Title: | Cortelyou House, South Brooklyn. Built 1699. Corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street. |
Description: | The Jacques Cortelyou House (also known as the Vechte-Cortelyou House or Old Stone House) was built in 1699 and played a role in the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn. The house was destroyed in 1898 but was rebuilt in replica near its original location by Robert Moses in the 1930s. |
Date: | 1925 |
Creator: | P. Hurly |
Collection: | Brooklyn Museum Libraries, Special Collections [2]
[Clippings on historic Brooklyn houses] 1853-1925 [United States] 11 pieces : ill. (some col.) ; 14 x 14 cm.-30 x 37 cm. |
Subject: |
[Clippings on historic Brooklyn houses] [3] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Museum |
Medium: |
printed material 11 x 10.5 (28 x 27cm) color |
Rights: | no known copyright restrictions |
Citation: | Brooklyn Museum Libraries. Special Collections |
ID: | F129_B79_C61_Brooklyn_Houses_07.jpg |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/a69f9f2a4ed420dd8c5f0ffa68cb6bb3&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Brooklyn+Museum+Libraries%2C+Special+Collections
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/[/[Clippings on historic Brooklyn houses]