HISTORY TOPICS: HOUSES OF WORSHIP
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, OLD ASTORIA
Back Of St George's Church Astoria Blvd & 14 St
In 1825 Samuel Blackwell donated the land on the northeast corner of Astoria Blvd. & 14th Street. The wooden frame church in the form of a Greek temple was finished in 1828 and continued to be used until Jan. 10, 1894 when it burned down. About 1855 the old church had been extensively altered and enlarged to twice its original size. After the fire the congregations met in the ex-seminary. A new church was begun in July 1903, this time facing 27th Ave., and was dedicated in February 1904. The old seminary was then moved to the east of the new church & used as a rectory. The ministers have been:
1828
Dr. Samuel Seabury
1934-1942
Kermit Castellanos
-1840
George Shelton
1942-
Marshall Bacot
1840-1849
John Walker Brown
Daniel Welty
1850-1856
Thomas R. Chipman
Damien Pitcaithly
1856-1886
Robert W. Harris
Donald Oxford
1887-1901
Charles M. Belden
1969-1973
Wendell Phillips
1902-1921
Herman L. Lonsdale
1975-1980
Richard U. Larom Jr.
1922
A.W. Brooks
1980
William K. Fuller
1923-1934
Aubrey P. Nelson
The congregation reached a peak of 400 in World War I and then leveled off at about 250.
Text from '300 YEARS
OF LONG ISLAND CITY 1630-1930' by VINCENT F. SEYFRIED
