Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
From the record
“Church is a congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida, United States. The oldest church in Sanford founded by African Americans, it was established in 1867, when the church purchased land on the corner of East Ninth Street and South Cypress Avenue.”
Wikipedia article St. James A. M. E. Church (Sanford, Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Seminole County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.92000352- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
72 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 72 fires within 5 miles of St. James A. M. E. Church
between 1992 and 2018, burning about 402 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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
Railroad operations and maintenance
27
Natural
13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
10
Arson/incendiarism
7
Debris and open burning
6
Equipment and vehicle use
4
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Recreation and ceremony
1
Smoking
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of St. James A. M. E. Church: 4 unknowns, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Sanford, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning.
The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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.
The large circulation around Hurricane Michael located near the western tip of Cuba combined with high pressure to the north caused quick-moving showers with gusty winds to move west across central Florida from the Atlantic. As these showers moved over inland lakes, wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph occurred. A boat containing two men who were fishing on Lake Monroe capsized due to choppy seas created by the gusty winds. One man, who was wearing a non-secured life vest, drifted away from the boat and was found deceased the following day. The other man retrieved his lift vest while hanging onto the side of the boat and was rescued nearly 24 hours later. He was transported to a local hospital, suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion and was later released.
Thunderstorm winds produced widespread damage along the marina area of Sanford. A hotel, several boats, dock houses, and an office building suffered damage. Two people were injured when their car windows were blown out.
Between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell during the late afternoon hours in portions of northern Seminole County. Heavy thunderstorms that were nearly stationary produced significant rainfall accumulations in approximately 2 hours, and this resulted in localized flash flooding in the Sanford area. Standing water reached at least 2 feet in some spots, resulting in numerous road closure and several stalled vehicles. Flood waters briefly entered one home and several nearby garages. Several businesses in Downtown Sanford along 1st Street reported having 2-3 inches of water inside their establishments.
Rainbands associated with Hurricane Irma produced rainfall totals between 10 and 13 inches, resulting in areas of urban and poor drainage flooding. Numerous roadways were impacted by significant levels of standing water and many retention ponds reached capacity or overflowed. The most impacted areas occurred within Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Longwood and Sanford.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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