About This Item

  • Call NumberOGDE_0056
  • TitleFlatlands Church, built 1847-8, organized 1654
  • SummaryWooden church with tall steeple at Kings Highway and East 40th Street, seen at right, with classical wooden-frame building (perhaps parsonage) seen at left; churchyard with tombstones between the two buildings; lawn with allée of saplings in foreground.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: August 14, 1914. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectProtestant Dutch Reformed Church of Flatlands (New York, N.Y.) ; Reformed church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parsonages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderOgden: Folder 7