Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society

Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society Dedicates this building as a Peace Site....

April 17, 1983

 

OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK BUILDING WITHIN THE PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT

THIS MANSION IS NOW USED AS A MEETING HOUSE BY THE BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE. IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF NEO-JACOBEAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE WITHIN NEW YORK CITY. IT WAS DESIGNED BY WILLIAM B.TUBBY, A WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1900 FOR WILLIAM J. CHILDS, THE ORIGINATOR OF BON AMI CLEANING POWDER.

 

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