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(Redirected from Bayside Historical Society) United States historic place
Fort Totten Officers' Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0827
Fort Totten Officers' Club, April 2009
LocationTotten and Murray Aves., New York, New York
Coordinates40°47′32″N 73°46′41″W / 40.79222°N 73.77806°W / 40.79222; -73.77806
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1870
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.86000446
NYCL No.0827
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1986
Designated NYCLSeptember 24, 1974

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. It is a two-story, rectangular frame building with a projecting central tower pavilion and sheathed in clapboard. It features identical, polygonal, three story towers and a wood parapet surrounding the roofline.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Bayside Historical Society

The Castle is now home to the Bayside Historical Society, which focuses on the area's history. Exhibits include Bayside and Queens history and culture, as well as the building's history.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. R. Gilmour (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Totten Officers' Club". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-01-16. See also: "Accompanying four photos".

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Queens, New York and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York


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