About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0185
  • TitleThird oldest church in America
  • SummaryFacade (wood) and steeple (under renovation) of church with churchyard and tombstones in foreground, several trees, and residential buildings on both sides. Caption: "Third oldest church in America--the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church, at Kings Highway and E. 40th St., was organized on Feb. 9, 1954, in the vicinity of the first Colonial settlement in Kings County. The present white-steepled edifice, as photographed above in the Spring of 1951, was erected in 1848. It was the first church in Brooklyn and only two others in the county are older."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 30, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlatlands Dutch Reformed Church ; Cemeteries ; Reformed church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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.