AG2188 - ST PETERSBURG ST PETER EPIS CH
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
N 27° 46.400 W 082° 38.322
17R E 338530 N 3073169
Church spire on another side of the park.
Waymark Code: WM1JVJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 54

1/1/1934 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)

1/1/1941 by CGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (KGC) STATION IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF SECOND AVENUE N AND FOURTH STREET N. IT IS THE TOP OF THE SHARP RED-SHINGLED CHURCH SPIRE WITH A CROSS ON TOP.
1/1/1958 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (ALW) THIS STATION WAS RECOVERED IN MAY 1958. IT IS LOCATED AT ST. PETERSBURG, AT THE SW CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET NORTH AND SECOND AVENUE NORTH. IT IS THE SPIRE OF ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
1/1/1972 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (JCL) THE STATION IS THE BASE OF CROSS WHICH SITS ATOP A RED SHINGLED SPIRE, WHICH SITS ATOP A BRICK CARILLON TOWER THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET HIGH. THE CHURCH IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN ST. PETERSBURG, IN THE SOUTHWEST ANGLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2ND AVENUE N AND 4TH STREET N. IT IS 60 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF 2ND AVENUE N AND 70 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF 4TH STREET N.
1/17/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

First located by skyboy01 on 2/14/2004
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Church Spire

County: Pinellas

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Saint Petersburg

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: AG2188

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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