Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church |
Object Name |
Image, Digital |
Photographer |
Verdi, Vincent |
Date |
2004 |
Description |
Digital photograph, JPEG format. View of the exterior of Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church in Rossville, Staten Island. The artist employed infrared photography, impacting the appearance of light and color in the image. The church building has a faux-brick facade and inset concrete crosses above the windows. A staircase leads up to the double doors of the main entrance. A welcome sign and grassy yard appear in front of the church, and a house is visible in the distance at left. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twenty-first Century, Black History) |
Acquisition |
Gift of Vincent Verdi |
Ownership and History |
This photograph was created as part of the exhibition "Worship, Celebration, and Ritual on a Small Island: A Photographic Essay of Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church by Vincent Verdi." The Staten Island Historical Society partnered with photographer Vincent Verdi to display these images at Historic Richmond Town in 2005. The exhibition was made possible by funding from the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island and PSC-CUNY Research Foundation. Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church was first established in the 1850s in the Staten Island neighborhood known as Sandy Ground. (Its name at that time was African Zion Methodist Church.) The church structure depicted in these photographs was built in 1897 and designated a New York City landmark in 2011; it is located at 854 Bloomingdale Road. |
Earliest Date |
2004 |
Latest Date |
2004 |
Subjects |
African Americans Churches |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
05.003.0010 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, April 2018. |
Legal Status |
The photographer retains copyright to this image. |