Bushwick Church, George Kramer
Kramer, "The What, Why and How of Church Building", page 70.
Bushwick Avenue ME Church 1901 Plan
NYC Department of Buildings
Bushwick Avenue ME Church 1901 Plan
NYC Department of Buildings
Bushwick Avenue ME Church 1901 Elevation
NYC Department of Buildings
View of Bushwick Avenue at Putnam Street, 1941
NYC Municipal Archives
Bushwick Central Methodist Episcopal Church (originally Bushwick Avenue M. E. Church, now Bushwick United M. E. Church) is a Romanesque Revival style brick and terra cotta church built in 1912, attributed to George W. Kramer. It replaced an earlier frame church that was constructed in 1887 (W. J. Browne, architect1).
The construction history of the existing building is not clear. The cornerstone on the existing building is dated 1912, however, Kramer illustrated the building in his 1897 treatise on church construction2. Adding to the confusion, DOB records record an addition in 1901, also designed Kramer (see DOB drawings, attached, which appear to show a wooden structure).