About This Item

  • TitleOld Four Chimneys House, ft. of Montague St
  • Call NumberMEMO_0114
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo boys leaning over stone to read memorial plaque imbedded therein and located at the entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenadete at Montague Street; plaque reads, "THIS TABLET MARKS THE LAND UPON WHICH STOOD 'FOUR CHIMNEYS,' THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AS HEADQUARTERS DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND WHEN IT WAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE AMERICAN ARMY FROM LONG ISLAND . . . ".
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 3/29. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectWashington, George, 1732-1799 -- Monuments ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historical markers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn Heights (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.