I would have saved it. Burke: Yes. I have questions about closets too! 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. And I was so damn busy, I never got to go home. Burke: Okay. And if you went around with Mario Buatta, that was like going with the President of the United States. I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. She was a very good friend of mine, a really pretty lady. Daller: And he formed the board in order to support the house. Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow. And he was so good. And all those Eskimos just loved me. Or is that real? That was real. And, you know, who has that!? It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic House Trust. Because Mrs. Seguine was holding the. I mean, look, theyve been trying to get rid of the carriage horses in the city, for how long now? And then when you could see the house, it was a goddamn mess. Burke: All that stuff from England? Theyre deciding they want to build, so they tear down and build. I forgottheres ten acres that is landmarked now. I should really do something to save it. And it just was luck that I had just sold a real estate deal and made a lot of money. Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. And, then I gotwhod I get from the city? And I went in and I noticed my big box was gone. Burke: Its right on the Boulevard and it goes down to the beach. And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. We all got coupons. Because people will come in, and therell be four or five people and somebody will walk by and just pick this up, and pick that up. And then when they decided thatthey owned a beautiful house on one of the Keys in Florida. Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. Im only a salesman in a department store. I said, and its going to take a lot of money to put that house back together. She said, Well, Im going to help you all I can. And I said, But why would I fix a house I didnt own? And she said, Well, why dont we talk about that. She said, If youre interested in buying it, I will make the arrangements that you can own it. Click here to view all obituaries Search Obituaries Contact Us / Location. And you cant control it from the grave. But the picture in the locket was all crumbled up. My father was in the political-end, and he was in Borough Hall and everything like that. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. And they were the big windows that lookedand that was a whole, bigjust like here, it was another story. George Burke is one of these dedicated keepers: He minds the Seguine Mansion, which he bought in 1981. Burke: I think, what was left of it, the sons moved to California and they opened up a Scalamandr in California. But thats what that was. Did you know that from? Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. And they copied that from France, because thats what it was, it was the French mansard. I had no idea that that was it, when I bought the house or anything. Its some very wealthy unknown-known person who was there. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved George Burke of Hull, Massachusetts, who passed away at the age of 63, on October 2, 2021. I remember you always loved it and liked it. I bought the house and Bess and Marge came over. Burke: Yes, she held the mortgage on it. You couldnt see the grounds through the trees and it was just covered and everything. Now the little girl had to be moved to Wall Street. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. Just landmarked. And so I had all that stuff in my apartment. Its a real pretty smell. She said, Yes, its lilacs. She said Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was always had to have lilacs. And you would have been taxed in this country if it was already like that. Daller: From Michael and Jennifer, your nephew. That was a great house. They are Chinese Chippendale. Burke: Oh, well, when I was inI guess I was in England. I had just bought this house, and it needed a lot of work. And I was always a horse person. Daller: Yes. And there were two windows, like this. And then I decided Id get involved again with things that are going on. Would you just sell me two acres there? Ill make you the drapes. The drapes are still up there. So thats my uncles hope for it as well. Nobody wants to do that. And Id go in and Id buy all the liquor with those stamps. I bought another restaurant, didnt I? Q: How did you establish a relationship with the Parks Department and the Historic House Trust? Lots of photos, costs, everything. Because it was a big roof, like this, and then the gutters run around. And I invested in a couple of things. And, she said, If so, we will give you gifts. And then that was the end. Most of the furniture thats hereI never furnished the house until I owned it. The Seguine girls, as they were called,. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! 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. Too bad that there wasnt somebody with a brain. Daller: So can you imagine a three room apartment filled to the brim with antiques? George Burke's White Party NEW! Wow, what a great place. I said, now here you are, the woman we always wondered about, asking me if Im interested in saving that house? And the house was like this, a big piece with two big wings. Now what are you going to do with this? So that had the outside kitchen. Yes, Mrs. Mackey. Burke: Yes. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here . Burke is joined in this interview by his niece, Linda Daller. Well, do you know what your preferences are? And I said, Oh, shit. And as I said, I was in the military up there and we werent a big group of military, it was like a small base. Because I wanted the man that built the house, and this is the man that saved the house. Daller: Well, you did at a certain point, because you have a lot of photos. Burke: Scalia. So I gave it to them. Burke: Oh, I forgot about that. Thats what I wanted. Burke: After I had the house, then I got the big pieces of furniture. Im getting rid of everything. He said, I have three of the most beautiful Persian carpets from Persia, said, You cant get them anymore. He said, Theyre antiques but they are brand new, never used. He said, Im giving them to you. And this is them. As a young adult, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the medical department, spending time in locations across Europe and Alaska. I bet I left the cellar door open under the stairwell, from the basement, and I bet thats the soap Ive got in the washing machine that smells like that. Thats why I did what I did, because I figured that if anything ever happens to me, all of this, now, will have to stay as it is. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. And the only reason why this survived is because nobody wanted the farmhouse! Like this chair that youre sitting in, these are Chippendale chairs in the Chinese style. And the only problem with that was the kitchen was downstairs. And I got a big certificate for saving that. I mean, you talked about it, when you were a kid, that it was this big house that you would see when you were out on, Daller: Its a part of the history of Staten Island. And I went to Hammersmith College. Daller: Well, remember how much it took to paint the whole house, and how you had to paint sections of it? Burke: Like a locket. And he said, George, Im selling my business. You cant ride anywhere but in a circle arena. I had all the plasters done. You could imagine what the mansion looked like. That was all what she had in mind! Daller: You know, people dont understand them. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. The son and his wife took over Scalamandr. And they did. And Im looking at looking at it and I said, You know, thats the last house. So we lived there, and it was a big courtyard and there were four buildings and the center courtyard was all grass. And from the garden, you could come back in under the porch and down into the kitchen in the basement. Was very little time on here. Its a plus for the borough too. Im offered fortunes for the front field, for the side field, for the backfield. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. [laughs]. Daller: But thats how he [referring to the painting of Mr. Seguine] came back to the house. What a gorgeous home that was. Im gonna save it, its a gorgeous house!. He was an old craftsman from the other side. I cant go and say, You know, fifty years ago that was mine, and I never gave it to you. They were gorgeous. Because thats what I bought with the money. They really dont know what history is all about. And that went for years. Its just a shame. And everyone became extremely close. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. Because the water was in the basement for so many years, all the dampness had lifted all the floorboards and everything, and so I had to dry the house out, and replaster the walls. When I bought it, I didnt know what was that ones house. Special thanks to The Peggy N and Roger G Gerry Charitable Trust for their support to complete this initiative. And we cant come over here because both of them lived way out in New Jersey, and theyd come every day. You dont have to worry about, sleeping on your couches and all that kind of stuff, and, you know, pulling out fake beds, and that kind of stuff. That was a shame. And I was in the medical department, worked in the operating room. I said, Gee, look at these chairs. And they said, Yes, look at them. 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. And that was nothing but a little house that caught firewas just a little, little house. Burke: I knew that. 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. She lived up on Lighthouse Hill. I was So I made sure it was filled in with dirt the rest of the way, so I wouldnt have that water getting in the basement. Burke: Mario Buatta got me into all of that. [laughs]. If you were at the water looking up here, you couldnt see the house. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. You cant ride on the street. If you want to come in a business with me, John, lets make into a beautiful restaurant. So he said, Okay, Ive never owned a restaurant, but Id be willing to try it, George. So I said, Well, John, youre gonna have to put a lot of money in it because you have all the money, as being who you are. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Yes. Q: I mean, I live in a small apartment, so what is it like to live in a kind of museum quality home? So whenever the big surgeons traveled, I always traveled with themtraveled all over Europe. And they were slate, the roof, and by walking on the slates, they broke and they slid off, and wherever they slid off, the rain poured through because it was holes. It was unbelievably gorgeous. That works! Thankfully, no ones come here and said, Oh, you might have had slaves. I mean, Im sure if somebody came and decided to look back, theyd say, Oh, no, theres a reason for a house like that. People have ideals that are very strange. Cohasset crypto case: Everything court documents reveal. I saved that, thats still there. All these walls used to be white. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. So I paid it off and bought it in cash, with the cash. Everybody had left, and Bess and Marge were there, and Bess said to me, George, sit down. Christ, we had a good time. And he saw the way to help out, and I said, well form a board and what well do is well continue to have fundraisers in order to support the house, but we need additional help and support as well. So this house tells a particular story, a long history, but it cant tell the history of the other houses because they were so different. Daller: Well, no, Mrs. Seguine allowed him to buy, Burke: No, I already had this house from the first deal. And if theyre gonna make a museum out of it, theyre gonna have to pay somebody to greet people and take them on tours. Q: And so when you were deciding what to collect, were you thinking about. Daller: Because you might remember, he was away for so many years. And the porch went all like this, around the house. Prince Edward Island. 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? What will I do? And I had two or three other girls that were there. Hes done it for forty-plus years, now its time to give back. Q: Okay. Phone: (718) 966 . Q: Can you give me an example of one of the things that you worked on together in the house? And he died young. He introduced me all the time tobecause look at look at what he was. Of course, when I bought the house, that was all weeds growing up among the bricks. So I go downstairs. Burke: And Im leaving everything thats in the houseits staying. Daller: Then you got rid of thatbut those are the early days. Thats what it is. Daller: And he uses every room, he doesnt sit in one room. And not only that, we got a lot of manureI used to have it to put on all the gardens and to put on the fields and whatnot. And in the back of the house, its still there, is aChrist, it must be half the size of this roomis a huge, huge lilac bush. I dreamed, I saw it. And if they only would have remained, they would have been a part of it, and everything could have been fully appreciated. Or was that brother Ed? I can get that. Because you could get it through theand once I got involved, I did really, really well. I said to him, Are you kidding? Would you like to elaborate on that? Q: Yes, absolutely. And it was called SS White [Dental Manufacturing Company]. Daller: Yes, definitely. Theyre all gone. Burke: Yes. And I would just would go around and Id just pick stuff up. Daller: And that house was beautiful. You couldnt even see it. And that was the Air Force. Luis was great. Wantagh, Seaford . And they added this big dining room to the other side of the house. He said, when he was moving here, he told the people there, he goes, Im moving. And I made a lot of money. So they went into repairing things. Burke: Mario Buatta and a couple of people of his friends that were just as big. But unfortunately, it all fell in. And I, throughout the time, I went from room to room in the house and restored it. Its a big plaque on it, its landmarked and everything. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. . As a young adult, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the medical department, spending time in locations across Europe and Alaska. Daller: He enjoys the whole house. Im no bulldozer!. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. Burke: Let me think of how all that started. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. Burke: Well, I knew how to do it. But anyway, she said, Im not going in the house. And then I went through floor and room after room, and took almost five years to put the house in good shape, the way you could see it. So everything just kept going off and someone would have all of this, someone would have all of that. Burke: Oh, what I want to do isover that fireplace, I want to take that painting downand bring my painting and put it over that fireplace. But what she did is she sold off parcel after parcel in order for her to live here in the house because she had no income. She was a nasty old lady! But that was funny. But when he was in Europe, he rode. And I looked in the thing, I said, Holy shit. Burke: Yes, and I had a beautiful apartment for years in St. George. And I always used to say, Wonder who lives there! and so forth and so on. And in the meantime, I made a couple of little investments and they turned out very well for me. If it wasnt for Mrs. Mackey across the street telling me about the funeral, I would have never known. It has to stay exactly as an old plantation house. And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. And its still there, its all there. He upholstered that chair with the things in the back. If you are going to stay, you better do this this and this, whatever the hell it was. Mrs. Mackey. And I had more bargains from Mrs. Murphy. So I moved into the house here. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. But again, I dont know that Staten Island appreciates anything, because we had a Borough President at one time that we asked him a question about something and his answer to my uncle was, Well, why would you want to put a new suit on an old man?. Burke: Ed. This old? Burke: Oh, it was a relationship over whole period. Burke: Oh, when I was a kid, we lived in Annandale. Burke: Well, most of the stuff in the house, he worked with me. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. But anyway, she said, No, Im not going in. George Burke. 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. Burke: Right across the creek. Daller: Well, its just the fact that the South Shore has gotten very built-up. She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. And getting an American Dollar from being in the service, getting my payeven though it wasnt that muchbut at that time, over there, it was worth a fortune. And where to get the good buys, and all that kind of thing. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. Everybody smelled like that. 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. Q: [laughs] How did you figure out what needed to be done with the house? Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of George Burke to show support. But I was glad that I got this. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? She was great because she would know. And even though the house belongs, in essence, to Historic House Trust, they werent reimbursing him for anything. 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