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Photograph of St. Paul AME Church
Photograph by The Bushranger, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Saint Paul A.M.E. Church

Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2025 · category: Building · built in 1921.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 81, 83, and 85 Avenue I, Apalachicola, 32320
  • When was it listed? June 2025
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Apalachicola
  • When was it built? 1921
  • National Register reference number. 100011954 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Saint Paul A.M.E. Church, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet covering Saint Paul A.M.E. Church, surveyed 1943

Fires near this property

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Saint Paul A.M.E. Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning10
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(19) HATHCOCK FIRE
25 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(19) PARADISE FIRE
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MARSH (19)--0495
3 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKEVIN RD (19)
11 August 2016Fireworks6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCIPIO CREEK (19)
10 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOHNSON RD (19-5)

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this property

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apalachicola, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 tornado, 2 waterspout. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1996Tornado (F1)Apalachicola1 hurt, $10,000no account filed
October 2006Tornado (F1)Apalachicola$1,000,000A waterspout came ashore near U.S. Highway 98 and 26th Street. The tornado then tracked northeast through Apalachicola, and lifted near Water Street and Avenue G. A few boats at a marina were capsized. Four homes were destroyed and four dozen others were damaged. Hundreds of trees were either knocked down or had their tops sheared off, and numerous utility poles were down. The main electrical power substation was damaged, causing a citywide power outage. All telephone and TV cable lines were down. A restaurant along U.S. Highway 98 sustained heavy damage to its roof and outbuildings. An elementary school received minor roof damage. The city's hospital suffered heavy damage. A portion of the hospital's roof collapsed, winds blew out numerous windows, and two air handling units were torn from the roof. A local state of emergency was declared. Reports were provided by the Franklin County EMA and Sheriff, and damage surveyed by the NWS.
October 2001Tornado (F1)Apalachicola$325,000An F1 tornado touched down on St George Island. It destroyed a house at 320 Marks Street, and moderately damaged a neighboring house. Ten other houses on Marks Street sustained minor damage. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$15,000Straight-line winds inflicted minor roof damage to a drug store. Several tree tops were snapped off, one which fell onto a vehicle. The flagpole at the National Guard Armory Post was bent horizontally.
June 2017Tornado (EF0)Apalachicola$10,000A tornadic waterspout moved onshore western portion of St. George Island, causing minor tree damage and minor roof damage to 3 well-built coastal homes. Video on social media confirms that the tornado was on the ground as it crossed the beach. Damage was supportive of high end EF0 rating with max winds estimated near 85 mph. The survey was conducted with help and data from Franklin County Emergency Management.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$5,000There were multiple power lines blown down across Highway 98.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Apalachicola$5,000A waterspout made brief landfall on the west end of Saint George Island as a tornado before moving out over the open Gulf of Mexico. Minor damage was reported to a home along Seahorse Lane consistent with an EF-0 rating. The timing and track of the tornado was refined using radar data and photos of the waterspout over Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico from social media.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large trees onto power lines.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$3,000Scattered trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$1,000A few power poles uprooted. Reported by the Franklin County Sheriff.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindApalachicola$500Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees and blew a boat off a trailer.
September 2024Flash FloodApalachicola-The public reported that their driveway had ruts 12 inches deep from running water through town down to the bay. You could hear the water running through town down to the bay from the end of Ave C Road.
September 2024Flash FloodApalachicola-Submerged boat ramps were reported in Apalachicola due to flash flooding.
September 2024Flash FloodApalachicola-Flooding between 8th and 9th Street along Highway 98 resulted in a road closure.
September 2024Flash FloodApalachicola-Video on social media showed notable street flooding on Saint George Island Plantation.
September 2024Flash FloodApalachicola-Flooding occurred with water over the road on Ave E and 9th Street.
September 2023Flash FloodApalachicola-Several roads were reported underwater across St George Island with pictures on social media of flooding as well. An Ambient weather station on 7th St W on St George Island measured 6.94 inches of rain in about 5 hours.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindApalachicola-A tree was blown down near Apalachicola.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindApalachicola-A traffic light was blown down in Apalachicola.
September 2020Flash FloodApalachicola-The public reported via social media that Avenue F along with adjacent yards were underwater in Apalachicola.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindApalachicola-A 58 mph wind gust was measured at CWOP site CW8103 on Saint George Island.
February 2014HailApalachicola-Hail slightly smaller than a golf ball was reported near Apalachicola.
August 2012Heavy RainApalachicola-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.79 inches was recorded by APRSWXNET site C8103 located on Saint George Island.
October 2011Heavy RainApalachicola-The Citizen Weather Observer Program station CW8103 located on St. George Island reported a rainfall total of 9.10 in a roughly 16 hour time period. This is not a flood prone area, and no significant flooding was reported.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindApalachicola-Several trees were blown down on 12th Street in Apalachicola.
May 2006HailApalachicola-A Franklin County Sheriff deputy reported nickel size hail on the U.S. Highway 98 bridge.
June 2001WaterspoutApalachicola-A waterspout was sighted over Apalachicola Bay moving northeast toward Apalachicola and East Bay. It passed over the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge between Apalachicola and Eastpoint, then dissipated near Magnolia Bluff. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.
July 2000WaterspoutApalachicola-A waterspout was sighted just north of the bridge over East Bay. Reported by the Franklin County Sheriff.

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Apalachicola Historic Districtunder 500 feet1980
David G. Raney House0.3 miles1972
Trinity Episcopal Church0.4 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100011954 in Record Group 79.
Franklin CountyAll 8 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.