About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0075
  • TitleVan Pelt Manor House
  • SummaryDoor and portion of wall of Van Pelt Manor House, 81st Street and 18th Avenue; plaque attached to wall: "Van Pelt Manor House, erected 1686, occupied by Peter Van Pelt, an ardent patriot in the Revolutionary War. This tablet presented by Long Island Society, Daughters of the Revolution, 1925."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 25, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • SubjectVan Pelt Manor House ; Historic buildings ; Plaques
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bensonhurst: Homes: Van Pelt Manor House