So I rented the apartment next door, and I broke a hole in the wall. Im offered fortunes for the front field, for the side field, for the backfield. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. I had just bought this house, and it needed a lot of work. It was a mess. 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. So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. That is the only thing that worries methat the house will be stripped. And he was so good. And getting an American Dollar from being in the service, getting my payeven though it wasnt that muchbut at that time, over there, it was worth a fortune. And I studied architecture and the history of design and everything, I know all that. That house, it was a big French mansard, big Victorian. Q: And did you keep records of the restoration process? 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. But, Q: Let me ask you some more about the items that you collected when you were. Daller: Its life estate that he has. I dont know what it is. Matthew Funeral Home Inc 2508 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY (718) 761-5544 Send flowers. It was under your bunk. So its saved forever. People, Oh, could you help me? And especially when I came to Staten Island and I was working for Sherwin Williams, andwhat the hell, Florence? Thats the only way to explain it. And we had our barracks, of course, and having your barracks, the only thing you had was a big trunk where you kept all your clothes in. George Burke is one of these dedicated keepers: He minds the Seguine Mansion, which he bought in 1981. I dont know if it ever took off. Burke: Oh, my nephew. https://www.nypap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BurkeGeorge_20211109_access_redacted.mp3. Q: Today is November 9, 2021. So I picked up this one building that had a little old bar next to it. Daller: The stables. I think hes given you a great history of what started and, basically, youve talked about his life from the beginning, so, I dont know. And that was a couple people from Tottenville, caused all that. I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. But they are the ones thatup in arms, saying, Aww, that poor horse. If you were at the water looking up here, you couldnt see the house. And I did, I got in St. George wasnt it? I mean, look, theyve been trying to get rid of the carriage horses in the city, for how long now? Architectural style and interior style? And my neighbor across the street, who had lived there forever, she comes over again with a couple of little plants for me. Daller: It just went right out of my head! Was her name Mackey? 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. And you cant control it from the grave. And I had more bargains from Mrs. Murphy. 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. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. But I had all that money! The one owned by the steel companywas that a beautiful house! First thing I started with was the basement because it had four-foot of water in it. I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! In fact, her husband was a big-wig. Im always doing something. Yes, she died and she was in the front parlor in the coffin, wasnt she? And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. And I often wondered what happened to that brooch because I gave it to Bess. George Memon's passing on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 has been publicly announced by Martin Hughes Funeral Home in Staten Island, NY. George Burke. I bought the house and Bess and Marge came over. 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. Q: Well, Im pretty much at the end of my questions. Burke: Im glad I did. And he said, George, Im selling my business. Burke: Yes, its a big oil painting, a big painting like this. Lets stay friends. Phone: (718) 966 . But I was glad that I got this. I went around and I got it and shipped it all back home. But the basement was the summer dining rooms and summer kitchen. Who Where Receive obituaries Yenula Hennaka February 24, 2023 He was born Jan. 21, 1946, in The Bronx, N.Y. Bob is survived by his loving wife. Because I certainlyI never passed up a bargain. While stationed in England, he studied interior design and architectural history and began to collect antiques through estate sales and flea markets, focusing on ceramics, paintings, light fixtures, and many other decorative items from the Victorian era. So if this can remain a part of the history, thatll be great for people to appreciate. And I lived there for quite a few years. Burke: To put it backbecause the house was ruined, it was in terrible shape. Q: Yes, you can tell me about your early life and the memories you have of growing up here. Burke: Right across the creek. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. Q: And how did you decide, I guess, how to rebuild? And so shes got the bridge, and it costs money. Q: Was that house that you restored in a similar condition as this house? Then I got shipped to Europe. I found three things like that. It wasnt fair to him to keep paying for it. And Im looking at looking at it and I said, You know, thats the last house. Burke: Oh, when I bought the house, everybody told me, Oh, what are you buying that old crap for? Well, I didnt say I bought it because I got it practically for nothing because they couldnt get rid of it. And I only have so much money being what I am. So he said, Dont worry about it. But thats part of whats been going on down here. Daller: Well, remember how much it took to paint the whole house, and how you had to paint sections of it? 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. 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. Of course, she loved the smell of lilacs. And they were good investments. Then, on that side, was the dining room, and the kitchen. Burke: Yes. So I moved into the house here. One of the doors was shot, so I took this door off, and when I did, the brick wall, on the side, started falling out. In Europe, he felt like he had been. Find your ancestry info and recent death notices for relatives and friends. 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. Burke: No, who gave me that? She was great because she would know. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. They talk about Tottenville, its all McMansions. Everything has changed, all the old houses are torn down. And finally their husbands were getting pissed at them, because they were never home, they were always here. I dreamed, I saw it. Q: So its confidential becauseoh, okay. And in order to have food and such, youd have to bring it up the back stairs. And I was in the medical department, worked in the operating room. Burke: Yes. Daller: You know, people dont understand them. And right there in front of the windows was a coffin with all the flowers around it and everything. You want to take down every statue thats been there for a thousand years because, No, that statue shouldnt be there. Stony Brook. So they went into repairing things. So I would go to the flea markets and things. My father was in the political-end, and he was in Borough Hall and everything like that. But they hadnt been there, maybe five, six years, and I guess they decided, Oh! But I mean, that wasthe holes, the plaster gone. Im gonna save it, its a gorgeous house!. So Id go over there and, of course, Bess Seguine was always over there. And he had helped meyou know, while I had my own ideas for design, and whatever I thought of, he said, George, thats great. Well, I was born on Staten Island. I fixed it up. 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. I said I was the only person at that timemy uncle gave me my sweet sixteen there, and all my friends were invited to come formal. You know, he just passed away. From what youve described, the different places that have been demolished over the years were extremely different from each other. Always, in that vase in the hall. But the old lady that lived there was very, very sick. And thats what where all the water, for all the laundry, and all that kind of stuffnot the drinking water, the working waterwould come out of that big cistern, and would go intoand the pump and everything, its still down there, connected to that thing out there. Theyll take care of it and be able to show tours. That place took off like you couldnt believe. Did quite well. The ceilings had fallen down because a lot of the drain pipes had leaked. Its still there. 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. 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. And the post is still there and the staircase is still in good shapebut thats still in the house, now, down there. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. Lookit, I saved the police station and the two buildings next to the police station. 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. The only thing that will save this house as a bulldozer! [laughs] But anyway, I saved it. The Seguine Mansion, also known as The Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island. Its been so long now. So we talked to our brother Bill and he had come up with the money, bought the house. And when they got level, he screamed, Okay, George, theyre level, theyre level! And then I put a big postI put a big cement thing on the floor. Because my house was right across the street from it. My sister, Frances, got me a nice little apartment in the Bronx, right next to her. Daller: Well, no, Mrs. Seguine allowed him to buy, Burke: No, I already had this house from the first deal. The house is haunted, she said, if youre interested in it, George, heres the key to the front door, you go. And as I said, there was a big flight of stairs that went up and a big porch across the whole front of the house. He brought a crowd with him and it was just to tell him thank you for everything that hes done. And I made a lot of money. And if theyre gonna make a museum out of it, theyre gonna have to pay somebody to greet people and take them on tours. Burke: You want it from the first day I was born in the hospital across the street? The developers came in with bulldozersbulldozed that mansion, bulldozed the stables. And then Id been in Europe all that time. 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. So we brought that point up a few times. I lived in one room, for almost five years. He was predeceased by his mother Lena Russo-Tredici. Im going to retire, Im going to go down to that big old house, restore it, fix it all up, move in it, and enjoy it. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. February 15, 2023 (81 years old) View obituary. This old? Oh, that was the ghost in Tottenville. Do you remember that? Most of them were little things. By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's designated one of Staten Island's signature society events of the year, a. And even though the house belongs, in essence, to Historic House Trust, they werent reimbursing him for anything. Destroyed. So most of the stuff is Victorianturn of the century and Victorian. Thats what I wanted. We were only allowed so much. Daller: You met some interesting people there. And it was twice the size of this house. You know, everybody grew up together. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. And Ed was very good at taking dents and things out of cars and he could spray paint. Yes, by the time I got to do all that I had no money left. And the basement was beautiful, where you can walk out onto the porch and out into the garden. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. Q: The Friends of the Seguine Mansionthe friends group. And I was a medic. A brooch that I gave Bess? George Burke. Because people will come in, and therell be four or five people and somebody will walk by and just pick this up, and pick that up. Q: You mentioned that the South Shore has changed in the last few years. Daller: Well, he said, he felt that house had spirits in it. But some strange things did happen in the house. Finally, I think his wife got sick with that lung disease, didnt she? Well, he lived on Staten Island. Q: And so all these items went upwalked up the stairs and were, carried back down the stairs. And then, it wasI guess that was in the spring, then later on, I dont know what I was doing. And I decided, well, Im going to pick up some nice buildings. Yes, but it was weird. 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. A lot of the windows were broken out of it. So I took that out of the brick and I got some cement, put it all back in, put the wall back up. And I was always a horse person. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. That wasyou probably dont rememberthere was this great big factory right down here, built on the beach. And I never had timesometimes Id be sleeping on the pool table there because I just couldnt leave! He got involved with riding there and was constantly riding. Burke: Yes. They were all along the waterfront here. Q: Is there somebody in particular that you work with for reupholstery or restorations? Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. And I said to the real estate lady, I said, Well, how do you know theres a ghost in there? She said, Because the old lady that originally lived in the house. Thats whats in this whole house, all the things you see. This was all field, all the way up, and she used to turn the horses loose on all the fields out there. And then I went through floor and room after room, and took almost five years to put the house in good shape, the way you could see it. Everybody came in to a coldwater flat in the Bronx and walked in amazed because theyve never seen anything like that. On a goddamn pillared mattress sleeping? And they were going to pay for everything if they owned it. Of course, nothings there. And I took that room and made it into the dining room. Because thats what I bought with the money. 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. I know everything, what to do. Because he paid for the entire outside himself. My sisterher mother [indicates Daller], Francesmy sister living in the Bronx, she got me a little apartment and she got me a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. Theyre deciding they want to build, so they tear down and build. I open the door to the parlor. But they donated it to the Sisters of Charity, figuring that the nuns could live in that gorgeous mansion. Thats annoying certain people. What was it, in the city? He did the White House and everything. I had a bulldozer two weeks, riding back-and-forth, and back-and-forth, and back-and-forth across the front of the house because you couldnt see the house from the water. And then you could walk under the porch out into the garden. Was very little time on here. He worked by himself. I went to grammar school and high school here. And in the back of the house, its still there, is aChrist, it must be half the size of this roomis a huge, huge lilac bush. But anyway, I had come back to America. Burke: I dont find any difference living here. So everything just kept going off and someone would have all of this, someone would have all of that. And I could turn the horses loose and theyd keep all the fields cut and mowed, you know? Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. Daller: But thats how he [referring to the painting of Mr. Seguine] came back to the house. It was piled up in their basement. And here was the street. Born in the Province of Pola, Italy, "George" settled in the Bronx. Lives in Rochester, New York. Burke: Oh, I loved her. Burke: Hawaii. Burke: the Historic House people did give me a big bronze plaque to put on the front of it. And I went around and we all hadyou were only allowed to buy two bottles of wine and a bottle of whiskey, or something. Q: So part of why it closed was because. My big old Victorian house is saved, and thats still there. Burke: Okay. Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. Burke: Yes. Yes, the dining room and the kitchen was on the other two, side. The Old Bermuda Inn. And I just got a call from all my lady friends saying that my house is falling apart. If you give me a big helping hand here. I said, You know, I dont make that much money. They were the Mackeys. Q: Thank you for that story. Q: So what was it like when you had the house finished and furnished? And were doing this interview in Burkes home, in the Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island. But unfortunately, it all fell in. Burke: Oh, God, I stood on the edge here and I watched what was going on over there. Burke: So I dont know if that was a ghost. And she couldntthey couldnt keep up with it anymore. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. So I went around and looked and looked and I said, You know, I could open a restaurant. And I walked around and I found a couple of nice places. Facebook. You werent allowed to buy much because it was worth a fortune over there to the general public, to the British. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. Its just a shame. Its a big plaque on it, its landmarked and everything. I did everything. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. The Seguine nestled in the back of his mind, Burke joined the Air Force and moved to London when he was 19. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. And that was a kitchen, and that was bedrooms and a little living room, all up there. But I dreamt it and I knew every single thing about it. If they brought flowers, it had to be lilacs. So I said, Oh. So that was thatI got that little story. And they said, Oh my god, George, what are you Oh, and who else was that? Q: When you were youngwhen you were a kid. Most recent obituaries in New York. Q: And you feel that thats at risk because of the development thats happening now. Still kept it. Q: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. I want to go back and ask for some more details about your childhood. Daller: What about the coat? But that was the cistern for doing all the laundry and everything in the basement. I was in the mansion when the sisters lived there. 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. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. George, now in his eighties, donated the house in exchange for a life tenancy, which has made living here a lot easier. When he came he got everything going. All went into the landfill. I cant go and say, You know, fifty years ago that was mine, and I never gave it to you. Burke: Theyll come in, but youll have to have somebody as a guide. Everybody smelled like that. Burke: Oh, it was a relationship over whole period. Q: I wanted to ask, also, theres a painting of you in the house, right? And the last time I went there, there was all houses built in it. They tore down those two nice little cottages that were there. See Photos. 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. You couldnt tell what it was. And one day, I was sitting in the dining room. Daller: No. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of George Burke to show support. Staten Island, Richmond County, NY Genealogy Site - Staten Island Recent Obituaries And he saw the way to help out, and I said, well form a board and what well do is well continue to have fundraisers in order to support the house, but we need additional help and support as well. And he died young. Is there anything, you think? I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. When did it start to feel done? And then the Eric woke up, and I said, Well, I dont know. And everyone became extremely close. The one in particular, United States Steel [Corporation]. Sure, Id no idea of ever owning his house because I had a beautiful big house in Tottenvillebig French style house. So because it was done like the French did, I never had to pay tax, or only tax on a two-story house, instead of a three-story. Some kind of jewelry. And he said, Mom, Ill move in to the other part of the house. Because back when they built the houses, kitchens were never built in the house. 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