He was an old craftsman from the other side. Ill do that. So that was over in Port Richmondits still there, I understand, the store. This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. Unfortunately, all the grounds areI dont even know if the house is there anymore! Email or phone: Password: . 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? And Luis Caizares painted that. And I kept life rights for it. So I went down and I just went around and everything I seenall the stuff you see hanging in this house, most of it come from me going around and wheeling and dealing in, you might as well say, the black market. And he said, George, you know, that big, beautiful house that sits empty? Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. Daller: Mm-hmm. New York obituaries and death notices, 1986 to rent. So I took that out of the brick and I got some cement, put it all back in, put the wall back up. Its still there, the framework of it, with the brick. And she had this woman who was a caretaker. And I never got along with her that much because everything I wanted to do, she said, No, no, no, I dont like that. Daller: And that house was beautiful. Burke: All that stuff from England? Is there anything else that you would like to add about the house as it is now, the history, or the future of the house? But I put the kitchen in the basement and sealed up that, because once that filled up with water, it would leak into the basement. Besides horses and Rusty, there are peacocks too. 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? Some kind of jewelry. Q: [laughs] How did you figure out what needed to be done with the house? I spent enough time breaking my back. I mean, I had a beautiful condo in Florida. Staten Island, Brooklyn, New York, Kings, Long Island, and New Jersey (718) 966-7800 And right there in front of the windows was a coffin with all the flowers around it and everything. They bought a house. But because I was military, the military shippedwhen they moved me, they moved all my stuff. Scarpaci Funeral Home of Staten Island LLC. Q: And so, what sort of vision do you have for, you know, the next the next forty years, for how the grounds are maintained and how. Burke: And what is a shame islike, you take [one of our former boarders], she has two horses that she used to keep here all the time. And we were great gardeners and she had always come over in the spring, and she gave me little cuttings of all the flowers, and the different things. And one day. Too bad that there wasnt somebody with a brain. Daller: We really cant give you any details on that. And I said, Oh, shit. And the porch, I dont thinkone end of it, you wouldnt dare walk on because the whole thing would have collapsed. All went into the landfill. And I had to have somebody upstairs, standing on the stairs, and told me when to stop jacking, when the stairs got level, because the stairs were like this. I dont know what it is. Would you just sell me two acres there? So I moved into the house here. 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. Burke: Okay. She married her husband Thomas Burke on April 24, 1965, and had five children. Well, do you know what your preferences are? Facebook. And with the Air Force, I enjoyed every minute. Staten Island. Daller: Oh, I dont know. Daller: Plus the fact, it cost a fortune to take away the manure. 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. 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. Burke: I went and I was stationed in England, and I loved being in England. And so I had all that stuff in my apartment. Burke: Of course, Id been in Alaska for all that time. Loving son of Joan (Perry) Burke of Plymouth and the late George W. Burke. Its Greek Revival. And I just got a call from all my lady friends saying that my house is falling apart. Because he paid for the entire outside himself. And the people that lived there, they got a little too old to stay there. Burke: Yes, Mario come out all the time. Burke: What were the things I did when what? Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. Anyway, there was three things that I found by doing some worklike, giftsI forget what they were. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. Kathleen graduated from St. Peter's Girls High School in 1962. Burke: Yes. Q: And how did you decide, I guess, how to rebuild? And over the years, it became just prohibitive to try and do. 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. Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. But some strange things did happen in the house. And I would just would go around and Id just pick stuff up. And I, throughout the time, I went from room to room in the house and restored it. But the other house, one of his friends was pushed down the stairs. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. Daller: So not that much time was spent on Staten Island. Help NYPAP document and celebrate NYCs preservation movement. And shell be caretaker. So I had all my goodies packed in a box, getting ready to go. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. And I got these. Would you like to elaborate on that? She spent most of her life as a homemaker. Burke: Well, I wanted a beautiful Victorian look. Interviewing George Burke, and. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY June 26, 1943. She had to move them to New Jersey. They even stopped you riding in the parks. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. Its going to hell. Daller: Right, we really dont discuss any of that. How the hell they got to the right people, I dont know. But alls I know, they closed in New York and they moved out there. But before we know it, there wont be a thing left in the house. And I said, Was that a dream? Burke: Yes, I paid off this house. Lets stay friends. Syosset. Well, by this time, I had a lot of money. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. From last time I saw it, it looked like it needed a bulldozer! She said, No, no, no. She said, you can save it. More beautiful than peoples houses. So when he left the apartment and came to Staten Island, things started to move back into different sisters again until he was ready to relocate it again. But he was excellent. He was the top interior designer in New York. Well, the paintings and the small stuff like thatthat like that mirror and those paintings and all that stuffthat was all the little stuff. See Photos. Sure, Id no idea of ever owning his house because I had a beautiful big house in Tottenvillebig French style house. Burke: It was. And I had beautiful big pieces of Meissen that I got when I was in Germany, and it all went here and there andI cant get it back. Thats why I did what I did, because I figured that if anything ever happens to me, all of this, now, will have to stay as it is. Yes, and I had bought the house, but I couldnt have the house and move in until she died. 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. You said you started with the basement. But I forgot what the other two things were. That was the most beautiful mansion. Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. And the house was like this, a big piece with two big wings. Burke: Greek revival. Daller: And he uses every room, he doesnt sit in one room. And this is Sarah Dziedzic. Daller: We lived several places. A lot of the windows were broken out of it. And he dealed in antique rugs, and regular rugs and everything. I probably gave it to Bess. So they. So theres no more Scalamandr, I dont think, is there? I know everything, what to do. They were great. I mean, its physically impossible. The developers came in with bulldozersbulldozed that mansion, bulldozed the stables. So coming back to it was a change. And I was in the medical department, worked in the operating room. Stony Brook. And that was it. So that makes sense. Most recent obituaries in New York. And thats where we are today. If you want to come, behave yourselves. Well, what are we talking about? Staten Island was very early on, and then Florida, and then off to Europe. And then, on the third floor, which was in the mansard roof, that was all the servants quarters. I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. According to the funeral home, the following services have. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. Troy. Then I went looking for the big pieces. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. With that old fabric, theres enough to make drapes for one window. I started with the basement. And they said, Oh my god, George, what are you Oh, and who else was that? Burke: Well, I hope it gets maintained. Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? And I was always a horse person. Yes, of course, they could eat all the grass. Constantly. Q: Can you give me an example of one of the things that you worked on together in the house? Daller: It just went right out of my head! 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 looked in the thing, I said, Holy shit. The Seguine Mansion, also known as The Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island. George Memon's passing on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 has been publicly announced by Martin Hughes Funeral Home in Staten Island, NY. Its still there. I said, Where are you? She said, Well, I moved out years ago and went back to Georgia. Ive been to the Tenement Museum, and I love the fact that theres a woman on a loop and she discusses living in the apartment. Im gonna save this house. Q: How did you establish a relationship with the Parks Department and the Historic House Trust? Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. Bar and restaurant adds family and flavor to Weymouth Landing scene, Why New England Wildlife Center is treating a bald eagle for poisoning, Healey's proposed tax aid plan benefits families, seniors, homeowners, Mass. I was maybe nineteen, twentysomething like that. You made enough money. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. I found a beautiful place in Tottenville and I opened it and called it the Tidewater Inn. Daller: The stables. And I hope whoever is in charge of itLinda will probably be here in charge! Im sure some will. He moved into the house shortly after the sale, and worked from the basement to the roof, and outwards throughout the grounds and stables, to complete the restoration. It has to stay exactly as an old plantation house. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. I was born right in the hospital across the street, and grew up 90% of my time on Staten Island until I became old enough and I joined the military. I mean, as a kid going down here crabbing, down on the beach, we used to look back at the house all the time. Lets move out, youre being kicked out anyway, the house is sold. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. I could make another funeral parlor out of that. And I said, No, lets not make a funeral parlor. She had a caretaker or she had a woman that took care of her, or something. Then I decided, well, Im going to get myself a nice apartment. You couldnt tell what it was. Q: Thank you for that story. So thats my uncles hope for it as well. I was seventeen years with the Air Force. Well, on theon the fireplace there, those two big candelabras, theyre Meissen. Because I wanted the man that built the house, and this is the man that saved the house. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. The ceilings had fallen down because a lot of the drain pipes had leaked. And that was the Air Force. Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. So most of the stuff is Victorianturn of the century and Victorian. He was in the Air Force. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. Theyd go in and theyd take the windows out and theyd use the windows, and they destroyed it. Theyd work out, and theyd be waiters, or this and that. What the hell is that coming from? So I come down the stairs, and as I got down the stairs, the spelling got stronger and stronger. And people were selling anything out of their house to support themselves and live. Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. And I looked back, you could hardly see the house. Hell utilize every room of the house. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Daller: Well, you got involved with Burkes Landing with Scalia. Q: So this is going to part of an online archive. He appreciated it. So I stayed there, worked for him for years. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. Burke: What its been like for you to live here. I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. And, well, lets face it, they never had any hot water over there at all. Q: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. Its Meissen. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. And I loved it. Daller: Well he formed that, thats the board. Developers. Because it was a big roof, like this, and then the gutters run around. So I couldnt take any of the clothes. After Burke returned to Staten Island, he purchased and restored two houses and an old restaurant and bar before he was contacted by Bess Seguine in 1981, who had inherited the then-deteriorated Seguine Mansion. And their mansion, the White people that owned SS White, the White family, owned right across the creek, there, where the Captains Quarters [private development] are. But when I die, they say theyre going to make a museum out of it. Valley Stream. Now theyre worth a couple hundred-dollars apiece. And, minute he bought the house, did a little work in it, put it right up for sale. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. Burke: And that was called the Tidewater Inn. Unfortunately. And then, where they built the schoolwhat is that girls school up here? I fixed it up. Christ, we had a good time. Its a real pretty smell. She said, Yes, its lilacs. She said Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was always had to have lilacs. He was predeceased by his mother Lena Russo-Tredici. And youd walk out, and the porch was all brick, and at the end of the porch was a big arch that had little windows in it and a French door where you could walk out to the garden. Burke: Well, Ill tell you, there wasnt that much in storagethe stuff that was in storage wasnt big pieces, maybe one or two. He got involved with riding there and was constantly riding. Did quite well. John T Burke passed away on April 22, 2015 in Whiting, NJ and is under the care of. He did the White House and everything. All that gorgeous porcelain, like the Flower Sellers Childrenits a big piece like that. And in the meantime, I made a couple of little investments and they turned out very well for me. They didnt even have soap. Eventually, he was able to move his collection of Victorian-style furnishings safely into the home, and add to it larger pieces of furniture to complete the restoration. But that was the cistern for doing all the laundry and everything in the basement. And while I was up there, I was sent up to work with Father Tom. And that guy, look at the size of that house he just built. Q: Yes. And that was the Air Force. And then when you could see the house, it was a goddamn mess. If you are going to stay, you better do this this and this, whatever the hell it was. I remember you always loved it and liked it. And in the basement, I put the kitchen and a dining area and everything. So that was the reason we chose to do a White Party. And finally their husbands were getting pissed at them, because they were never home, they were always here. And I had a little house in Tottenville so I decided, well, Ill move into this big housein hereand Ill get rid of all the property that I have in Tottenville. And, of course, being in the military and traveling with them, the government shipped all my stuff that I bought and picked upshipped it all back to America for me. This was all field, all the way up, and she used to turn the horses loose on all the fields out there. Theyre all gone. And as I said, I was in the military up there and we werent a big group of military, it was like a small base. But thats what that was. Q: Okay. And places on Staten Island are being destroyed every minute of the dayyou find another house is goingand its happening in all the boroughs! So dont worry about it. Ghost in the houseif shes gonna live there, she could do some cleaning up, do some dusting. Yes, Mrs. Mackey. And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. Yes, but that was all the legal aspect of it. Burke: Yes, she held the mortgage on it. And the only reason why this survived is because nobody wanted the farmhouse! We were only allowed so much. Or was that brother Ed? Finally, I think his wife got sick with that lung disease, didnt she? Those stables? So its a shame. Got a good price for a couple of other real estate pieces that I bought and fixed up and sold. 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. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. So I would walk around, Id look and Id see some beautiful stuff for sale, for nothing. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. Q: So well have audio recording and a transcript for researchersand Ill remove those names that you mentioned, Linda. The mayor and everybody else in the cityyou cant ride on the beach. I cant think of the name of the thing now. I just repainted. She said shell keep the doors locked and call Linda if anybody wants to get in and take anything out. Im gonna go look. I dont think anythings missing? So they went into repairing things. Yes, that was all Scalamandr. Is there anything, you think? And I made a lot of money. Aug. 16, 1954 - February 25, 2023 Loving and loyal husband, father, brother, uncle, great uncle and friend. And Ill invest in a couple of other things that will give me a nice little income, and I wont have to worry about it. Im going to get gifts now because Im staying in the house and Im going to fix it up.. But not long ago, I was talking about it. They were all womens stuff. A necklace with a gold heart that opened like a. Its no different from home. And, I had a lot of time over there in London and so I decided, Well, hell, Im going to go to school and learn something. So I took interior design. Just as long as its saved and its here. So I rented the apartment next door, and I broke a hole in the wall. I mean, lets face it. Burke: But what were we going into before I got into the architecture? He says, Hes my good friend, and so on, We live on Staten Island. And I got to know a tremendous amount of people that way. Why cant they just appreciate something for what it is? Coach Robert Joseph "Bob" Burke, 74, died April 4, 2020, at home, surrounded by his loving family, in Wilson, N.C. The Seguine girls, as they were called,. Burke: Its right on the Boulevard and it goes down to the beach. I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! I said, No, no, no. Daller: Well, remember how much it took to paint the whole house, and how you had to paint sections of it? One woman wouldnt go it, cant think of her name. So I got this on the front porch somewhere, nailed to the house, butdoesnt matter. Burke: Okay. As a young adult, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the medical department, spending time in locations across Europe and Alaska. Do you remember that? Daller: Yes, definitely. So I just grew up with it, knowing it. I found three things like that. Theyd come out and Id say, Look, I can get you this. Daller: If they cant ride, why should they be here? February 26, 2023 (70 years old) View obituary. And I lived there for quite a few years. And I had the money to do it, and I said, You know, let me do it.. Come here, Marge. I said, What? They said, Sell this goddamn place. And my fatherwe were quite wealthy, growing up. 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