Crown Heights and Weeksville Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly

Crown Heights and Weeksville

Author: Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
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Crown Heights and Weeksville
Author
Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
ISBN
9781531643263
The communities of Crown Heights and Weeksville are historically significant Brooklyn neighborhoods with foundations that trace back to New York's early founding. Revolutionary War skirmishes took place there, and following the emancipation of slaves in 1827, Weeksville became the site of one of New York's earliest independent African American townships. The hills of Brooklyn's Green Mountains hindered early settlement, and as a result a plethora of community institutions instead abounded in this far-flung outpost, including a penitentiary, hospitals, almshouses, old-age homes, convents, and monasteries. Traces of some of these early structures still remain. Using vintage images, Crown Heights and Weeksville chronicles the dynamic evolution of this area from rural township to the desirable center of culture, urban convenience, and architectural beauty.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Wilhelmena Rhodes KellyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublished: 08/26/2009ISBN: 9781531643263Pages: 130Weight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
The communities of Crown Heights and Weeksville are historically significant Brooklyn neighborhoods with foundations that trace back to New York's early founding. Revolutionary War skirmishes took place there, and following the emancipation of slaves in 1827, Weeksville became the site of one of New York's earliest independent African American townships. The hills of Brooklyn's Green Mountains hindered early settlement, and as a result a plethora of community institutions instead abounded in this far-flung outpost, including a penitentiary, hospitals, almshouses, old-age homes, convents, and monasteries. Traces of some of these early structures still remain. Using vintage images, Crown Heights and Weeksville chronicles the dynamic evolution of this area from rural township to the desirable center of culture, urban convenience, and architectural beauty.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/26/2009
ISBN: 9781531643263
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
The communities of Crown Heights and Weeksville are historically significant Brooklyn neighborhoods with foundations that trace back to New York's early founding. Revolutionary War skirmishes took place there, and following the emancipation of slaves in 1827, Weeksville became the site of one of New York's earliest independent African American townships. The hills of Brooklyn's Green Mountains hindered early settlement, and as a result a plethora of community institutions instead abounded in this far-flung outpost, including a penitentiary, hospitals, almshouses, old-age homes, convents, and monasteries. Traces of some of these early structures still remain. Using vintage images, Crown Heights and Weeksville chronicles the dynamic evolution of this area from rural township to the desirable center of culture, urban convenience, and architectural beauty.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/26/2009
ISBN: 9781531643263
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d