Nicolo & Salvatrice Guzzone
In tribute to Nicolo & Salvatrice Guzzone 1992 Submitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- tribute
- nicolo guzzone
- salvatrice guzzone
- 1992
Bodie Fairfax Koffman
BODIE FAIRFAX KOFFMAN He loved the light in the trees and the wind in his hair Submitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- bench
- park
- bodie fairfa...
Cobble Hill Historic District
Settled by Dutch farmers in the 1640's, the rural character of Cobble Hill began to change after 1836, when the Atlantic Avenue Ferry to Manhattan went into operation. The earliest buildings...
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- park
- greek revival
- new york com...
- historic district
- cobble hill ...
- 1640
- 1836
- 1880
- 1971
Cornelius Heeney
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CORNELIUS HEENEY FOUNDER OF THE BROOKLYN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN 1845 DIED MAY 6, 1848, ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES MARK HAYES, PRESIDENT EDWARD J. BREENPAUL W. FRESEARTHUR J....
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- cornelius heeney
- brooklyn ben...
- 1845
- 1848
- 1948
Public School 78
IN COMMEMORATION OF 100 YEARS 1888 - 1988 Submitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- school
- public school 78
- 1888
- 1988
Ponkiesberg Fortification
NEAR THIS PLACE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR STOOD THE PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION FROM WHICH GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED THE FIGHTING AT GOWANUS DURING THE BATTLE OF...
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- george washington
- ponkiesberg ...
- battle of lo...
- battle of brooklyn
- gowanus
- 1776
- 1926
- south brookl...
Cobble Hill Historic District
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION COBBLE HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT COBBLE HILL IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH DISTRICT, BOTH HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY. JENNIE JEROME, THE MOTHER OF WINSTON...
- brooklyn
- cobble hill
- cobble hill ...
- jennie jerome
- richard upjohn
- minard lafever
Ward Belmont College
WARD-BELMONT COLLEGE 1913-1951 In 1913, Belmont College (est. 1890) and Ward’s Seminary (est. 1865) merged to form Ward-Belmont College, a women’s junior college, preparatory school, and music...
31-33 Middagh Street
31-33 MIDDAGH STREET DOUBLE FRAME FEDERAL HOUSE CIRCA 1820 LISTED AS A PAINT STORE AND A MEN'S HAIRDRESSING PARLOR IN THE 1847/48 CITY DIRECTORYSubmitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- middagh street
- federal
- federal house
- 1820
- paint store
- hairdressing
- 1847
- 1848
The Packer Collegiate Institute
THE PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED BY HARRIET PUTNAM PACKER AS A MEMORIAL TO HER HUSBAND WILLIAM SATTERLEE PACKER CHARTERED AS AN INSTITUTION FOR THE ACADEMIC AND COLLEGIATE EDUCATION...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- packer colle...
- brooklyn fem...
- harriet putn...
- william satt...
- 1859
- 1854
- 1907
- 1945
ABRAHAM & STRAUS (A & S)
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE HISTORIC SITE OF ABRAHAM & STRAUS IN 1885, ABRAHAM ABRAHAM AND JOSEPH WECHSLER SELECTED THIS SITE AS THE HOME OF THE RETAIL ENTERPRISE THAT WOULD BECOME ABRAHAM AND...
- macy's
- a & s
- department store
- retail
- abraham abraham
- joseph wechsler
- isador straus
- nathan straus
- brooklyn
- downtown brooklyn
- fulton street
- fulton mall
Virginia Travell Weeks
VIRGINIA TRAVELL WEEKS 1900 - 1981 PEDIATRICIAN - HUMANITARIAN FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS GIFT OF THE CRANBERRY STREET ASSOCIATION 1986 JOHN W. RHODEN, SCULPTOR CRANBERRY...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- virginia tra...
- 1900
- 1981
- cranberry street
- 1986
- john w. rhoden
133 Clinton Street
This house was the former home of the Brooklyn Excelsiors, baseball champions of the United States in 1860. Constructed in 1851, the building was once the Jolly Young Bachelors clubhouse....
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- new york com...
- brooklyn excelsiors
- jolly young ...
- james creighton
- baseball
- civil war
- 1860
- 1851
- 1974
Brooklyn Heights Historic District
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, WITH ITS ELEGANT PROMENADE AND DRAMATIC VIEW OF MANHATTAN, IS ONE OF THE MOST...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- brooklyn hei...
- 1814
- robert fulton
- hezekiah bee...
- greek revival
- italianate
- 1898
- 1965
Certified Wildlife Habitat
National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat This property provides the four basic habitat elements needed for wildlife to thrive: food, water, cover and places to raise...
- national wil...
- wildlife
- habitat
- wildlife habitat
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- plymouth church
- national par...
- national his...
- 1935
- 1962
Plymouth Church - Underground Railroad Heritage Trail
The congregation of Plymouth Church hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Law of...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- plymouth church
- henry ward beecher
- 1850
- 1856
- underground railroad
- slavery
Henry Miller
1891-1980 Raised in Brooklyn, the best-selling author is noted for his imaginative, controversial novels Tropic of Cancer (1934), which chronicles his colorful life as an expatriate in Paris,...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- henry miller
- historic lan...
- author
- 1924
- 1925
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims - Landmarks of New York
LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS FOUNDED IN 1847 AS PLYMOUTH CHURCH AND BUILT IN 1849 FROM DESIGNS BY J.C. WELLS, THIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BECAME A CENTER OF ANTI- SLAVERY...
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- plymouth church
- henry ward beecher
- abraham lincoln
- plymouth rock
- 1847
- 1849
- 1860
- 1934
- j.c. wells
Eben Knowlton House
1889 EBEN KNOWLTON HOUSE 1938 HANS ISBRANDTSEN HOUSE ARCHITECT WILLIAM H BEERSSubmitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- 1889
- 1938
- william h. beers