About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0145
  • TitleOne of several proposed designs for a Municipal Bldg
  • SummaryRendering of rejected plan for Municipal Building on in downtown Brooklyn, with rusticated base and Mansard roof; label on recto reads, "Comptetive Design For The Administrative Municipal Building"; annotations on recto read "Successful" and "Hill's Plan Rejected."
  • Date1903
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)photographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 1903. Retouched.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Unbuilt architectural projects -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, 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.
  • FolderFolder: Government: Judiciary: Municipal Buildings