William Trist Bailey
Land developer
About William Trist Bailey
Lived 1846 – 1910 (aged 63).
William Trist Bailey (October 9, 1846, in Torquay – February 21, 1910, in New York City) was a land developer who founded the community of Bayswater near Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He purchased the land from the descendants of Richard Cornell in 1878, and turned Bayswater into a fashionable residential neighborhood. Streets in Bayswater which bear his name are Trist Place and Bailey Court.
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Who was William Trist Bailey?
land developer (1846–1910)
When was William Trist Bailey born?
William Trist Bailey was born on 9 October 1846.
When did William Trist Bailey die?
William Trist Bailey died on 21 February 1910.
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