Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit 1
History Exhibition
Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit 2

Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit

August 30 at 11am (This weekend)

At Advance Masonic Temple

Astoria

🚪Door weighs 400 pounds and stands eight feet tall
🏛️Hosted by the Greater Astoria Historical Society

Step through a piece of Astoria's Revolutionary past: the eight-foot, 400-pound Blackwell Door, carved with a British "Arrow of Confiscation" from 1776. This rare 1765 colonial artifact is a stunning survivor of Queens' earliest days.

Revolutionary War artifact
free history exhibit
local heritage
America 250

Sunday, August 30, 11:00 AM

Free

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