Rufus King House, 150th Street & Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens County, NY
Summary
Significance: Home of Rufus King, signer of the United States Constitution. He served on the Continental Congress, was a US Senator for nearly 18 years, and twice served as Ambassador to Great Britian. Though never elected to those offices, King was twice selected and the Federalist candidate for Vice President and once for President.
Survey number: HABS NY-6379
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001295
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
King, Rufus, owner
Location
jamaica, 40.70700, -73.79042
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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