About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0114
  • TitleOld Four Chimneys House, ft. of Montague St
  • 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.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: George Washington