Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
[Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church fire] |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Photographer |
Biles, H.A. |
Date |
November 7, 1909 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W postcard. View of a fire at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in West New Brighton, Staten Island. A crowd of spectators stands on the street in the foreground. The church is two stories with tall, narrow, Gothic style windows on the second floor, and a bell tower at center front. Inscription in a black rectangle at the lower center: "H.A. BILES / PHOTO." Handwritten inscription on the reverse: "Trinity Methodist Church / Dedicated Jan 29, 1853 / Destroyed by Fire / Nov. 7, 1909." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
5.5 x 3.5 |
Ownership and History |
The fire was reported in the New York Times on November 8, 1909: "Residents of West New Brighton, S.I., flocked to Richmond Terrace and Dongan Street yesterday afternoon to watch the spectacle presented by Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, as flames which started on the first floor of the two-and-a-half-story structure of brick, ate their way through the roof, climbed the twenty-five-foot tower above, and finally sent it crashing into the building. A score of firemen, who had dragged a line of hose into the burning structure were almost crushed by the shower of brick. Before the blaze was put out the church had been destroyed, and the $10,000 organ damaged, probably beyond repair..." |
Earliest Date |
1909 |
Latest Date |
1909 |
Subjects |
Churches Fire |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1625 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, December 2019. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |