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St. John's Episcopal Church
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St. John's Episcopal Church ca. 1939 9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway Church: 1890 Rectory: 1910 St. John’s Episcopal Church, originally Church of the Generals, was founded in 1834 and built by soldiers from Fort Hamilton. Numerous military leaders worshipped here, including Robert E. Lee, a vestryman from 1842 to 1844, and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, a parishioner from 1848 to 1850 after he fought in the Mexican War. This small country church has a frame structure with details painted red, white and gold, and features a rustic stone base and a slate roof.
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Robert E. Lee plaque, July 13, 1958. Brooklyn does not seem the likeliest place for a Confederate plaque, but yet they did exist. According to a neighborhood legend, Robert E. Lee, while stationed at Fort Hamilton in the 1840s, planted a Norway maple in the churchyard at St. John's Episcopal Church. The parish (established in 1834) was given the nickname of "Church of the Generals" because its proximity to the fort meant many military men worshiped there. (Stonewall Jackson was supposedly baptized there.) The current church building dates to 1890s. In 1912 the rotting condition of the tree was mentioned by the rector to a group that he was speaking in front of; that group was the Daughters of the Confederacy. The group, made aware of the connection to Lee, petitioned the Parks Department to save the tree. Once it was stabilized the Daughter's installed a plague honoring Lee. In 1935 the original tree, by then dead or fallen, was replaced with a new tree and new plaque. In 2017 following the protests and violence surrounding the removal of Confederate statues in Virginia, the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island (which had closed the church in in 2015) removed the plaques.
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St. John's Episcopal Church Portion of facade (stone) of St. John's Episcopal Church, 99th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, with cross over doorway, church sign and fire hydrant in right foreground, large tree on far right, and blacked out oval for missing insert in upper left.
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The Rev. Robert Y. Condit Two men in clerical attire standing in church room look at plaque. Flag draped over plaque, two flags on poles, left and three men in military attire in background. Caption: "The Rev. Robert Y. Conditt (left) pastor of St. John's Church, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 99th St., watches the Rev. Ernest M. Stires, Bishop of Long Island, unveiling a tablet in memory of General 'Stonewall' Jackson at the church yesterday."
St. John's Episcopal Church
9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway
St. John's Episcopal Church
Church of the generals Facade (stone) of church with sign at right of door, low hedge along front, and trees in right foreground and background. Caption: "Church of the generals--St. John's \[Episcopal] Church at 99th St. and Fort Hamilton Ave. \[Parkway] stands as a reminder of older Bay Ridge days."
9812 Fort Hamilton Parkway
9812 Fort Hamilton Parkway
St. John's Episcopal Church
9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway
St. John's Episcopal Church
Historic font Interior: woman wearing hat, right, kneels beside white baptismal front, left; inscription on font: "Gen 'Stonewall' Jackson baptised in this font, April 28, 1849. United Daughters of the Confederacy." Portion of stained glass window above font. Caption: "Historic font--Famous baptismal font at St. John's Episcopal Church, 99th St. and Fort Hamilton Parkway, at which Stonewall Jackson was baptised while stationed at Fort Hamilton."
St. John's Episcopal Church
Dedication Three men standing outside church. Man on left (bishop) wears large ring on right hand and holds staff in left hand; man in center wears military attire; man on right wears clerical attire and carries book (Bible?) in left hand. Several other men stand in background. Caption: "Dedcation--Bishop James P. DeWolfe offers his blessings at new Jackson and Lee Parish House of St. John's Episcopal Church \[99th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway]. With him are Col. James C. Ruddell, commander of Fort Hamilton, and the Rev. Theodore H. Winkert, newly instituted rector of St. John's."
St. John's Episcopal Church
\[Plaque says: This tree was planted by General Robert E. Lee while stationed at Fort Hamilton from 1842-1847.] Plaque says: This tree was planted by General Robert E. Lee while stationed at Fort Hamilton from 1842-1847. The tree has been restored and this tablet placed upon it by the New York Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, April, 1912. The plaque above says: This tree replaced the old one on this dite New York Division, U.D.C., 1935. At southeast corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and 99th St., in lawn of St. Johns Episcopal Church - Church of the Generals.
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\[St. John's Episcopal Church] Door and doorway of St. John's Episcopal Church, 99th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Large plants in octagonal tubs on each side of door. Above door: inscription, "Come unto Me;" above inscription: statues of Jesus and two smaller figures. Street lamp on far right and residential buildings on far left.
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