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163-165 Midwood Street
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163-165 Midwood Street, 1924. Nos. 163 and 165 are two in a series of ten homes designed by George Lawton of the firm of Lawton & Field for William A.A. Brown in 1899. Brown was banker, real estate developer, avid horticulturist, and powerful in the local political community. He was also the head of the (Brooklyn-based) Budweiser Brewing Company. This series of homes is similar to a grouping down the block at 117-151, but has Romanesque Revival detail at the basement level, while the others are more neo-Renaissance .
1177 Nostrand Avenue
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1177 Nostrand Avenue, 1962. Notice the long gone gas tanks behind the blockfront on Nostrand Avenue.
271 Rutland Road
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North side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, 271 Rutland Road at center, 1962.
115 Fenimore Street
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View west along Fenimore Street, from Bedford Avenue; 1914. The large house at center is No. 115 Fenimore Street. According to the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District designation report, No. 115 was completed in 1896, and is one of the first two houses constructed in Lefferts Manor, the development established in 1893 by James Lefferts on the grounds of his family's farm. The wood-frame house is still standing today, albeit in rough shape following a 2010 fire.
451 Rogers Avenue
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451 Rogers Avenue, 1962. The corner building (no. 451) stands out by being one story taller than its neighbors. It does share many of the same decorative architectural elements of the other buildings that front Rogers Avenue on the wast side between Lincoln Road and Lefferts Avenue. The entire row was likely designed by the same person. Each of the windows on the blockfront have the same decorative lintel above the window with the geometric square patterns with center festoons (carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons). This building, along with the four-story building at the far corner (no. 429), bookend this block and are decorated with an additional stone plaque of torches and wreaths between the top two stories.
King's County Alms House
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Maintained by the Department of Charities and Corrections of Kings County (Brooklyn), this almshouse shared a sixty-five-acre site with the Kings County Hospital and the Long Island Hospital for the Insane. While the grounds were beautifully laid out, the facilities were notoriously overcrowded and shabby. The women's almshouse was established in 1850, and a men's section was added in 1869.
75 Maple Street
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75 Maple Street, ca. 1924. Designed by Albert Morton Grey in 1922, this simple neo-Georgian home was built for Jeanne M. Reynolds. The facade is English-bond brick and the projected bay entrance (which is unusually on the side of the house) remains.
FDNY Engine 249
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Engine Company 249, August 7, 1962. Engine Company 249 was originally Brooklyn Fire Department Engine 49. It was established on January 20, 1896. After the consolidation New York City, to minimize confusion with the Manhattan firehouses, the Brooklyn and Queens engines had 100 numbers added to the names. So BFD 49 became FDNY 149. During a second reorganization in 1913 the engines were renumbered again, this time to with 200 numbers, making this one Engine 249. The firehouse on Rogers Avenue was the Engine's original building. The land was purchased for $1700 in 1895. The two-story, two bay, brick firehouse was designed by J. T. Lauretzen. A Romanesque Revival style structure of red brick and Indiana limestone, the dominating exterior feature is the rounded tower at tight. The back of the building originally featured six stalls for the horses that powered the trucks. The building underwent renovations in 1926 to modernize the space. In 1996, after 100 years of service, the building was once again renovated. This time the renovations included largely demolishing the structure (leaving only the front wall). A new three-story firehouse was constructed and attached to the original front wall.
135 Maple Street
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135-139 Maple Street, 1925. Check out the address on the steps on no. 135 at left. It is still visible more than 90 years later!
FDNY Engine 249
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This firehouse is almost the mirror image, although built with different materials, to the landmark Engine Company 40, Hook & Ladder Company 21 (1895) in Windsor Terrace. Lauritzen designed at least eight firehouses in the years just before the then-independent City of Brooklyn merged into Greater New York. This building originally had space for a steam fire engine, a hose truck, a ladder truck and six horse stalls. The projecting tower above the right corner was presumably for drying hoses. Architectural inspiration came from medieval and Jacobean England, particularly the ornate window surrounds and the ogee pediment above the left bay. In 1996 the building was essentially rebuilt, and a third story added, behind the historic façade.
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551 Rogers Avenue
\[View of south side of Fenimore Street.] View of south side of Fenimore Street just to east of Rogers Avenue.
559 Rogers Avenue
\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Fenimore Street and Hawthorne Street, looking south.
537 Rogers Avenue
\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Fenimore Street and Rutland Road S.E. corner of latter at far left. Breckir-Fox interior decorators, 533 Rogers Avenue.
270 FENIMORE STREET
569 Rogers Avenue
\[East side Rogers Avenue.] East side Rogers Avenue between Hawthorne Street and Fenimore Street. Bell (Frank R.) + Johnson (Algernon) Funeral Directors 559 Rogers Avenue.
569 Rogers Avenue
\[North side of Hawthorne Street.] North side of Hawthorne Street just to east of Rogers Avenue.
255 FENIMORE STREET
523 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Rutland Road and Midwood Street, looking north.
523 Rogers Avenue
\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Rutland Road and Midwood Street. Associated Food Store, 523 Rogers Avenue.
581 Rogers Avenue
\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Hawthorne Street and Winthrop Street, looking south.
240 Hawthorne Street
240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
240 Hawthorne Street
240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
240 Hawthorne Street
240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
219 Rutland Road
\[Rutland Road.] Rutland Road at n.w. corner of Rogers Avenue.
245 Rutland Road
\[View of north side of Rutland Road.] View of north side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
327 Fenimore Street
Portrait of J.S. Hall (James Sheridan Hall) of 327 Fenimore Street, Flatbush, undated.
327 Fenimore Street
Mrs. J.S. Hall (James Sheridan Hall) and two dogs, \[in front of?] 327 Fenimore Street, Flatbush, undated.
271 Rutland Road
\[View of north side of Rutland Road.] View of north side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue + Nostrand Avenue.
FDNY Engine 249
FDNY Engine 249
\[Engine Co. 249.] Engine Co. 249, on east side of Rogers Avenue between Maple Street and Midwood Street.
FDNY Engine 249
Brooklyn 43, Engine Co. \_249, 491 Rogers Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
1154 Nostrand Avenue
\[Nostrand Avenue and Rutland Road, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Rutland Road on Nostrand Avenue trolley line (# 44). View of tracks, shops, pedestrians, and a northbound trolley car.
619 Rogers Avenue
\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Winthrop Street and Parkside Avenue.
479 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue, between Maple Street and Midwood Street, looking south.
625 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Winthrop Street and Parkside Avenue - old houses.
Public School 92
P.S. 92 Aerial view of portion of PS 92, located at 601 Parkside Avenue, with iron fence along front, many parked automobiles, many pedestrians on sidewalks on both sides of street, including woman pushing infant in carriage in left foreground, and several buildings in left background.
629 Rogers Avenue
\[N.E. corner of Parkside Avenue.] N.E. corner of Parkside Avenue (right) and Rogers Avenue.
1177 Nostrand Avenue
\[View of east side of Nostrand Avenue.] View of east side of Nostrand Avenue looking south. Corner of Fenimore Street, center. (Emmanuel Fellowship Church 1177 Nostrand Avenue).
Public School 92
Brooklyn: Parkside Avenue - Rogers Avenue Parkside Avenue, at the northwest corner of Rogers Avenue, showing Public School No. 92. This shows the old school building on Rogers Avenue. The new building fronts on Park-side Avenue. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's CREDIT LINE IMPERATIVE
Public School 92
Soon to be dedicated Caption: "Soon to be dedicated--Ceremonies will be held soon to mark the opening of this addition to Public School 92, Parkside and Rogers Aves. The new \[three-story] building, on the left adjoining the old \[five-story] school, contains a gymnasium, auditorium and class rooms;" iron fence along front and several parked automobiles in foreground.
Public School 92
Brooklyn: Parkside Avenue - Rogers Avenue Parkside Avenue, at the northwest corner of Rogers Avenue, showing Public School No. 92. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's CREDIT LINE IMPERATIVE
Public School 92
PS 92 Close-up of portion of facade of PS 92, a four-story, brick building located at 601 Parkside Avenue, with four small trees, street light, and three parked automobiles in foreground; wooden barricade in foreground indicates construction, perhaps of sidewalk.
Public School 92
What need for language? Caption: "What need for language?--Here from France only one month and unable to speak English, Vivian Zimmerman, 5, of 590 Parkside Ave., squired by Mark Lazarus, same age, of 535 Parkside Ave., manages to have a very good time indeed at a summer playground kindergarten party of P. S. 92. Mark speaks no French;" sitting at table with dessert plate, they are both wearing paper party hats and each has right hand on a shared paper cup.
Public School 92
Public School No. 92, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y.
163-165 Midwood Street
645 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Parkside Avenue and Clarkson Avenue, looking south. Beacon X-Ray + Dental Co., 645 Rogers Avenue.
453 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Lincoln Road + Maple Street, looking south.
165 Maple Street
Maple Street between Rogers and Bedford Avenue. Limestone residences, detail of houses with bay projections.
165 Maple Street
Maple Street between Rogers and Bedford Avenue. Limestone residences, general view.
St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Gabriel's P. E. Church Reproduction from a periodical (?): facade of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 331 Hawthorne Street.
247 Clarkson Avenue
Flatbush: Herman Prilsch \[?] House, 247 Clarkson Avenue, 1922.
191 Clarkson Avenue
Flatbush: Ellen Crabb House, 191 Clarkson Avenue, west of Rogers Avenue, 1922.
191 Clarkson Avenue
Flatbush: Ellen Crabb House, 191 Clarkson Avenue, west of Rogers Avenue, 1922.
105 Hawthorne Street
\[N.W. corner of Hawthorne Street.] N.W. corner of Hawthorne Street and Bedford Avenue.
207 Clarkson Avenue
Flatbush: corner of Clarkson Avenue and Rogers Avenue, 1922.
1985 Bedford Avenue
\[East side of Bedford Avenue.] East side of Bedford Avenue (corner of Winthrop Street at left).
451 Rogers Avenue
\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Lincoln Road and Lefferts Avenue looking north.
Church of the Evangel
Congregational Church of the Evangel Facade (stone) of church, with street light, street sign, trees and shrubs, and portions of adjacent buildings. Caption: "Congregational Church of the Evangel. Bedford Avenue and Hawthorne Street, Flatbush. Founded 1907, worshipping at first in a small portable building. Cornerstone for present structure laid in 1916; dedication on September 24, 1917. Architectural style is along lines of parish churches in England with low side walls. Rev. Albert Roraback, pastor."
Church of the Evangel
117 Midwood Street
\[117 Midwood Street.] 117 Midwood Street, at n.e. corner of Bedford Avenue (left) and Midwood Street.
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