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Photograph of South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory
Photograph by Jim.henderson, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

South Congregational Church

Built in 1851 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“The South Congregational Church is a former Congregational and United Church of Christ church building complex located on the intersection of Court and President Streets in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City. The complex consisting of a church, original chapel, ladies parlor, and rectory was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on March 23, 1982.”

Wikipedia article South Congregational Church (Brooklyn), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1851, Romanesque Revival architecture.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. President and Court Sts., New York, 11231
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Brooklyn
  • When was it built? 1851
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82001183 - 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

1889 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering South Congregational Church, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering South Congregational Church, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

1,373 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,373 fires within 5 miles of South Congregational Church between 2002 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 115 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/undetermined905
Arson/incendiarism115
Natural84
Smoking83
Debris and open burning58
Equipment and vehicle use49
Fireworks33
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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 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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Congregational Church: 5 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Graphite, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Kings 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
John Rankin House0.1 miles1978
Carroll Gardens Historic District0.4 miles1983
Boerum Hill Historic District0.6 miles1983
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel0.6 miles1989
Cuyler Presbyterian Church0.6 miles2001
Cobble Hill Historic District0.6 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001183 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kings CountyAll 207 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.