills j for JOA months agents of JO the company have quietly been buying large tracts of so land pull between the nor JON shore railroad tracks in U long islan city and pug woodside the company ha a v twofold two fold object in ITT view one OUO to I 1 acquire land pug needed near the aill outlet I 1 the new blackwell s island bridge an uv the other is 81 to ol obtain 11 land put needed nes gau the atil outlet lonno of jo the tunnel under the gill aae river by the recent purchase of ja th old plo bragaw estate it 11 Is sl said pits the las sul link lull has been added to ol a U strip dials of SO lam evl several blocks DOITy Sl wide which exten from moil the north shore railroad in ul long sao island city allo clear out ino to 01 om boca P side about two miles salm away bourgon broccard Brou card P and pug his ita wip Da tharine le ari febre french rd araug huguenots moil ft manheim on no the rhine landed on ao manhattan island in ul 1675 and pug bought uv estate in ul sunnyside Sunny side and pug dutch alls in ul old plo nassau there aT they established the family whose members are OIL new variously called bragal nv bragaw afe ad brokaw AV as gla the a old plo family name his w a by the aill british and pug sent jugs to ol oal prison ship jersey later by q bribing one quo of 10 the sentinels he escaped I 1 and went back to ol the aid pre of so the pa sd salol after the british took posses sion of so that part lard of so long island the house was searched almost daily by bands of jo soldiers in ul search o of 0 debels or jo plunder dutch kills creek adaa within feet of so the ain place and put the atil frame of so the old plo house was built at lie elizabethport Elizabeth port 1 1 fx A J A L the 04 1 W mansion and pug shipped to ol on boats instead of so nails stout bodden pine suld were used the site oils of so the house Is 91 bounded by rawson street the north shore rail road tracks middleburg avenue and pug skillman avenue its sli purchase will enable the ati road to 01 be ocl straightened year the homestead Is by the old plo bragaw schoolhouse on TEO this site richard bragaw erected a V public school and PUB gave the site to ol the old plo town of SO newton and pug it 11 was probably the bill first public school in ul queens county since that time amil the structure has been rebuilt times samil in ul addition to ol the bragaw homestead the oxil old plo jones house built on the so tate by one quo ot so the relatives of SO the family is 91 laul included in ul the purchase and pug it 11 will ilita also be razed pavel to 01 the atil ground there is 81 one quo plot jold ot lo ground which thus far ill the pennsylvania railroad has been unable to ol acquire it II is by a v tri ill att I 1 the old bragaw homestead fleen corrupted by sq later generations the ruins of so the alil original homestead are oil yet lax to ol be seen on what was known ol 01 the gill old plo ridge road in UI sunnyside Sunny side I 1 he present homestead was built by richard bragaw when it 41 was suat sold to ol the gill illva railroad pro company its owners were harry bragal a singer and pug miss ella R U bragaw who has taught lt school in ul long island city 1110 for genera while generally in UT a good state of 10 pre on many alq rooms of so the old plo arnol aa given over to 01 the winda and pug the memories of so the past from the great open hall on no the first floor a balustrade of so solid pilos mahogany leads up to 04 the gip different juala flights of so stairs to 04 the OID attic the mantelpieces are of 10 heavy carved wood and pal decorated with quaint tiling imported dual palao from moil holland the house conta ns su many relics flint angular strip dials bounded by sq skillman avenue jackson avenue and the otil north shore tracks ell JO S while of SO recent years the old PIO place Is by known as st the homestead the house was suta built by sq one quo of so the Brou cards in TIT the early part of so 1700 from the Brou cards it 41 passed into the hands of 10 the ryerson family and PUB next into the asod possession of SO the Larr emores A V century ago it if was swa bought by wll lim mell iustI av and pug it 11 is by now aou occupied by george H of so long island cit mr was sual born in ul this old plo homestead and pule he hopes to 01 spend the rest of so his sill life there for jod this SM reason he is si not IOU anxious to ol sell near avam it 11 stood pools formerly sll a v mill to 01 which farmers from harlem and pug other distant point brought grain to ol be ground all that is by left lial of so the mill is by one ono of lo the mill stones tA which Is 01 I 1 I 1 lit sill L the 04 homestead guns daod po d horns and pug fabres sabres old plo china and pug paintings a spinning wheel and old plo fashioned high post beds one quo of so which would fill illy a v bedroom so 0 a v modern flat during buian the arp revolutionary war the OTI house was a V ren devo is st for joy patriots when hard pressed by sq the aill british once richard bidgar its sly owned was owned by sq mr and pug Is by prized by sq him as be a v relic the british lill troops i pas to 04 be ocl stationed at IV this mill dur li 11 g the revolutionary war IWA and pug a v lo 10 cal historian states salvis with pious indig rat iva on that they consumed a v hogs head of so rum every three days much ila SITU to ol the demoralization of so the comma |