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Gustave Steinback (1878-1959) graduated from Columbia University's School of Architecture in 1900. From 1904 to 1913, he worked in partnership with his Columbia classmate Robert J. Reiley.
WOODHAVEN - 87th st, s e c 88 av. 1-sty bk church, 64x168, shingle rf, elec, hot water heat; $100,000; (0) R. C. Church of St. Thomas Apostle, 87th st & 88 av, Woodhaven; (a) Gustave E. Steinback, 157 W 74th. Manhattan (887).
FOSTER AV. - Hobart B. Upjohn, 456 4th av, Manhattan, has plans in progress for a church at the corner of Foster av and East 23d st for Flatbush Presbyterian Church, Rev. Herbert Field, pastor, 657 East 23d st, owner. Cost, $90,000. Architect will take bids on general contract in the spring.
Source: Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 109, no. 12: March 25, 1922
Existing building is 4 stories.
Source: Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 42, no. 1070: September 15, 1888 (pg. 1124)
Possibly C. P. H. Gilbert's first Brooklyn commission. These buildings are heavily modified, but there is still some remnant of a historic roof and cresting.
[UPDATE - the two buildings were demolished in early 2018.]
Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert.
C. P. H. Gilbert: The Wild Years (Christopher Gray, Streetscapes)
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