About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1017
  • TitleChurch mansion
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1016), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two-story wooden house in state of disrepair, with shuttered windows, three chimneys, and six ionic columns, at Fort Hamilton Avenue and 101st Street; road, sidewalk, and overgrown lawn in foreground; trees in background.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 7, 1938. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses ; Abandoned houses ; Historic buildings ; Mansions ; Columns, Ionic
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Homes: Church Mansion