Built in 1887. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1887, by Richard M. Upjohn.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,125 fires within 5 miles of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church between 1997 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 121 started naturally. 168 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 | 1472 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 168 |
| Natural | 121 |
| Smoking | 111 |
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 69 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 63 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church: 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| 2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Lead | Unknown |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Boy's High School | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Renaissance Apartments | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Kismet Temple | 0.3 miles | 2013 |
 | Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.6 miles | 1996 |
 | St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Crown Heights North Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2014 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001700 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kings County | All 207 listed properties in this county. |
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