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The Fort Totten Officers' Club, known as "the Castle", is home to the Bayside Historical Society, which hosts events, historic exhibitions and cultural programs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Fort Totten Officers' Club, also known as the Castle, is a historic clubhouse located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens, New York. The officers' club was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887. It is a large Late Gothic Revival style building.
In 1639, Dutch Governor Willem Kieft (1597–1647) purchased the land that today encompasses Queens County from the Matinecock. William Lawrence (1622–1680), who served as a magistrate under Dutch and English administrations, was granted a parcel of land by King Charles II in 1645 that included a large portion of what is today Bayside, in addition to College Point, Whitestone, and Fort Totten.
The original Willets Point is the site of Fort Totten near Bayside, but over the course of the 20th century it became commonplace to apply the name "Willets Point" (derived from the street, rather than the geographical feature) to the area on the Flushing River instead.
Bayside contains two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. [46] Engine Company 306 is located at 40-18 214th Place, [47] while Engine Co. 326/Ladder Co. 160/Battalion 53 is located at 64-04 Springfield Boulevard. [48] The FDNY EMS Training Academy is located in Bay Terrace at Fort Totten. The site also contains a museum of FDNY ...
Fort Totten Park in Washington, D.C., is closed after World War I-era munitions were discovered there this spring, and park officials say there may be more.
Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort with exhibits of NY military history Hall of Fame for Great Americans: University Heights Bronx Hall of fame: Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women Fort Totten: Bayside Queens Military Tours of the Civil War ...
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