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Photograph of St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Photograph by Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

Built in 1865 (Carpenter Gothic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Alban's Episcopal Church is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, in the United States. The building is an historic Carpenter Gothic style church now located at 76 St.”

Wikipedia article St. Alban's Episcopal Church (Staten Island), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1865, Carpenter Gothic, by Richard M. Upjohn.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 76 St. Alban's Place, New York, 10312
  • When was it listed? October 1982
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • When was it built? 1865
  • Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
  • Architect. Richard M. Upjohn
  • National Register reference number. 82001264 - 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 St. Alban's Episcopal Church, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering St. Alban's Episcopal Church, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,767 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,767 fires within 5 miles of St. Alban's Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,551 acres in total. 159 started naturally. 145 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/undetermined1309
Natural159
Arson/incendiarism145
Smoking61
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of St. Alban's Episcopal Church: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Platinum. 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
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
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
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Farmhouse0.8 miles2020
Messiah Lutheran Church1.1 miles2025
Poillon-Seguine-Britton House1.1 miles1984
Voorlezer's House2.0 miles1966
Richmond Town Historic District2.1 miles2025
Woodrow Methodist Church2.1 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001264 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.