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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

Text from '300 YEARS OF LONG ISLAND CITY 1630-1930' by VINCENT F. SEYFRIED

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