About This Item

  • TitleCentral Presbyterian Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0526
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRendering (drawing, photographic postcard) of proposed Central Presbyterian Church, later erected at Marcy Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, with pedestrians, trees, two parked automobiles and residential buildings on both sides.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)photographic postcardsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Acock & Lloyd, architects." On recto: "Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y." at bottom of image. On verso: dates inscribed: 1-10-37 and Jan. 12/37. On verso: "... I thought you might like to see this sample of the architect's drawing. We are hoping to begin actual construction in 2 or 3 weeks. ..." Title from typeset caption on recto.
  • CreatorAcock & Lloyd
  • SubjectCentral Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Presbyterian church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.