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Preliminary survey of the Voorhees house prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Preliminary survey of the Voorhees house prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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Title: Preliminary survey of the Voorhees house prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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This card was prepared as part of the selection process for the Historic American Buildings Survey, a program begun in 1933 by the National Parks Service to document America's architectural heritage with photographs, written reports, and measured drawings. The cards in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum represent a preliminary review intended to identify candidates for a more in-depth survey.
Date: ca. 1936
Collection: Brooklyn Museum Libraries, Special Collections [2]
Historic American Buildings Survey.
Voorhees-Sheppard House : 1240 Gravesend Neck Road opp. Homecrest Avenue, Brooklyn, New York / card prepared by Pope, Bretz.
1936
[Washington, D.C. : Historic American Buildings Survey], 1936.
5 cards : ill. ; 8 x 13 cm. + 3 loose photographs.
Subject: Voorhees-Sheppard House : 1240 Gravesend Neck Road opp. Homecrest Avenue, Brooklyn, New York / card prepared by Pope, Bretz. [3]
Institution: Brooklyn Museum
Medium: b/w photograph
3 x 5in
color
Rights: no known copyright restrictions
Citation: Brooklyn Museum Libraries. Special Collections
ID: NA735_B8_H621s_HABS_Voorhees_House_ (truncated)
 
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[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/v/Voorhees-Sheppard House : 1240 Gravesend Neck Road opp. Homecrest Avenue, Brooklyn, New York / card prepared by Pope, Bretz.