All these walls used to be white. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. That was the most beautiful mansion. So Walter was re-stationed to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The Seguine Mansion, also known as The Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island. Sure, Id no idea of ever owning his house because I had a beautiful big house in Tottenvillebig French style house. So he came out. 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. Youre coming with me. So Id say Okay, Murphy, lets go! She was something, I mean. So we brought that point up a few times. 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. Well, by this time, I had a lot of money. And then I was able to get all my stuff out of storage and out of peoples homes where I stored them, and furnished the house and moved and lived in the whole house, took care of it. And the backyard is beautiful. Right. I was always in the operating room or someplace like that. Theres a bunch of little houses now built all along through their gardens. Q: So its confidential becauseoh, okay. And the porch, I dont thinkone end of it, you wouldnt dare walk on because the whole thing would have collapsed. And she had this woman who was a caretaker. I loved Alaska. I grew up loving it and always having it, and my mother was great with it. Burke: Well, youve got to thank Mrs. Seguine. 6389 Amboy Road. So I picked up this one building that had a little old bar next to it. Ario George Lazzari Ario George Lazzari, 82, passed away on February 26, 2023 at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. I cant think ofdoesnt matter, the name of the people. It wasnt fair to him to keep paying for it. And I know everythingId love to go out to Staten Island. So he said, Good. Prince Edward Island. And they repaired all these taxis, repainted them, and then sold them all to Cuba. They didnt have it six months and they went under. When he came he got everything going. His family was like aristocratic. This was the farmhouse. But when I die, they say theyre going to make a museum out of it. It was under your bunk. February 26, 2023 (70 years old) View obituary. Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. If they brought flowers, it had to be lilacs. So I said, Oh. So that was thatI got that little story. And my fatherwe were quite wealthy, growing up. Well. And he dealed in antique rugs, and regular rugs and everything. 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. And as I said, for a thing of whiskey or a bottle of wine, theyd give you anything, because none of them have had it for years and years. And that was only one of them. And the porch went all like this, around the house. Remember him? And that was, Mrs.these mirrors came from that house, they were in the parlor in that houseWhat the hell was her name? Is there anything, you think? February 15, 2023 (81 years old) View obituary. When I bought the house, the real estate people, they wouldnt go in. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. According to the funeral home, the following services have. Lookit, I saved the police station and the two buildings next to the police station. Theyd work out, and theyd be waiters, or this and that. They moved in there, and they lived there. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. But because I was military, the military shippedwhen they moved me, they moved all my stuff. And hes the one that did my portrait upstairs. He worked by himself. I mean, look, theyve been trying to get rid of the carriage horses in the city, for how long now? Im joining the Air Force. So I went out and I joined the United States Air Force of course. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. I lived in one room, for almost five years. 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. See Photos. 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. But when he was in Europe, he rode. Up until a year ago, he was still cutting the lawn! Q: Was that here in the house? It turned my stomach just to watch all of that gorgeous stuff just destroyed. She married her husband Thomas Burke on April 24, 1965, and had five children. Daller: Oh, yes. And I got a big certificate for saving that. I was Burke: Well, if she left them there, she had to come back as a ghost and tell me that they were there! But the story that was cuteremember the lady in England, the antique dealer, that used to bring her bottles all the time? And then finally I had a man come in and talking to me about how hes bought a place on Staten Island that hes opening up a place like Saks only not as nice. This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. And that was a couple people from Tottenville, caused all that. And I went in and I noticed my big box was gone. Q: Was it Mario that suggested the life tenancy agreement? The income from the Seguine Equestrian Center, which stables some twenty horses a stone's throw from the mansion, helps. The Secret Service, as well as a Cohasset school accounting specialist and the superintendent, are determining how much the operation cost the town. But the old lady that lived there was very, very sick. Burke: Oh, its in beautiful condition because the guy I told you, Jimmy Pistilli, he had it landmarked. The Seguine girls, as they were called,. [laughs]. People that owned U.S. Steel, their mansion was over there. And the White Party we do in order to take care of doing cleanup on the lawn, doing any kind of plantings, or anything, because he did it all the years. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. Or did you have to just guess and make decisions? And I loved it. Yes, Mrs. Mackey. Brother Celestine George Burke, an educator who was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for 63 years, died on Thursday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J. . And Im looking at looking at it and I said, You know, thats the last house. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. Daller: What about the coat? Thats the only thing in the house left from the Seguines. And the only problem with that was the kitchen was downstairs. Burke: No, who gave me that? Burke: Oh, well, look what I did. 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: Oh, God, I stood on the edge here and I watched what was going on over there. If you lived in Alaska, where it was always cold, it was fine. So coming back to it was a change. And it didnt take long to sell because it was a big piece of property, nice house. Daller: It just went right out of my head! Oh, thats right. Just as long as its saved and its here. I forgot whose house it was. And that guy, look at the size of that house he just built. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. It was so overgrown. If we can reach an agreement with Historic House Trust, by all means. Q: And so all these items went upwalked up the stairs and were, carried back down the stairs. You got to get out. So we moved to Florida. Burke: Oh, God, Mario come out here all the time. Burke: Anyway, she was well known here on Staten Island. And I had this goddamn old sergeant who was going back also, but he was getting out of the service, and he was being discharged. So I paid it off and bought it in cash, with the cash. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. Burke: Greek revival. Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. And one day I got a call from Mrs. Seguine. So, unfortunately, there arent many people that care that way anymore. Youre working too hard. But they donated it to the Sisters of Charity, figuring that the nuns could live in that gorgeous mansion. Theres a ghost in there. And I said, Well, I dont believe in ghosts. He had come into my room when I was not there, stole everything. So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. Burke: Let me think of how all that started. Chris was the one that got involved with it. Developers. 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. Burke: I think that waswhod ya call-it got me involved with that. All my life, I was raised in a big house. 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. Save my house. And I thought, Oh, shit. I was down on the beach one day, I forgot what were doing. I mean, we had clocks, baby-Ben clocks, hanging in apartments. And he died young. Daller: Then you got rid of thatbut those are the early days. And then I decided Id get involved again with things that are going on. I mean, you talked about it, when you were a kid, that it was this big house that you would see when you were out on, Daller: Its a part of the history of Staten Island. Daller: No. Daller: No. I would have saved it. 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. I dont know if it ever took off. And have something on a loop in here, which weve been trying to do, where itll be an audio and a video of him discussing the house, because nobody knows it any better than he does. And were doing this interview in Burkes home, in the Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island. Burke: Oh, my nephew. So theres no more Scalamandr, I dont think, is there? So thats my uncles hope for it as well. 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. All rights reserved. I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. Id come back up and I could still smell it in the hallway. And after he died the family still lived like we had my fathers money involved. Daller: Well, no, Mrs. Seguine allowed him to buy, Burke: No, I already had this house from the first deal. Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. Daller: Mm-hmm. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. Burke: Oh, I loved her. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. I want it now. I could never get it. Q: You mentioned that the South Shore has changed in the last few years. Daller: No. 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. What were the things that you did when you were young? So when I got it, of course, the old kitchen was inI had knocked it down because it was all falling apart. In my early twenties? Burn it down, put a candle in the middle of the hall. Thank you so much. Frank Tredici Jr., age 79, of Staten Island, New York, passed away on Monday, February 20th, 2023. Unfortunately, you got to find environmentalists, theyve got to look for things and theyve got to point things out. And then, it was declared unsafe, and they come in and knocked it down. And there was nobody but my mother and I now, living in our house. And they added this big dining room to the other side of the house. Stole all that carved stuff, stole all that stuff, that whole box of stuff. And I lived there for quite a few years. She was a very good friend of mine, a really pretty lady. Q: Was it a similar style? Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. Im sorry that, during all that construction, I wasnt taking photographs, of step by step. Yes, the dining room and the kitchen was on the other two, side. And I had a beautiful restaurant and a bar connected to it. But they tore the house down to build that school. I hope it isnt that the people who have access come in and empty it because Ive had people say, Oh, when youre not here, Im taking that painting, and Im taking that painting, and I want that couch, you know. And all this beautiful stuff, I used to put in a big box. I went over there, and it was standing up sleeping! What the hell do you think it was? 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. Its Greek Revival. I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. There were some gorgeous mansions. Burke: And its great when you have friends come, you have extra bedrooms, you can put them all up. Daller: But he has albums upstairs, photos. 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. But, thats what I did. And she said, George, you have so much with design and such, I want you to take over the wallpaper department and the fabric department. I did fantastic for the store. Located in Staten Island, NY. Burke is joined in this interview by his niece, Linda Daller. But they did a lot for me. Then, on that side, was the dining room, and the kitchen. Q: And you said that you restored the garden there too? And when they werent in the house, they would go and buy them at the stores, and there was always lilacs in the house. Burke: Yes. 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. She was great because she would know. Where all the servants lived. And I did, I got in St. George wasnt it? Its still there. And while I was up there, I was sent up to work with Father Tom. Burke: But anyway, it was a big beautiful cameo brooch, and was wrapped in an oil cloth rag! And they copied that from France, because thats what it was, it was the French mansard. View the profiles of people named George Burke. And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. But I had all that money! I moved in, I cleaned it all up. Its a big plaque on it, its landmarked and everything. 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