Brooklyn

At the BHS show “Landmark and Legacy: Brooklyn Heights and the Preservation Movement in America” which we got an early look at last week (and review this morning on Brooklyn Record), we were particularly taken with this poster. It’s an advertisement from 1846 for the G.W. Stilwell Foundry, a maker of iron railings, grates and fenders located at 38 Fulton Street. According to the Francis Morrone-curated exhibition, Stilwell produced several styles of Greek Revival iron work that was unique to the Brooklyn Heights market; some of it can still be seen in the streets of the neighborhood today. Another neat artifact from the show: The hand-made map (on the jump) created by local preservationists to document the existing architectural landscape of the neighborhood.
Exhibitions: Landmark and Legacy [Brooklyn Historical Society]
Exhibitions: Landmark and Legacy [Brooklyn Record]