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Messiah Lutheran Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 205 Jefferson Boulevard, Staten Island, 10312
  • When was it listed? December 2025
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • National Register reference number. 100012403 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

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 Messiah Lutheran Church, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering Messiah Lutheran Church, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,673 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,673 fires within 5 miles of Messiah Lutheran Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,513 acres in total. 143 started naturally. 143 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/undetermined1240
Natural143
Arson/incendiarism143
Smoking53
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony23
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing 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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Messiah Lutheran Church: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Platinum, 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
(Facility) Chevron Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.SulfurPlant
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
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
Woodrow Methodist Church1.0 miles1982
St. Alban's Episcopal Church1.1 miles1982
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Farmhouse1.5 miles2020
House at 5910 Amboy Road1.8 miles1982
Seguine House2.1 miles1980
Poillon-Seguine-Britton House2.2 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100012403 in Record Group 79.
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.