About This Item

  • TitleMust be saved
  • Call NumberCHUR_0206
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and tower (stone) of church with church sign on each side of doorway and globed street lamp and large tree in center foreground. Caption: "Must be saved--The Old Dutch Church of New Utrecht (now known as the New Utrecht [Dutch] Reformed Church) was organized in 1677 and the present building, shown above, at 18th Ave. and 83d St., erected in 1828. The church's contribution to Brooklyn history has prompted the Municipal Art Society to list it as a building worthy of preservation."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "18 Ave. & 83 St." and "now New Utrecht Reformed Church." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew Utrecht Reformed Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Reformed church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBensonhurst (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.