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124 Hicks Street, Admiral Silas Stringham House, ca. 1900. This home was built for Admiral Silas Stringham, a Navy officer who distinguished himself during the War of 1812, was Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and later commanded sailors during the Civil War. At the end of the 19th century, the brownstone was home to Henry Ward Beecher and his son. Here on March 8, 1887, the famed preacher died after an illness of a few days. The funeral service was held here before burial in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. While the home was extant in 1903 when it was mentioned in an article about historical Brooklyn Heights, it was no longer standing by 1936.
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124 Hicks Street
124 Hicks Street
Brooklyn: Admiral Silas Stringham House, 124 Hicks Street, corner of Clark Street, later home to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, undated.
124 Hicks Street
Brooklyn: Admiral Silas Stringham House, 124 Hicks Street, corner of Clark Street, later home to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, undated.
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