Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Britton Cottage, New Dorp] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Simonson, Frederick M. |
Date |
ca. 1906 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Diagonal rear and side view of the Britton Cottage on its original site in New Dorp, Staten Island. Much of the house is covered with ivy. A man stands in the tall grass near the house, looking toward the camera; he wears a suit and a hat. Several people stand and sit on the porch of the house, including a boy wearing a bathing suit with a large "T" on the chest. Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo: "Britton Cottage / New Dorp Lane & Cedar Grove Av / photographed by F.M. Simonson / c 1906." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century, Historic Richmond Town, HRT) |
Print size |
3.875 x 4.875 |
Ownership and History |
The Britton Cottage, one of the oldest surviving houses in New York City, was built ca. 1670. Among the house's many residents over the centuries was the noted botanist Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton, who served as the first director of the New York Botanical Garden. The house was relocated to Historic Richmond Town in 1965. |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1910 |
Subjects |
Houses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0258 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 2020. |
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. |