DescriptionColored illustrated postcard of George Street, New Brunswick, N. J. with a postmark on April, 5th, 1909.

The First Presbyterian Church (c. 1880), shown in the postcard, was destroyed in the Revolution. It was on George Street, at the corner of Paterson Street. Its structure exemplifies the Greek Revival style that dominated American building design throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. A cemetery sat directly behind the church from about 1837 until it was removed in 1922. In place of the cemetery a school and community center were soon erected on the back of the church. This historic structure, which was nearly destroyed by fire in 1888, finally succumbed o the red devil in 1947 (Images of American New Brunswick, page 64.)

Genrepostcards, photographs

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3542M98

CollectionPostcards

Organization NameNew Brunswick Free Public Library

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