Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Ansley-Crane-Ferguson House Papers |
Collection Name |
Ansley-Crane-Ferguson House Papers |
Date |
1854-1975 |
Description |
Small collection of papers relating to the Ansley-Crane-Ferguson House of Staten Island: Deed, James Bennet and Wife to Ichabod B. Crane, April 26, 1854. Memorandum of Title of Robert Ferguson to Land at Travisville, July 13, 1882. Deed, Mary Jane Ferguson to Minnie Ferguson Minto, December 8, 1919. Contract for sale of real property at 3525 Victory Boulevard, between Isabelle F. Minto, Marie M. Kopf and Leon W. Kopf (sellers) and Jack Greenspan and Louis Jacobson (purchasers), June 1, 1967. Extension Agreement, Isabelle F. Minto, Marie M. Kopf and Leon W. Kopf with Victory Associates, October 31, 1972. Extension Agreement, Isabelle F. Minto, Marie M. Kopf and Leon W. Kopf with Victory Associates, January 1975 (appears to be a photocopy). (Keywords: New York) |
Biography and History |
These papers are associated with a house which once stood at 3525 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island. The building was also known as the Ichabod Crane House for the resident whose name was given to Washington Irving's famous fictional literary character. Prior to its destruction in 1989, an exhaustive architectural study was performed though the Historic American Buildings Survey and housed at the Library of Congress. Elements of the structure were salvaged and remain in the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society at Historic Richmond Town. An article titled "The Ansley-Crane-Ferguson House of Chelsea Heights, Staten Island" was published in The Staten Island Historian, Volume 7 New Series, Number 2, Winter-Spring 1990, p. 13. The article contains sections on the architectural evolution of the house (authored by Russell T. Powell), the Ansley Family (by Charlotte Megill Hix), the Crane family (by Marjorie Johnson), the Ferguson and Minto families (by Marjorie Johnson), and efforts to save the house (by G. Lauren Elaine Baxter). |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
1 folder |
Acquisition |
Gift of Ruth Valcin |
Catalog Number |
MS280.000 |
Object Name |
Records |
Archival Description Level |
Fonds |
Subjects |
Houses |
Earliest Date |
1854 |
Latest Date |
1975 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Crane, Ichabod |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, May 2018. |