I mean, Captains Quarters, instead of building all those condos down there, it would have been beautiful to have another stately home there. I bet. Daller: Because you might remember, he was away for so many years. Its a plus for the borough too. So they said, You better get back here and do something. So I came back, got out of the military, got a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. And that was the Air Force. My mother and his wife never got along too well. I was in the mansion when the sisters lived there. Then I decided, well, Im going to get myself a nice apartment. Do you remember that? So if this can remain a part of the history, thatll be great for people to appreciate. Its no different from home. Ill do that. So that was over in Port Richmondits still there, I understand, the store. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. Daller: The stables. And he was so good. Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. So theres no more Scalamandr, I dont think, is there? Births: July 1847-48, July 1853-1909 Deaths: 1795, 1802-04, 1808, 1812-1948 Marriages: June 1847-48, July 1853-1949 *Includes records for western Bronx, 1874-97, and eastern Bronx, 1895-97. Yes. I dont know if it ever took off. Q: So he knew how much work it would take over the years and what a relationship would be like to. Dont remember what happened to it, right? Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. We just mentioned him. And my other sisternow, of course shes passed awaybut now her daughter took it, and the daughter gave it to her daughter. Because it was a big roof, like this, and then the gutters run around. And thats what I did. And then the Eric woke up, and I said, Well, I dont know. Is that what you want? And she was laying with her arms, like that. Yes. I just repainted. Big fluted columns with big Corinthian capitals on them. Its, all the numbers are accounted for. And not only that, we got a lot of manureI used to have it to put on all the gardens and to put on the fields and whatnot. Daller: Well, its just the fact that the South Shore has gotten very built-up. Daller: Yes, I found him. They were all womens stuff. That wasyou probably dont rememberthere was this great big factory right down here, built on the beach. The Seguine nestled in the back of his mind, Burke joined the Air Force and moved to London when he was 19. He was from Central America somewhere, and he just believed in everything had to be right. Troy. Wow, what a great place. I said, now here you are, the woman we always wondered about, asking me if Im interested in saving that house? I didnt know they were lilacs, but I could smell something pretty. Daller: Mm-hmm. Daller: That was the house that had ghosts. Theyd work out, and theyd be waiters, or this and that. She said shell keep the doors locked and call Linda if anybody wants to get in and take anything out. Of course, when I bought the house, that was all weeds growing up among the bricks. Daller: At least the property itself, because when you stood outside, I mean, you couldnt see anything. Search Staten Island obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. If it wasnt for Mrs. Mackey across the street telling me about the funeral, I would have never known. He had the military ship the items back to family members in New York City, a perk of military service that made moving his collection back to the States possible. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. And here was the street. Because the water was in the basement for so many years, all the dampness had lifted all the floorboards and everything, and so I had to dry the house out, and replaster the walls. And I was in the medical department, worked in the operating room. What a shame. And I lived there for quite a few years. But, Q: Let me ask you some more about the items that you collected when you were. And if theyre gonna make a museum out of it, theyre gonna have to pay somebody to greet people and take them on tours. Death and Obituary Indexes from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library includes: Buffalo Deaths, 1882-1892; Death Notices and Obituaries in the Buffalo News, 4-22-2009 to 2010; Index to Births, Marriages, and Deaths found in select Buffalo and Erie County Publications, 1870s-1950; some cemetery burial records; and other items. But, God, that was almost 100 years ago, you know? Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. Besides horses and Rusty, there are peacocks too. I knew what she looked like, I knew where it was. So I figured, oh, shit. And its more expensive to keep her horses there than it was here. She married her husband Thomas Burke on April 24, 1965, and had five children. He was an old craftsman from the other side. I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. Hes the man that built the house. And no ones going to be able to talk about it, and point things out, and say where it came from, or whats the history behind it. I thought for sure that would never go. And Ill see to it that, financially, things work out for the two of us. Who Where Receive obituaries Yenula Hennaka February 24, 2023 Because there was a big double parlor like this on one side of it. Daller: Mm-hmm! And everyone became extremely close. STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309. Daller: Well, he hopes that Historic House Trust and the Parks Department work hand in hand and maintaining itthat theyll maintain it as a museum. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. I cant remember her name. Burke: And he was one of the top portrait painters in Madrid. And the whole big building used to be a big private home, and then they had made it into a restaurant. Now, this is a portrait of Joseph Seguine. And a friend of mine I was very good friendly with was John. Im only a salesman in a department store. I said, and its going to take a lot of money to put that house back together. She said, Well, Im going to help you all I can. And I said, But why would I fix a house I didnt own? And she said, Well, why dont we talk about that. She said, If youre interested in buying it, I will make the arrangements that you can own it. Burke: Yes. So I would go to the flea markets and things. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. Ill give you a job. See Photos. And, minute he bought the house, did a little work in it, put it right up for sale. And with the Air Force, I enjoyed every minute. The ceilings had fallen down because a lot of the drain pipes had leaked. She was great, I loved her. So it just became a moot point. Special thanks to The Peggy N and Roger G Gerry Charitable Trust for their support to complete this initiative. But before we know it, there wont be a thing left in the house. Burke: Yes. Q: What do you think the role of this house is, in this part of Staten Island? This was the farmhouse. Burke: Oh, I loved her. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. And thats what I called out for was help. A necklace with a gold heart that opened like a. And we were sitting in the kitchen in the basement and he was going on the Ouija board and I said, What does it say, what does it say? And Eric is sitting there and hes talking, and hes sounding like a lady, and hes saying, Youre in my house, and I dont want you. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. I bought the house and Bess and Marge came over. And we used to say, Wow, wonder who lives there? And right there in front of the windows was a coffin with all the flowers around it and everything. But what was really, really bad was people, if they were going to build a garage, or they were going to build something, theyd go to that big, beautiful mansion and rip the siding off of it and take it back to build what they want to build. And the house was really, needed shapebut thank God it was built as well is it was built, otherwise it would have fallen down. Oh, that was the ghost in Tottenville. Q: And how did you keep track of all the items in your collection as they were moving from, Burke: Well, a lot of this stuff, I never got back, because once you left it for years and years, you werent going to go back and say, Well, give me that, and give me this. Was it your mother I gave her all the blue and. I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. But what she did is she sold off parcel after parcel in order for her to live here in the house because she had no income. Funeral homes; Help and . This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. Im gonna save this house. It was under your bunk. People: Mario Buatta, Luis Caizares, Linda Daller, John Krawchuck, James and Kathleen Pistilli, Adriana Scalamandr, John Scalia, Elizabeth Bess Seguine Aug, Joseph Seguine, Organizations: Friends of the Seguine Mansion, Historic House Trust, House of Scalamandr, NYC Departments of Parks and Recreation, Sherwin-Williams, U.S. Air Force, Places: Annandale, Hammersmith College, Port Richmond, Old Bermuda Inn, Saks Fifth Avenue, Seguine Mansion, St. George, Staten Island, Tidewater Inn, Tottenville, The New York Preservation Archive Project. Got a good price for a couple of other real estate pieces that I bought and fixed up and sold. They were all along the waterfront here. Daller: What about the coat? He got involved with riding there and was constantly riding. When I was over there looking at their house. My brother, he come in and he said, What are you, nuts? Then I startedI said, You know, theres a lot of things on this end of the island nobody wants, its the forgotten-end of the island. But that was biga big, two-bedroom condo. Finally, I think his wife got sick with that lung disease, didnt she? He was born Jan. 21, 1946, in The Bronx, N.Y. Bob is survived by his loving wife. Q: So those things that you got later on, afterthey didnt come from Europe. Burke: But everything will stay here exactly as it is, because if its going to be a museum, people are not going to come in and look at empty walls. . Right across the creek. They tore down those two nice little cottages that were there. Q: Was it a similar style? Im always doing something. Burke: I knew that. Staten Island, Brooklyn, New York, Kings, Long Island, and New Jersey (718) 966-7800 Yes, he helped me with the colors, and this and that, and what I should getgood orientals for the floor, which I had but they werent these. Oh, we were crabbing. And they did. Loving son of Joan (Perry) Burke of Plymouth and the late George W. Burke. And in the meantime, I made a couple of little investments and they turned out very well for me. Theyre going out for the garbage. I said, No, no, no, Im trying to take them. So I took them and I had them all redone and reupholstered, and here they are. Burke: Ed. Daller: And he uses every room, he doesnt sit in one room. And over the years, it became just prohibitive to try and do. Burke: Mario Buatta and a couple of people of his friends that were just as big. Burke: Well, look at the mansion! Dont look at me. Q: [laughs] How did you figure out what needed to be done with the house? And shell be caretaker. George Burke is one of these dedicated keepers: He minds the Seguine Mansion, which he bought in 1981. Burke: Hawaii. But they did a lot for me. And my sister, Bess, she was married to Walter, her husband, who was in the Navy. And I saved quite a bit of money. Burke: Let me think of how all that started. Scarpaci Funeral Home of Staten Island LLC. Daller: But he has albums upstairs, photos. You could ask for their house and youd get it. And then Iwhatd I do then, Ioh, I paid for this house, didnt I? The fact that the Seguine familythis was the farmhouse, their mansion was in Rossvilleand thats long gone. Oh, thats right. If you want to come in a business with me, John, lets make into a beautiful restaurant. So he said, Okay, Ive never owned a restaurant, but Id be willing to try it, George. So I said, Well, John, youre gonna have to put a lot of money in it because you have all the money, as being who you are. We were only allowed so much. I was Well, what are we talking about? And it was one of those busy, busy, goddamn nights. Youre working too hard. Kitchens were always built in a house outside by themself, and a breezeway going to the house, because the kitchens would always burn down. Theres a ghost in there. And I said, Well, I dont believe in ghosts. With that old fabric, theres enough to make drapes for one window. Stole all that carved stuff, stole all that stuff, that whole box of stuff. Were not going to stay and put up with these two people. And I never had timesometimes Id be sleeping on the pool table there because I just couldnt leave! Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. This the expensive piece of property! They sold it to the developers. Q: Right. In my early twenties? But thats part of whats been going on down here. Burke: Oh, and then the house, when I bought it, everybodythe real estate lady, she wouldnt come in. Everybody had left, and Bess and Marge were there, and Bess said to me, George, sit down. I mean, after it was finished, who cared? You made enough money. That works! Thankfully, no ones come here and said, Oh, you might have had slaves. I mean, Im sure if somebody came and decided to look back, theyd say, Oh, no, theres a reason for a house like that. People have ideals that are very strange. In Europe, he felt like he had been. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. I said, Oh shit, look at this. And I pulled that out and unwrapped it, and what the hell was in it? Thank you so much. I was living in London, and I was studying the history of art and design, or something like that, in the University of London, and he was going and he was studying art. They tear down one house and build five. And the porch went all like this, around the house. They are Chinese Chippendale. And that was a couple people from Tottenville, caused all that. I had no idea that that was it, when I bought the house or anything. Lookit, I saved the police station and the two buildings next to the police station. They cant just say, The doors are open for anybody, just walk in! Somebody will walk in, and say, Oh, I like those chairs, pick them up, and take them, and theyll be gone. Yes, she died and she was in the front parlor in the coffin, wasnt she? So I bought it. It was so overgrown. Burke: Oh, its in beautiful condition because the guy I told you, Jimmy Pistilli, he had it landmarked. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. Its just a shame. Frank Tredici Jr., age 79, of Staten Island, New York, passed away on Monday, February 20th, 2023. Ill do the whole window. Q: [Laughs] Yes. Hell utilize every room of the house. The son and his wife took over Scalamandr. So its saved forever. So as long as I own it, I own it, theyll pay for it. When he came he got everything going. Thats the usual setup, I think, for historic houses. And he died young. Burke: I was thinking about getting a big home, having a home, and what I would want in itthe paintings, what kind of furniture, carpets, everything. Theyre all gone. I mean, I could do a little woodwork, but I wasnt a carpenter. So coming back to it was a change. Q: Well, Im pretty much at the end of my questions. They were the Mackeys. [laughs]. Because she would always want her bottle of booze. And I said, Was that a dream? That was a great house. The income from the Seguine Equestrian Center, which stables some twenty horses a stone's throw from the mansion, helps. Burke: Its never finished! You cant ride anywhere but in a circle arena. All rights reserved. And he did these two chairs. And that was it. They dont know it. The whole family kind ofand the ladies got too old, and they decided they were going to move and go live inI think Georgia or Virginia, I forgot. He was an antiquehe had a big rug business in. In a house that you dont even own? And thats what this house is. Put a candle right in the middle of that floor and go take a walk. [laughs] He called it the one-candle house. There were some gorgeous mansions. Everybody came in to a coldwater flat in the Bronx and walked in amazed because theyve never seen anything like that. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. Of course, over therewhen I was over thereEngland was just getting out of the bad part of the War [World War II], and they had nothing over there. And I just got a call from all my lady friends saying that my house is falling apart. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. Thats the only way to explain it. And I renovated the bar, I renovated the other side, my two sisters came to work for me, running the kitchen and the dining room. Staten Island . The oldwhat the hell was itgrocery store. He was predeceased by his mother Lena Russo-Tredici. And it was quite difficult to maintain the big house we were living in. Burke: Of course, I come from a big house. George Burke. So I said, Well, I would have named it The Rossville Inn because it was in Rossville, but he will he loved Bermuda and he wanted Bermuda Inn. So I said, Yes, John, well call it the Old Bermuda Inn. It was gorgeous and very ornatewas very, very much like Greek Revival. Nobody wants to do that. But Id go off with Murphy and wed go to these estate sales and most of the stuff thats in here was, I bought and shipped it all back. Unfortunately, you got to find environmentalists, theyve got to look for things and theyve got to point things out. I could. Thanks very much to you. Burke: Scalia. Burke: Well, I dont know if people will ever realize in years and years to come that I saved so much, but they did give me a plaque for restoration. I dont want you in this house. I was born on Oct. 11, 1930, one of nine siblings, to an. Syosset. And that still is, today, one of the great places around here, the Old Bermuda Inn, and John still owns it. His family was like aristocratic. And how people went along with them, I dont know either. If you dont want to come dont show up. And he said since hes been here, he has nobody here. Q: And so all these items went upwalked up the stairs and were, carried back down the stairs. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. And it was called SS White [Dental Manufacturing Company]. I mean, its just normal living in a normal house. I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. I mean, its physically impossible. And we recognized Mario at the event. And then he got married and moved in with his wife. The columns werent square wooden ones, like these, they were beautiful fluted ones with all the Corinthian leaves on the tops of them and all that stuff. Casey Funeral Home Kathleen Burke, age 78 passed away at Richmond University Medical Center after a brief illness on January 26, 2023. But it only reached a certain point of it, not in the very beginning. And that was the Air Force. Q: So this is going to part of an online archive. George Burke. Before he died, thats what he was. So I said, The hell with this. The story about the coat that you had from Alaska? So I found this big beautiful, French, mansard roof, big Victorian house in Tottenville. And the house was like this, a big piece with two big wings. Burke: years ago, because I couldnt afford to keep it. Daller: Oh, yes. I was maybe nineteen, twentysomething like that. Probably. And it didnt take long to sell because it was a big piece of property, nice house. Staten Island, New York. It was piled up in their basement. Burke: Oh, what I want to do isover that fireplace, I want to take that painting downand bring my painting and put it over that fireplace. And it did all the dental workany kind of dental work and everything was manufactured there. Oh, God. It was a mess. And I took that for years. Its still that way. Burke: Yes. Q: Okay. Because the problem was is that my uncle was paying for everything in the househe was paying for the heating, he was paying all the utilities, paying all the bills. [laughs] But, itll be here. Oh, they loved me. George Burke is the restorer of the historic Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island, where he has lived and taken care of the property for over four decades. Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm MDT . But alls I know, they closed in New York and they moved out there. And then of course, being in New York and being in the thing like that, I got to be very, very good friends, with Scalamandr. Its going to hell. 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You said you started with the basement. That place took off like you couldnt believe. Daller: But when you got it, it really was in need of repair. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. Ill make you the drapes. The drapes are still up there. I was always in the operating room or someplace like that. We had beautiful stuff in our home, all the time. And because of that, and especially the interior design thing, I went around, did little jobs, and did things, and because I learned so much by going to that to school there, that when I got back here, I got nice little jobs here and there. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. It was similar, only bigger and more ornate. So, thats it, I said, to hell with it. Everything has to be environmentally done properly, so by the time you figure it out, youre spending more money, when youre making no money because you have no horses. She was great because she would know. Will they appreciate it? So finally, I think, the old lady died, didnt she? So I just grew up with it, knowing it. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. Was very little time on here. And he asked me would I be interested in working for him out here on Staten Island. You couldnt see the grounds through the trees and it was just covered and everything. Daller: Yes. And I hope whoever is in charge of itLinda will probably be here in charge! Q: Yes. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. Theyre very few. Daller: If they cant ride, why should they be here? Q: When you were making those decisions about decorating, were you thinking about a particular style, like a historic style, that you were going for? I said, Well, the only one I know that talked like that is Bess Seguine. She said, Well, this is me. I said, What is it, Bess? She said, I want you to come and save my house. I said, Are you kidding, Bess? I said, as a kid growing up, we were always down on the beach, looking back up at this big white house that looked like a big Southern mansion. I went to boot camp, I loved it. Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. Burke: Mario Buatta got me into all of that. And there was nobody but my mother and I now, living in our house. Daller: He did the sofa upstairs as well. And if I couldnt take care of them, Id call down to the base and theyd send a helicopter and theyd pick them up and take them down to the hospital, because we had to take care of them, because Alaska was ours, and all the Eskimos was our responsibility. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. I, being the youngest, of course, seeing everybody growing up. Ill help renovate it, fix it up and such. And thats what we did. Daller: A lot of the paintings came from Europe, though. He was the top interior designer in New York. Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. And my father died, and we were all very young. I mean, as a kid going down here crabbing, down on the beach, we used to look back at the house all the time. And he said, Mom, Ill move in to the other part of the house. And one day. Q: Is there somebody in particular that you work with for reupholstery or restorations? Burke: Yes. Burke: Well, most of the stuff in the house, he worked with me. And even though the house belongs, in essence, to Historic House Trust, they werent reimbursing him for anything. In fact, my mother worked there. Daller: Then you got rid of thatbut those are the early days. I lived in one room, for almost five years. So I would walk around, Id look and Id see some beautiful stuff for sale, for nothing. Save my house. And I thought, Oh, shit. I was down on the beach one day, I forgot what were doing. Burke: And all the others like it, well, I can remember, on the other side of the pond over there, going alongthe mansions that were over there. Like this chair that youre sitting in, these are Chippendale chairs in the Chinese style. A brooch that I gave Bess? I went around and I got it and shipped it all back home. So she said, Bess said, Were going to have to quit, George. I said Oh, shit. She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. See Photos. I had the house put back together. Burke: Im glad I did. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. So what I did, I decided, well, Id go inand we had where you could buy all your liquor and such in the post exchange. Burke, who knew of the home and property from the time when he was a child, was committed to the challenge. So that had the outside kitchen. So I got this on the front porch somewhere, nailed to the house, butdoesnt matter. So I moved into the house here. Yes, that was all Scalamandr. I mean, look, theyve been trying to get rid of the carriage horses in the city, for how long now? And it never had a kitchen. You werent on Staten Island. So here I was with all this stuff, sending it home to my family, sending it to my sisters. And I went in and I noticed my big box was gone. Still kept it. Burke: What were the things I did when what? Burke: Oh, well, look what I did. Daller: Its life estate that he has. And thats where she was. She said, You saw her in your dream. I said, Holy shit, I said, you think that was her? She said, It could have been her. I said, Then she went like that and chased me out of her house. She said, That was her. Burke - 1 - 2 and grew up 90% of my time on Staten Island until I became old enough and I joined the military. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! George Burke. Its a real pretty smell. She said, Yes, its lilacs. She said Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was always had to have lilacs. Burke: I dont find any difference living here. So a couple of days later, I have a dream. And underneath it was a whole kitchen and dining room that opened out to under the porch. If you give me a big helping hand here. I said, You know, I dont make that much money. And he was studying art and he painted my portrait that shell show you, thats upstairs. Burke: Oh, yes. Burke: Yes, but just think of that gorgeous, bigthe mansion that this was their farmhouse, up the street here, that was gorgeous. The mansion was gorgeous! You buy me out. And he bought me out. And all the time when all the lilacs would come in the spring, and the whole place would smell of lilacs, its gorgeous, still is. Thats annoying certain people. What was it, in the city? And I invested in a couple of things. I loved them too. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. 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