About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1408
  • TitleOld Revolutionary War block house
  • SummaryDilapidated stone or brick house in Greenpoint with tiled roof, four windows, and raised wooden porch; dirt road or path in foreground; vacant lot and boarded building in left background; fence and utility poles in right background. Inscription on verso: "Old Revolutionary Block House, Newtown Creek just off Meeker Ave. Penny Bridge."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Margins slight torn; ink cropping marks.
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Porches ; Abandoned houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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: Greenpoint: Homes: Revolutionary War Block House