George Werst Funeral Home, Glendale
George Werst Funeral Home (1934)
John and Catherine Siney House (1857)
71-41 Cooper Ave.
Glendale, Queens
The original builder, John S. Siney (1820–1901), owned a stage coach line which ran along Myrtle Avenue. Siney had married Catherine Lott Wyckoff (b. 1822), a member of the prominent Wyckoff family, in 1847. He bought the property on which he built his house from his father-in-law, Nicholas Wyckoff (1794–1866).
Henry Meyer (1850–98), owner of the Ivanhoe Tobacco Co., bought what was then considered the finest house in Glendale in 1886 as a home for his wife, Lorinda Adams, and their seven children. They moved to a larger new house in 1895, selling their house to Edward Bourcier. His estate sold it to the Forest Park Golf Links in 1906.
Around 1922, it was leased it to the Glendale Square Club, who bought it in 1924. (They were a Masonic social club who seem to have run a speakeasy out of the house.) Interestingly, the club was raided for showing pornographic films in 1933. The following year, they sold the premises to George Werst, who had established a funeral home nearby in 1901.
© Matthew X. Kiernan
NYBAI13-5942
George Werst Funeral Home, Glendale
George Werst Funeral Home (1934)
John and Catherine Siney House (1857)
71-41 Cooper Ave.
Glendale, Queens
The original builder, John S. Siney (1820–1901), owned a stage coach line which ran along Myrtle Avenue. Siney had married Catherine Lott Wyckoff (b. 1822), a member of the prominent Wyckoff family, in 1847. He bought the property on which he built his house from his father-in-law, Nicholas Wyckoff (1794–1866).
Henry Meyer (1850–98), owner of the Ivanhoe Tobacco Co., bought what was then considered the finest house in Glendale in 1886 as a home for his wife, Lorinda Adams, and their seven children. They moved to a larger new house in 1895, selling their house to Edward Bourcier. His estate sold it to the Forest Park Golf Links in 1906.
Around 1922, it was leased it to the Glendale Square Club, who bought it in 1924. (They were a Masonic social club who seem to have run a speakeasy out of the house.) Interestingly, the club was raided for showing pornographic films in 1933. The following year, they sold the premises to George Werst, who had established a funeral home nearby in 1901.
© Matthew X. Kiernan
NYBAI13-5942