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Photograph of Edgehill Church at Spuyten Duyvil
Photograph by Jim.henderson, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil

Built in 1889 (Shingle style architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“Edgehill Church at Spuyten Duyvil is a former United Church of Christ parish church located at 2570 Independence Avenue in the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of The Bronx in New York City. Its congregation was founded in 1869 as the mission chapel affiliated with the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, serving the workers at the nearby Johnson Iron Foundry.”

Wikipedia article Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 91 National Register listings published here for Bronx County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1889, Shingle style architecture, by Francis H. Kimball.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2550 Independence Ave., New York, 10463
  • When was it listed? October 1982
  • Category. building
  • Borough. The Bronx
  • When was it built? 1889
  • Architectural style. Shingle style architecture, eclectic architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Francis H. Kimball
  • National Register reference number. 82001089 - 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

1891 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

2,363 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,363 fires within 5 miles of Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil between 2000 and 2020, burning about 754 acres in total. 131 started naturally. 134 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/undetermined1652
Smoking153
Recreation and ceremony143
Arson/incendiarism134
Natural131
Debris and open burning56
Equipment and vehicle use54
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing 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

Every fire recorded in Bronx County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Palladium, Platinum, Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium. 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) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Bergenfield PlantREEPast Producer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
180th St & 10th Ave Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Unnamed Pge OccurrencePalladium, PlatinumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bronx County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001089 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bronx CountyAll 91 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.