About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0266
  • TitleFirst building for new St. John's campus
  • SummaryCaption: "First building for new St. John's campus--Architect's drawing shows $2,500,000 modern Gothic building for St. John's College which will be first structure erected on new campus of St. John's University on site of Hillcrest Golf Club, Jamaica. Work on building will start next Feb. 11; entire new campus is scheduled for completion in 1970."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Watkeys, 1953" printed in lower right corner. On verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorStudly, Adolph [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's University (New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Schools: Adult: St. John's University: Buildings