. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . Wd^^o^^^ 325. William H. Schwalenberg. Charles Schwalenberg was a German by birth, andfor a number of years was a grocer in New York, first inElm street and afterward at the corner of Monroe andJackson streets. In i860 he removed to Hunters Point,where in 1859 he had built the Hunters Point Hotel,which he kept until his death, December 3d 1876, andwhich has since been under the management of his son,William H. Schwalenberg. He was prominent in social, business and politicalci
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . Wd^^o^^^ 325. William H. Schwalenberg. Charles Schwalenberg was a German by birth, andfor a number of years was a grocer in New York, first inElm street and afterward at the corner of Monroe andJackson streets. In i860 he removed to Hunters Point,where in 1859 he had built the Hunters Point Hotel,which he kept until his death, December 3d 1876, andwhich has since been under the management of his son,William H. Schwalenberg. He was prominent in social, business and politicalcircles, and was one of the most widely known and re-spected men in the place. He left a widow, two sonsand a daughter, all of whom are living. At the time ofMr. Schwalenbergs removal to Hunters Point thatlocality was coming into notice as the terminus of theLong Island Railroad. The Thirty-fourth street ferrywas established about that time, and Mr. Schwalenbergforesaw, to a considerable degree, the future growth andimportance of Hunters Point, which he later sawrealized. William H. Schwalenberg was born February 24th1852, at the
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