King Manor
- Year
- 1806
- Style
- Georgian
- City
- Queens, NY
King Manor, also called the Rufus King House, is a two-story house built around 1730 and expanded in 1755 and the early 1800s, blending Federal, Georgian, and Greek Revival elements. It was the home of Founding Father Rufus King, who bought the property in 1805 and expanded it into a 17-room mansion where he lived until his death in 1827.
the building
Rufus King Park. The house stands as the main structure within Rufus King Park, an 11.5-acre public park in Jamaica that preserves part of King's former estate; the King family occupied the house until 1896, and it was sold to the village of Jamaica in 1897 to become parkland.
the style
The house mixes Federal, Georgian, and Greek Revival elements, the layered result of construction begun around 1730 and expanded across more than seventy years of the King family's ownership.
More on Georgiansignificance
Designated a National Historic Landmark, the house, its interior spaces, and the surrounding park are all also New York City designated landmarks, and the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- First Reformed Church
- Grace Episcopal Church Complex
- La Casina
- Jamaica Savings Bank
- J. Kurtz & Sons Store
- Church of the Resurrection