About This Item


  • TitleVan Pelt Manor House
  • Call NumberOGDE_0005
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryOne and a half story stucco house with dormer windows at 81st Street and 18th Avenue; antique mile marker before picket fence in left foreground; stone plinth reading "Van Pelt Manor House" before picket fence in right foreground.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 1914. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectStone houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Milestones -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.