{"nrhp_refnum":"02001356","name":"Calvary Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"909 Castleton Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staten Island","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.63504353700006,"lon":-74.11271196299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Calvary Presbyterian Church is a church complex at 909 Castleton Avenue in West New Brighton, Staten Island, made up of the 1894 church, an attached 1930 parish house, and a 1919 manse with a garage.","why_significant":"The nomination points to the church's blend of Tudor Revival and Romanesque Revival design and the high integrity of its buildings. It also stresses the five 1914 Maitland Armstrong stained glass windows, moved here in 1952 from the Randall Memorial Church at Sailor's Snug Harbor before that church was razed. The significance statement is truncated, so the criteria and period are not fully visible.","narrative":"Calvary Presbyterian Church occupies the northwest corner of Castleton and Bement Avenues in West New Brighton, Staten Island. The complex includes a church built in 1894, a Tudor Revival parish house added in 1930, and a Colonial Revival manse from 1919 with a one-car garage. The church combines Romanesque Revival and Tudor Revival features, using a bluestone base, brownstone trim, ironspot brick, stucco and decorative half-timbering. A corner tower holds the main entrance. Inside, exposed Georgia pine trusses carry the nave roof, and the pews are carved with quatrefoils. The congregation also holds five opalescent stained glass windows by Maitland Armstrong, made in 1914 for the Randall Memorial Church at Sailor's Snug Harbor. They were given to Calvary in 1952, shortly before that church was razed. Three were installed on the Castleton Avenue front, and the others in the west transept and the chancel. The nomination notes that the buildings retain a high degree of integrity and that about 98 percent of the window fabric is historic.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The church appears to be in good condition, apart from deteriorating window frames on the Castleton Avenue elevation. It remains in religious use, and the windows need repair over the next decade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.59-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001356/3bd34c0e84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001356/3bd34c0e84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Robert Haber","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calvary_Presbyterian_Church_909_Castleton_Avebue_Staten_Island,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Haber</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calvary_Presbyterian_Church_909_Castleton_Avebue_Staten_Island,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_Presbyterian_Church_(Staten_Island)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5024203"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/calvary-presbyterian-church-02001356/"}