About This Item

  • TitleCongregational Church of the Evangel
  • Call NumberCHUR_0055
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade (stone) of church, with street light, street sign, trees and shrubs, and portions of adjacent buildings. Caption: "Congregational Church of the Evangel. Bedford Avenue and Hawthorne Street, Flatbush. Founded 1907, worshipping at first in a small portable building. Cornerstone for present structure laid in 1916; dedication on September 24, 1917. Architectural style is along lines of parish churches in England with low side walls. Rev. Albert Roraback, pastor."
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Eagle." On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 17/32; caption printed in pencil.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectCongregational Church of the Evangel ; Congregational churches
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.