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Photograph of Scott-Edwards House
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Scott-Edwards House

Built in 1730 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Scott-Edwards House is a historic home located at West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. It was built about 1730 and extensively remodeled in the 1840s in the Greek Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Scott-Edwards House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1730, Greek 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 752 Delafiel Ave., New York, 10310
  • When was it listed? February 1983
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • When was it built? 1730
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83001786 - 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 Scott-Edwards House, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering Scott-Edwards House, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,852 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,852 fires within 5 miles of Scott-Edwards House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 194 started naturally. 116 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/undetermined1307
Natural194
Arson/incendiarism116
Smoking81
Equipment and vehicle use53
Debris and open burning40
Fireworks27
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3

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 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing 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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Scott-Edwards House: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
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
West Brighton Plaza0.5 miles2024
Temple Emanu-El0.6 miles2007
Gardiner-Tyler House0.7 miles1984
Calvary Presbyterian Church0.7 miles2002
Richmond Terrace Cemeteries0.7 miles2016
Immanuel Union Church0.7 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001786 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.