Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church

Year
1888
Architect
Benjamin Finkensieper
Building type
Church
Material
wood frame (brick filled)
Owner name
Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church Extension Society
1243 Bushwick Avenue
Builder
R.B. Ferguson

1243 BUSHWICK AVENUE
Brooklyn, NY 11221
United States

Block
3395
Lot
1
cost
2500

The cornerstone for the church was laid October 20, 1890.1 DOB records indicate that Benjamin Finkensieper was the architect, although the new building application was filed in 1888.

  • 1Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 19, 1891.
Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, view looking northeast ca. 1920s
Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, view looking northeast ca. 1920s
Source
NYPL
Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, view looking southeast ca. 1920s
Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, view looking southeast ca. 1920s
Source
NYPL
External links
1243 Bushwick Avenue [Bushwiki]