About This Item

  • TitleGrace Baptist Church
  • Call NumberPOST_0070
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Grace Baptist Church, 6th Avenue and 53rd Street, Bay Ridge. Founded in 1886 as the West End Baptist Church and united with the 4th Avenue Baptist Church under the present name in 1908. ... On September 7, 1913, the cornerstone was laid. The building, dedicated in 1914, is of modified Gothic architecture with brick and limestone trim and has a seating capacity of 500. ..."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 6 x 4 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 12, 1945. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectGrace Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Baptist church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBay Ridge (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.