{"id":18192,"date":"2025-10-27T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18192\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:50:13","slug":"rediscover-staten-island-gothic-revival-gems-built-in-the-1800s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18192\/","title":{"rendered":"Rediscover Staten Island: \u2018Gothic Revival\u2019 gems built in the 1800s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2016. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro.<\/p>\n

The Parsonage<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Parsonage — standing on its original site on Arthur Kill Road at the corner of Clarke Avenue — was built in 1855 as home for the pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church (now demolished) that once stood nearby,\u201d Historic Richmond Town reports on its website.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Parsonage is an example of Carpenter Gothic style — a form of Gothic Revival architecture — with the characteristic exterior woodwork of the style (sometimes called gingerbread), as well as many original interior features. The building has two stories and a one-story porch on its front and two sides.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Parsonage in Historic Richmond Town was designated an official NYC landmark by the NewLandmarks Preservation Commission in 1969.<\/p>\n

W.S. Pendleton House \"'GothicThe house built by William S. Pendleton shows all the hallmarks of the Gothic Revival romantic cottage.(Staten Island Advance\/ Jan Somma-Hammel)\"'GothicOwner Edwin Calderon was drawn to this Gothic Revival house at 22 Pendleton Place which was in great disrepair.(Staten Island Advance\/ Jan Somma-Hammel)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis remarkable Gothic villa is one of many which once adorned the Island,\u201d wrote the city Landmarks Preservation Commission when designating this home on hilltop Pendleton Place in New Brighton a landmark in 1969.<\/p>\n

It was constructed circa 1855 and is known as the W.S. Pendleton House. <\/p>\n

\u201cDiamond shaped glass is used in all the windows, and there is an unusual variety in the shapes and sizes of the windows in this house. They are found single, grouped in pairs, in a bay window of four of four units with arched tracery at the top, and many are of the pointed-arch type with double-hung sash,\u201d the city Landmarks Preservation Commission has noted about this house at 22 Pendleton Place.<\/p>\n

Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House \"'GothicJames Russell Lowell and Francis Parkman were both treated for failing eyesight at the home of Dr. Samuel Elliot at 69 Delafield Place, Livingston.Staten Island Advance\"'Gothic69 Delafield Place in Livingston was designated a NYC landmark in 1967.Staten Island Advance<\/p>\n

Designated an official NYC landmark in 1967, the Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House at 69 Delafield Place in Livingston \u201cis an excellent example of country Gothic Revival architecture,\u201d the Landmarks Preservation Commission has noted. \u201cConstructed of locally quarried random stone, the house was built about 1840 by Dr. Elliott, who was one of this country\u2019s first oculists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe large entranceway is framed by diamond-shaped colored glass sidelights in blue and orange and is crowned by a transom displaying glasswork in fan pattern,\u201d the Landmark Preservation Commission noted in its report designating this house a landmark.<\/p>\n

Belair Road, Rosebank\"'GothicGothic Revival architecture on Belair Road in Rosebank.STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE\"'GothicGothic Revival architecture on Belair Road, Rosebank.Staff-Shot<\/p>\n

Formerly known as Woodland Cottage, the house at 33-37 Belair Road in Rosebank was built in the late 1840s and retains many of the earmarks of the Gothic Revival style.<\/p>\n

Tompkins and Norwood avenues, Clifton\"'GothicGothic style on Tompkins Avenue, Clifton.Staff-Shot\"'GothicThis home at Norwood Avenue in Clifton was built in the 1840’s in the Gothic Revival style.Staten Island Advance<\/p>\n

This house, at the corner of Tompkins and Norwood avenues in Clifton, was built in the 1840s and touts authentic Gothic details. <\/p>\n

Greenfield Avenue, Clifton \"'GothicGothic Revival beauty on Greenfield Avenue, Clifton.Staff-Shot\"'GothicGothic Revival beauty on Greenfield Avenue, Clifton.Staff-Shot<\/p>\n

The house at 73 Greenfield Ave. was built in a style that the American Institute of Architects describes as \u201ccrisp Gothic Revival.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum\"'GothicGaribaldi-Meucci Museum at 420 Tompkins Ave. in Rosebank.Staff-Shot\"'GothicGaribaldi-Meucci Museum at 420 Tompkins Ave. in Rosebank.Staff-Shot<\/p>\n

The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum at 420 Tompkins Ave. in Rosebank was built circa 1845 in the Gothic Revival style.<\/p>\n

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