Joseph V. Lieber photographs of Dutch colonial houses in Brooklyn
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The photographs are of various Dutch colonial houses, located in Brooklyn, and were taken by Joseph V. Lieber. The photos were made in conjunction with a Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (renamed Brooklyn Arts Council in 1987) project called the "Brooklyn Bicentennial Documentation Project."
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Dutch colonial houses were built in Brooklyn by early Dutch settlers and their descendants to resemble the architecture of the Netherlands. Dutch colonial houses in Brooklyn are identifiable by their gambrel roofs (typically a symmetrical two-sided roof consisting of two slopes), curved projecting eaves, end chimneys, shingled siding, and south facing entrances. As of 2011, several examples of Dutch colonial houses remain in Brooklyn including the Hendrick I. Lott House located at 1940 East 36th Street in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, the Pieter Lefferts House now located in Prospect Park (originally located on Flatbush Avenue near Maple Street in what today would be the Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood), and the Pieter Claeson Wyckoff House located at 5816 Clarendon Road at Ralph Avenue in the neighborhood of East Flatbush. All houses are landmarked, while the Wyckoff house holds the distinction as the first building in New York City to be landmarked.
Sources:
- Neighborhood Preservation Center. "New York City Landmark Preservation Commission Designation Reports: Hendrick I. Lott House." Accessed June 16, 2011. http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/89-LOTT-HOUSE.pdf
- The Wyckoff House and Association. "History." Accessed June 16, 2011. http://www.wyckoffassociation.org/association/history.html
- Dilliard, Maud Esther. Old Dutch Houses of Brooklyn. New York: R. R. Smith, 1945.
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The Joseph V. Lieber photographs of Dutch colonial houses in Brooklyn consist of 78 black-and-white photographic negatives (35mm) and two contact sheets. The photographs are of various Dutch colonial houses, located in Brooklyn, and were taken by Joseph V. Lieber. The photos were made in conjunction with a Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (renamed Brooklyn Arts Council in 1987) project called the "Brooklyn Bicentennial Documentation Project." Though Lieber did not identify the subjects of the photographs, the houses were described in a student paper, Colonial Dutch Houses of Brooklyn--1976, written by Lieber while he was an undergraduate at the Polytechnic Institute. Further, some of the houses were identified by James Hurley, the then director of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) at the time of donation.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Joseph V. Lieber photographs of Dutch colonial houses in Brooklyn, V1974.042, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was created in connection with a Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (renamed Brooklyn Arts Council in 1987) project in 1976. The photographer, Joseph V. Lieber, participated in the project. Film for the photographs was provided by the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society).
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