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St. George's Church
Built in 1822. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“George's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 319 Front Street in Hempstead, New York. It was constructed in 1822 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as St.”
Wikipedia article St. George's Episcopal Church (Hempstead, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1822.
National Register reference number.73001211- 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
1897 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971994
Fires near this property
1,485 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,485 fires within 5 miles of St. George's Church
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 169 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/undetermined
896
Smoking
173
Arson/incendiarism
169
Natural
61
Power generation/transmission/distribution
59
Equipment and vehicle use
59
Debris and open burning
24
Recreation and ceremony
22
Misuse of fire by a minor
19
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
Other causes
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 National Weather Service names
Hempstead, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
Extensive flood damage was reported at the One Offering Tabernacle of God Church on Clinton St. in Hempstead. The church's organ, van, printers, furniture, religious artifacts, robes and several computers were destroyed. Several other vehicles in the church's parking lot were also damaged by flood waters. Numerous residents of Lido Beach, Long Beach and E. Atlantic Beach also sustained damage from flood waters entering their homes. National Blvd. was underwater, while Loop Pkwy. and portions of Lido Blvd. were closed due to flooding. Property damage amounts are estimated.
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.
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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