About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0208
  • Title[Williamsburg Magistrates Court]
  • SummaryView from left of facade of Beaux-Arts courthouse (originally built as a bank, now used as a church) at 117-185 South 5th Street; "MAGISTRATES COURT" carved into frieze about four Ionic columns (inscribed lettering since removed); man in overcoat and hat sitting on base between two columns; woman pushing baby carriage in front of equestrian statue of George Washington at far right.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 30, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Columns, Ionic -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Government: Judiciary: Williamsburg District Magistrates Court