About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0190
  • Title[Renderings of Kings County Courthouse]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0189), some of which may also be described in this new record; Architectural renderings of domed, neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon, Fulton, and Livingston Streets, subsequently demolished; 0189 shows building from front, with dome prominent; 0190 apparently shows building from back or in different form from completed design, with dome less prominent; caption on recto of 0190 reads, "KINGS COUNTY COURT HOUSE LIVINGSTON STREET."
  • Date1861
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0169: date inscribed: 1861; other dates of photographic reproduction inscribed on versos: June 14, 1939; June 25, 1939.
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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: Kings County Supreme Court: 1865 Courthouse: Renderings