About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0899
  • TitleBoro landmark coming down
  • SummaryFacade (brick) of St. Mary's Antiochian-Syrian Orthodox Church, Boerum Place and State Street, with iron fence along front and side, fire hydrant and trash basket in center foreground, street light and signs and two parked automobiles in right foreground, pedestrian and parked automobile in left foreground, and residential buildings on both sides. Caption: "Boro landmark coming down--St. Mary's Antiochian-Syrian Orthodox Church on Boerum Place and State St. will soon be razed to make way for the new prison building to replace the aged Raymond St. Jail. The building, constructed in 1862, was the first synagogue to be built in Brooklyn. It has been occupied by the Syrian church for the past 33 years." (Church relocated in 1951 to 81st Street and Ridge Boulevard.).
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 13, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Mary's Antiochian-Syrian Orthodox Church ; Orthodox churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Syrian Orthodox: Saint Mary's Antiochian-Syrian Church