Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex
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Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex, also referred to more simply as the Flatbush Reformed Church, is a historic Dutch Reformed church (now a member of the Reformed Church in America
) at 890 Flatbush Avenue and 2101-2103 Kenmore Terrace in Flatbush, Brooklyn
, New York
. The complex consists of the church, church house, parsonage, and cemetery
. The congregation was founded in 1654. The -story stone church building was constructed in 1796 and features a stone tower with stone belfry
. The stained glass windows are by Tiffany studios
and commemorate the descendants of many early settlers of Flatbush. The church house is a -story red brick and limestone
building. The parsonage is a -story wood-frame house moved to its present site in 1918. The cemetery is the last resting place of most of the members of the early Dutch families of Flatbush. The earliest legible grave marker dates to 1754.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
Reformed Church in America
The Reformed Church in America is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 170,000 members, with the total declining in recent decades. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1819, it...
) at 890 Flatbush Avenue and 2101-2103 Kenmore Terrace in Flatbush, Brooklyn
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Flatbush is a community of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City, consisting of several neighborhoods.The name Flatbush is an Anglicization of the Dutch language Vlacke bos ....
, New York
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. The complex consists of the church, church house, parsonage, and cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
. The congregation was founded in 1654. The -story stone church building was constructed in 1796 and features a stone tower with stone belfry
Belfry
The term belfry has a variety of uses:*Bell tower, an architectural term*Belfry, a type of medieval siege tower*Belfry, Montana, a town in the United States*The Belfry, an English golf club...
. The stained glass windows are by Tiffany studios
Tiffany glass
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios, by Louis Comfort Tiffany....
and commemorate the descendants of many early settlers of Flatbush. The church house is a -story red brick and limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
building. The parsonage is a -story wood-frame house moved to its present site in 1918. The cemetery is the last resting place of most of the members of the early Dutch families of Flatbush. The earliest legible grave marker dates to 1754.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.