More than a century before America declared its independence, the Bowne House was already laying the foundation for values that would become central to the nation's identity.
Officials say the Office of Chief Medical Examiner deemed the deadly fire a homicide on Friday.
NYPD detectives, inspectors from the Department of Buildings and the fire marshal have started a complex investigation into a deadly fire in Flushing, Queens.
The four-alarm fire broke out just before 12:30 p.m. at a mixed-used building on College Point Boulevard between Avery and Pople avenues in Flushing.
Fire broke out in one business on a commercial section of 41st Avenue just after 1:20 a.m., spreading to others.
The discovery was made just before 9:30 a.m. on 157-18 65th Ave. in Flushing.