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Photograph of Calvary Presbyterian Church
Photograph by Robert Haber, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Calvary Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Calvary Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church complex at 909 Castleton Avenue in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. The complex consists of the Romanesque/Tudor Revival-style church building, parish house (1930), manse (1919), and a one car garage.”

Wikipedia article Calvary Presbyterian Church (Staten Island), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 909 Castleton Ave., Staten Island, 10310
  • When was it listed? November 2002
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02001356 - 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.

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Calvary Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering Calvary Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,699 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,699 fires within 5 miles of Calvary Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 807 acres in total. 179 started naturally. 101 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1189
Natural179
Arson/incendiarism101
Smoking85
Equipment and vehicle use49
Debris and open burning40
Fireworks27
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Calvary Presbyterian Church: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 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
West Brighton Plaza0.3 miles2024
Richmond Terrace Cemeteries0.5 miles2016
Kreuzer-Pelton House0.6 miles1973
Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House0.6 miles1980
Scott-Edwards House0.7 miles1983
Temple Israel Reform Congregation0.7 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02001356 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Richmond CountyAll 63 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.
  • 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.