Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Complex
The Flatbush Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, also known as the Flatbush Reformed Church, is a historic Dutch Reformed church – now a member of the Reformed Church in America – at 890 Flatbush Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The church complex consists of the church, cemetery, parsonage and church house.
Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Complex | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
New York City Landmark
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(2013) | |
| Location | 890 Flatbush Ave.Brooklyn, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°39′0″N 73°57′33″W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | Church: 1793-98 Parsonage: 1853 Church House: 1923-24 |
| Architect | Church: Thomas Fardon Church House: Meyer & Mathieu |
| Architectural style | Church: Federal Parsonage: Greek Revival / Italianate Church House: Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001690 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated NYCL | May 15, 1966 January 9, 1979 (expansion) |
H.P. Lovecraft mentions the complex in passing in his story "The Horror at Red Hook", speaking of its "iron-railed yard of Netherlandish gravestones". The Church House and grounds are featured in season 2 of the Hulu TV series The Path, where they are used as the Meyerists' New York City headquarters.
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