Panorama of Richmond, Staten Island
![Panorama of Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. [view from high ground with St. Andrew'sChurch], Digital ID 105131, New York Public Library](https://images.nypl.org/?id=105131&t=w "Panorama of Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. [view from high ground with St. Andrew'sChurch], Digital ID 105131, New York Public Library")
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church recently celebrated its 300th anniversary. My mother's family lived nearby when she was young. They later moved, but my grandmother was buried from St. Andrew's, in 1955, I think.
Richmond was the Staten Island County seat until it was later moved to St. George, near the ferry. Richmond is more or less the geographical center of Staten Island.
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