I open the door to the parlor. Theyre very few. So a lot of the things that you acquired to furnish the house were in poor condition, and then you have them reupholstered and restored. They bought a house. It was so overgrown in the front yard and everything. And then when they decided thatthey owned a beautiful house on one of the Keys in Florida. Daller: The staircase wasnt even straight. 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. I mean, I had a beautiful condo in Florida. But the other house, one of his friends was pushed down the stairs. Well, the paintings and the small stuff like thatthat like that mirror and those paintings and all that stuffthat was all the little stuff. And I looked back, you could hardly see the house. And after he died the family still lived like we had my fathers money involved. Yes. He cant do this anymore. Daller: Oh, I dont know. I said, No, no, no. And theyd come out and Id get involved with them. And she kept, George, please, go save my house. If you were at the water looking up here, you couldnt see the house. I was always in the operating room or someplace like that. It was piled up in their basement. John T Burke passed away on April 22, 2015 in Whiting, NJ and is under the care of. Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. You want to have someone living in it, you cant have an empty house. 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. You werent on Staten Island. But I restored all that. You come out and take over the boys and mens department in the store. I said, Thats fine. One day, he was gone. Q: Yes, absolutely. Burke: Oh, well, when I was inI guess I was in England. And you would have been taxed in this country if it was already like that. Things like that? George Burke. Burke: Mario Buatta got me into all of that. George Burke was born on Staten Island and grew up in Annandale before moving to Florida with his family. Well, he lived on Staten Island. 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. And it didnt take long to sell because it was a big piece of property, nice house. But the old lady that lived there was very, very sick. Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. And when they werent in the house, they would go and buy them at the stores, and there was always lilacs in the house. And Id go in and Id buy all the liquor with those stamps. You werent allowed to buy much because it was worth a fortune over there to the general public, to the British. From what youve described, the different places that have been demolished over the years were extremely different from each other. And he was stationed here, in St. George, and he would come home and wed live in the house. And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. I lived in one room, for almost five years. When he came he got everything going. Interviewing George Burke, and. 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. And here was the street. It was a mess. Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. She would say, The lilacs still in the front hall? And Id say, Oh, is that what that smell is? But he was excellent. But anyway, I had come back to America. Burke: What were the things I did when what? Ill do that. So that was over in Port Richmondits still there, I understand, the store. And, she said, If so, we will give you gifts. And then that was the end. And I dream that I heard some noise. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. And she wanted to start running things and taking things over. Burke: Im glad I did. Bulldozed that down. Burke: Yes. Burke: About the candle? And if theyre gonna make a museum out of it, theyre gonna have to pay somebody to greet people and take them on tours. They dont know it. Otherwise, Id never be able to have half the stuff thats in here because it would have cost me a private fortune to have it shipped. You just named them. But the only thing was it was too small. And that went for years. We were doing other parties at the time, the only thing we still maintain is the White Party. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. Burke: I never lived in a little small house, I have no idea. Soon, nobody had room in their house to store anymore of my stuff. You could imagine what the mansion looked like. Q: So about this house, I wanted to ask about the Friends of the Seguine Mansion. He was from Central America somewhere, and he just believed in everything had to be right. He spends time in every part of it. And he kept up with him, up until the time Mario passed away. But because I was military, the military shippedwhen they moved me, they moved all my stuff. She had a caretaker or she had a woman that took care of her, or something. I was living in London, and I was studying the history of art and design, or something like that, in the University of London, and he was going and he was studying art. Daller: Well, you got involved with Burkes Landing with Scalia. He was the top interior designer in New York. And they repaired all these taxis, repainted them, and then sold them all to Cuba. And they were big floors. All these walls used to be white. This was in the East Bronx, this was on 167th and College Avenue. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. Restored the building, looked around, come down, bought this house from Mrs. Seguine, and then moved out of the bar and restaurantbecause I had a room upstairs in it. And then I what else? Q: I wanted to ask, also, theres a painting of you in the house, right? And when youd come down, there wasthe stairwell come down, and it was a double parlor, like this, and where this door was, was with two double doors. 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: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. 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. Or you can do a small whatever. And they were good investments. So, Id do that. And I said, Well, the smell is still there. And I said to her, Whatever happened to the old girl? And she said, Well, years ago, when she died, she said, she was laid out in the front parlor in the coffin, and it was nothing but lilacs. She had to move them to New Jersey. Daller: No. And I made a lot of money. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. He was an antiquehe had a big rug business in. [laughs]. https://www.nypap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BurkeGeorge_20211109_access_redacted.mp3. More beautiful than peoples houses. Burke: Its never finished! 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. . That was a great house. You know, he just passed away. Burke: Oh. All these empty buildings and things. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? Donald was born August 16th, 1954, in Staten Island, New York, to Michael and Eleanor. And he was the one that took me around and showed me where to get the good fabric. Burke is joined in this interview by his niece, Linda Daller. For example, could you tell what the original construction was? The developers came in with bulldozersbulldozed that mansion, bulldozed the stables. Because it was a big roof, like this, and then the gutters run around. So then I said, well, what the hell am I gonna do? Thats the only thing in the house left from the Seguines. Daller: But he has albums upstairs, photos. Its Greek Revival. I wanted to ask about the Equestrian Center. And I hope whoever is in charge of itLinda will probably be here in charge! Is there anything else that you would like to add about the house as it is now, the history, or the future of the house? And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. Scarpaci Funeral Home of Staten Island LLC. So its a shame. Lookit, I saved the police station and the two buildings next to the police station. And there was nobody but my mother and I now, living in our house. And I want my painting. Utica. Now theyre worth a couple hundred-dollars apiece. Unbelievable. It was under your bunk. And it was the most amazing party. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. Because I wanted the man that built the house, and this is the man that saved the house. Burke: the Historic House people did give me a big bronze plaque to put on the front of it. I mean, I couldnt do stuff like that all the other stuff I could do. The real estate lady wouldnt come in. So every time she wants to go riding, she has to go all the way to New Jersey, ride her horse, and then come all the way back. With that old fabric, theres enough to make drapes for one window. Christ, a good ten, twelve years. It doesnt happen on the North Shore because were very condensed and its a dense population. Burke: Yes. Q: Can you tell me about the ghost in that house? Staten Island, Richmond County, NY Genealogy Site - Staten Island Recent Obituaries And I want somebody to take care of it. Prince Edward Island. Burke: Well, look at the mansion! Burke: No, who gave me that? Ill tell you the good stuff! [laughs] And that was it. Ill do the whole window. I was seventeen years with the Air Force. Yes, Mrs. Mackey. Q: So this is going to part of an online archive. But this is too much for you, George. I said, Well, the only one I know that talked like that is Bess Seguine. She said, Well, this is me. I said, What is it, Bess? She said, I want you to come and save my house. I said, Are you kidding, Bess? I said, as a kid growing up, we were always down on the beach, looking back up at this big white house that looked like a big Southern mansion. Daller: So not that much time was spent on Staten Island. So I said, The hell with this. I collected all my antiques and all my stuff when I was traveling. Most of the furniture thats hereI never furnished the house until I owned it. Burke: I was thinking about getting a big home, having a home, and what I would want in itthe paintings, what kind of furniture, carpets, everything. George Burke was born on Staten Island and grew up in Annandale before moving to Florida with his family. Q: [Laughs] Yes. But before we know it, there wont be a thing left in the house. By the time I got to the to where they were discharging them and such, he had just been discharged and left on an airplane. Its Meissen. But they tore the house down to build that school. So its saved forever. And Bill moved in, and he stayed there for quite a while. He was predeceased by his mother Lena Russo-Tredici. They cant just say, The doors are open for anybody, just walk in! Somebody will walk in, and say, Oh, I like those chairs, pick them up, and take them, and theyll be gone. Everybody had left, and Bess and Marge were there, and Bess said to me, George, sit down. Q: The Friends of the Seguine Mansionthe friends group. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. George Burke's White Party NEW! Daller: Oh, yes. 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. Q: And so when you were deciding what to collect, were you thinking about. Phone: (718) 966 . It was unbelievably gorgeous. Lets keep fighting it, because there was no way to fight. I can get that. Because you could get it through theand once I got involved, I did really, really well. She came and did a lot for the draperies and everything here. Its some very wealthy unknown-known person who was there. Well, what are we talking about? They talk about Tottenville, its all McMansions. Everything has changed, all the old houses are torn down. And as you see it today was from me doing all those little things. Q: Was that here in the house? And I went around and we all hadyou were only allowed to buy two bottles of wine and a bottle of whiskey, or something. So finally, I think, the old lady died, didnt she? Some kind of jewelry. Burke: You want it from the first day I was born in the hospital across the street? Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. And thats where we are today. 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. Daller: Right, we really dont discuss any of that. The orientals that originally were on the floor here, I put up in the bedrooms upstairs. He also discusses the donation of the Seguine Mansion to the Historic House Trust, and his vision for the ongoing maintenance of the home and property. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic House Trust. Join Facebook to connect with George Burke and others you may know. Thats whats in this whole house, all the things you see. And you can ask[gesturing to Daller], Daller: Everybody got something. So I figured, hmm! So I went down in Rossville and I bought a beautiful, big old, rundown place and restored it completely. Q: Is there somebody in particular that you work with for reupholstery or restorations? And thats what I called out for was help. I went to boot camp, I loved it. 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. Cohasset crypto case: Everything court documents reveal. Q: Can you give me an example of one of the things that you worked on together in the house? And I never had timesometimes Id be sleeping on the pool table there because I just couldnt leave! So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. I could make another funeral parlor out of that. And I said, No, lets not make a funeral parlor. Formal gardens, stablesstables that you could live in. So I come home dead tired. Im joining the Air Force. So I went out and I joined the United States Air Force of course. See Photos. Of course, nothings there. So I had all my goodies packed in a box, getting ready to go. Unfortunately, you got to find environmentalists, theyve got to look for things and theyve got to point things out. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. Oh shit, Im going to have to rebuild the wall. So I started pulling the bricks out, and wrapped up where one of the bricks was, was an oil cloth rag all wrapped up. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. He was born here. And while I was up there, I was sent up to work with Father Tom. And I took that room and made it into the dining room. I grew up loving it and always having it, and my mother was great with it. Yes. But I dont remember seeing the main house. They cant do anything. He was in the Air Force. They really dont know what history is all about. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? Daller: Well, yes. It turned my stomach just to watch all of that gorgeous stuff just destroyed. So here I was with all this stuff, sending it home to my family, sending it to my sisters. Yes, but that was all the legal aspect of it. Frank Tredici. Burke: Chris will stay living here. Burke: Yes, I paid off this house. After Burke returned to Staten Island, he purchased and restored two houses and an old restaurant and bar before he was contacted by Bess Seguine in 1981, who had inherited the then-deteriorated Seguine Mansion. 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. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. 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. Then upstairs, was all the bedrooms. I was an interior designer. 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. Yes. Did you know that from? We are a big family. Matthew Funeral Home Inc 2508 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY (718) 761-5544 Send flowers. And thats what this house is. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. Dont remember what happened to it, right? Funeral homes; Help and . The son and his wife took over Scalamandr. Q: Can you tell me about moving the collections here, out of storage and out of your sisters houses into this house? Burke: Of course, I come from a big house. Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. The front porch was up high. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Burke: years ago, because I couldnt afford to keep it. What a damn dream, there she was, laying in her coffin there, with her finger at me. When they shipped me back from where I was, where the Eskimos were, they sent me back to the base, because they were shipping everybody now, backafter your time was up, you had to go back because you couldnt stay any longer than two years, and after two years, you had to come back to the States. Burn it down, put a candle in the middle of the hall. And right there in front of the windows was a coffin with all the flowers around it and everything. And I was a medic. They just went and just vandalized it to hell until there was nothing but a shell left. Because thats what I bought with the money. This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. Oh, God, it was gorgeous. I know the Port Richmond store you just bought. People that owned U.S. Steel, their mansion was over there. He was 63. Thats the usual setup, I think, for historic houses. Right. Burke - 1 - 2 and grew up 90% of my time on Staten Island until I became old enough and I joined the military. My brother, he come in and he said, What are you, nuts? Q: So part of why it closed was because. And its still there, its all there. Burke: Yes. Daller: You met some interesting people there. And finally their husbands were getting pissed at them, because they were never home, they were always here. But that was the cistern for doing all the laundry and everything in the basement. So thank you. 174 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075Phone: (212) 988-8379 | Fax: (212) 537-5571Contact Us: info@nypap.org. Oh god, that was a gorgeous mansion. And youd walk out, and the porch was all brick, and at the end of the porch was a big arch that had little windows in it and a French door where you could walk out to the garden. Daller: No. Valhalla. Daller: Well, he hopes that Historic House Trust and the Parks Department work hand in hand and maintaining itthat theyll maintain it as a museum. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. Staten Island was very early on, and then Florida, and then off to Europe. I got one or two things out of it. And Diane said, Oh, Marian has it.. Well, I was born on Staten Island. The only thing that will save this house as a bulldozer! [laughs] But anyway, I saved it. Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. Most recent obituaries in New York. And so shes got the bridge, and it costs money. You cant ride anywhere but in a circle arena. But the basement was the summer dining rooms and summer kitchen. Yes. Would you like to elaborate on that? So thats how that all came about. So I said to her, I said Bess, the only thing Ill save your house is a bulldozer! Daller: Oh, theOh God now, whats it called? Im offered fortunes for the front field, for the side field, for the backfield. And my father died, and we were all very young. And she couldntthey couldnt keep up with it anymore. Q: Can you tell me about studying interior design? They didnt even have soap. And he asked me would I be interested in working for him out here on Staten Island. Q: So what was it like when you had the house finished and furnished? They were all along the waterfront here. Hes been maintaining it for forty-plus years. Because you never finish, youre always finding something to do. Syracuse. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. Burke: Yes, she held the mortgage on it. Half the railings were gone off the porch, and the column was falling over, and, oh, Jesus. A brooch that I gave Bess? Q: And you feel that thats at risk because of the development thats happening now. So I rented the apartment next door, and I broke a hole in the wall. They couldnt handle it, the clientele that came in. Daller: If they cant ride, why should they be here? So, I would saywhat was it?the spring, and in the back of the house was the entrance to the cellar with the double doors, where you walked down the stairs, and it was all brick, and it had the doors. Theyre getting rid of everything! Daller: The stables. Burke: Like a locket. The roof was shot because the old guy that was caretaker here, he used to walk around on the roof and watch all the boats in the harbor. She was a nasty old lady! But that was funny. My big old Victorian house is saved, and thats still there. Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. Ill make you the drapes. The drapes are still up there. Burke: Yes. I loved Alaska. And he and his wife, Adriana, they retired and moved to Florida. But that was biga big, two-bedroom condo. Burke: Right across the creek. Q: Did you start the restoration process at that house? Daller: What about the coat? Yes. Burke: Yes. Burke: Yes. So thats where I got most of the stuff thats here in the house today. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. And in the summer, he sits outside, enjoys the outdoors, enjoys the lawn, the grounds. Theres a bunch of little houses now built all along through their gardens. And I, throughout the time, I went from room to room in the house and restored it. His family was like aristocratic. But they did a lot for me. It was so overgrown. Its still there. That was a shame. Q: Right. Oh, we were crabbing. Before he died, thats what he was. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. And then the Historic House Trust will use it as well to understand whats important to you about maintaining the house. 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. I did everything. But I still have a lot of it. And with the Air Force, I enjoyed every minute. Im sure some will. The Seguine nestled in the back of his mind, Burke joined the Air Force and moved to London when he was 19. And then Id been in Europe all that time. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. Theyll take care of it and be able to show tours. Burke: Yes, Mario come out all the time. You said you started with the basement. Burke: He did almost all the upholstery in the house. They tear down one house and build five. And then when we realized we were broke, all my brothers joined the military, got married, moved away. But that was a big improvement, putting in the kitchen, because there never was a kitchen in the houseand where the kitchen is now, that was the laundry room. Burke: Yes, I had to go down in the basement, and put a post, and then I had to jack up the stairs. View the profiles of people named George Burke. What was her name? Lives in Rochester, New York. So that makes sense. Then she got to the point where she couldnt keep it anymore. You got to get out. So we moved to Florida. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. And she was laid in a dress with a big lace collar. But when I die, they say theyre going to make a museum out of it. The mayor and everybody else in the cityyou cant ride on the beach. I dont know what the hell Ill do if you do that. And he was studying art and he painted my portrait that shell show you, thats upstairs. And I gave that, I thinkI dont know if I gave it to Bess. I cant remember her name. The kitchen was never in the basement. And I said, well, Im going to retire. I know everything, what to do. If you are going to stay, you better do this this and this, whatever the hell it was. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. Q: And did you keep records of the restoration process? The oldwhat the hell was itgrocery store. But thats what that was. Well work it out, one way or another. And so the two of us started and we madecalled it the Old Bermuda Inn because John loved Bermuda and he was putting a lot of money in it. Its down in Tottenville, beautifully done. The story about the coat that you had from Alaska? I said to him, Are you kidding? So I found this big beautiful, French, mansard roof, big Victorian house in Tottenville. Thats what I was. Where were you stationed and what was it like? Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. Im going to get gifts now because Im staying in the house and Im going to fix it up.. And thats what they were doing in France to keep from getting it taxed. I was All that gorgeous porcelain, like the Flower Sellers Childrenits a big piece like that. Daller: I think weve touched on everything, really. And it became quite the place to be. Lets move out, youre being kicked out anyway, the house is sold. Q: When you were youngwhen you were a kid. So she finally died. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. And my fatherwe were quite wealthy, growing up. 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. It was gorgeous and very ornatewas very, very much like Greek Revival. Stole all that carved stuff, stole all that stuff, that whole box of stuff. 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