Jump to content

William Trist Bailey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 149.4.115.16 (talk) at 13:46, 19 February 2020 (Fixed typo). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

William Trist Bailey (October 9, 1846, Torquay, Devon, England - February 21, 1910, New York City, United States)[1] 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,[2] and turned Bayswater into a fashionable residential neighborhood. Streets in Bayswater which bear his name are Trist Place and Bailey Court.

Bailey is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York.[3]

References