Save the Oldest Dutch Reformed Church on Staten Island!

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Save the Oldest Dutch Reformed Church on Staten Island!

The 'Dutch Reformed Church on Staten Island has been a fixture in Port Richmond since 1715 and a burial place for early settlers since the late 1600s. It is the oldest church building on Staten Islands North Shore and second oldest on the Island. The church, Sunday school building and cemeteries are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Reformed Church on Staten Island has requested NYC Landmark designation. This designation would prevent demolition and requires more oversight when construction is attempted nearby. The National Register is more symbolic than protective in scope.

With the increased uncertainty over the fate of the adjacent property, Farrell Lumber, a pending re-zoning study for the nearby waterfront in Port Richmond, the Reformed Churchs congregation URGES The Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City to designate the property in total as a NYC landmark.

63 Signatures

  • Nicholas F Matranga
  • George (Jeff) Morgan
  • Maggie Pulgar-Thompson
  • Lori Patton
  • Marion I. Lipshutz
  • Pat Reynolds
  • Michele Finnegan
  • Robin Locke Monda
    • Comments
    • Please consider this petition with all seriousness.
  • Anthony S Burdge
    • Comments
    • I find it outrageous that big business has an opportunity to encroach upon history, how would we feel if this was done to us in the future on sites that memorialize our labor and history?
  • Michael Shanley
  • Bill Donnenberg
  • Mark D. Berning
  • steven verardi
    • Comments
    • we must preserve our past so our future generations can learn
  • Elizabeth Fallon Culp
  • Neil Ostrander
  • Archie DePietro
  • Melvyn Bernstein
    • Comments
    • Please protect this unique treasure
  • Elizabeth Fowler DeParvine
    • Comments
    • I was baptised and grew up in this church. It is a part of Staten Island history that should be protected and preserved.
  • Robin Gerstad
  • Christian DuPuis Kinsella
  • Patrick Van Pelt
    • Comments
    • save our heritage
  • Lisa A Gilmore
    • Comments
    • Please save the church !
  • jaime parker
  • Buzz Van Santvoord
    • Comments
    • The first Van Santvoord to emigrate from Holland in 1718, Cornelius, (my ancestor) was brought to this church by the congregation to minister. We obviously want this building and his heritage saved.
  • MarjorieCenter
  • sherry santore
    • Comments
    • we need to save this church is a great chuch it is the oldest i have been a member for 29 years l love my church everything is the old stuff you can not get the structer of this building any where
  • Jennifer Maskaly
    • Comments
    • This is my family's church & relative buried there! Please save it!
  • Leon Bok
  • David Charles Willis (De Camp)
  • Thomas Mazzola
    • Comments
    • It is important to preserve history. It will help maintain the cultural identity of Staten Island.
  • Kathleen Langdon
    • Comments
    • Please save our family Church and preserve our genealogy hertiage
  • Jean Beggs
    • Comments
    • My husband's ancesters, The Corsen families, are buried here. We have seen several of his ancesters moved all over the NY area, including the last Westchester Guide who served with George Washington, Andrew Corsa from Fordham Manor. John Corsa and family from Fordham University to allow the building of St Johns Chapel. John Corsa donated his home and land to the University for use as a hospital. These are the people who dared to take a stand and build a new nation and the wonderous area of New York. They deserve our thanks and mostly our respect.
  • Ronald Meisels
    • Comments
    • Please preserve our Staten Island history especially all unique structures that are distinctive and give Staten Island it's historical character and Identity
  • COLLEEN MOONEY
  • Margaret Wyckoff
    • Comments
    • MY family the Corsons , settlers in 1680 are buried here.
  • Susan Wyckoff
  • Pauline
    • Comments
    • I'm a former resident of Staten Island, dismayed at the lack of appreciation of its history. Since the tragic destruction of Brighton Heights Reformed Church, the preservation of this, the oldest such church on the island takes on an even greater importance.
  • marc danischewski
    • Comments
    • protect our historic buildings
  • Joyce Sammons
    • Comments
    • my ancestor Johannes Thomassen Sammons went to this church in the late 1600's-1700s
  • Keneen Peters
    • Comments
    • don't destroy our heritage Usselton ancestors here
  • Alice Townsend
    • Comments
    • Please NYC! Respect your history !
  • Kelly Thakur
  • Stephen Alan Whitehead
    • Comments
    • There are some buildings that are so rooted in a counry's history thay HAVE to be prserved
  • Joseph Lichtenstein
  • Charlie Meadows
  • caroline Mannheimer
    • Comments
    • those who neglect the past, have no future
  • Alan Gilkeson
  • Holly Romansky
    • Comments
    • I'm for saving what our ancestors left for us.
  • Lilyan Garside Durkee
    • Comments
    • This property is a large part of the earliest history of New Netherland and our heritage. So much of which has been lost in the expansion of the city . Please preserve what is still preser vable
  • Lenore Barton
    • Comments
    • My Mother's family was active in this church for many years. What a shame to see it so neglected!