Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Billiou-Stillwell-Perine house] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
ca. 1922 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Exterior rear view of a portion of the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House in Dongan Hills, Staten Island. A gnarled tree is at the center of the image and a wicker chair is visible on the porch; the door to the lean-to is open. (Keywords: New York City, HRT, Twentieth Century, Perine House) |
Film Size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This house, built ca. 1663, is an amazing survivor from the very earliest days of European settlement and the oldest building on Staten Island. It stands at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills and is owned by the Staten Island Historical Society, Historic Richmond Town. Alice Austen created this photograph around 1922, during the period when she and Gertrude Tate were operating the Box Tree Tea Room in the Perine House. |
Earliest Date |
1921 |
Latest Date |
1923 |
Subjects |
Houses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.7121 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, December 2012. |
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. |