George Burke was born on Staten Island and grew up in Annandale before moving to Florida with his family. Burke: Right across the creek. But under that porch was the basement. I have questions about closets too! And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. But the upper story of the house was two more floors. Daller: No. Mrs. Mackey. The one owned by the steel companywas that a beautiful house! Or is there a way for things to be changed? I knew what she looked like, I knew where it was. Because look how long the war went, and England had nothing. I went to boot camp, I loved it. And the only problem with that was the kitchen was downstairs. And it became quite the place to be. See Photos. Daller: The stables. And I dream that I heard some noise. Daller: Well he formed that, thats the board. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. She lived up on Lighthouse Hill. The ceilings had fallen down because a lot of the drain pipes had leaked. I had the house put back together. And my father died, and we were all very young. Get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers in memory of a loved one in New York. So I just grew up with it, knowing it. Burke: So then I gave it to the Historic House Trust of New York. Oh, we were crabbing. Search Staten Island obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. He introduced me all the time tobecause look at look at what he was. They bought a house. And here was the street. Its been so long now. 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. Q: And you said that you restored the garden there too? The mansion, oh god. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. They tore down those two nice little cottages that were there. And I worked there for quite a while, and I lived in the Bronx. And that makes more sense to people when they see something. Christ, we had a good time. Burke: So I did that [sold the Tidewater Inn]. I thought for sure that would never go. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. Lives in Rochester, New York. While stationed in England, he studied interior design and architectural history and began to collect antiques through estate sales and flea markets, focusing on ceramics, paintings, light fixtures, and many other decorative items from the Victorian era. Daller: You met some interesting people there. Burke: Yes. Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. And people were selling anything out of their house to support themselves and live. The mansion was gorgeous! Obituary: George W. Burke October 07, 2021 George W. Burke, 63 George W. Burke, of Hull, died on Oct. 2. Because back when they built the houses, kitchens were never built in the house. I know all the grounds that were around it were beautiful gardens. It was like a mansion youve never seen. And thats what I called out for was help. So dont worry about it. Ghost in the houseif shes gonna live there, she could do some cleaning up, do some dusting. But I put the kitchen in the basement and sealed up that, because once that filled up with water, it would leak into the basement. The orientals that originally were on the floor here, I put up in the bedrooms upstairs. Because Evelyn didnt like the house, his wife. And it was twice the size of this house. But, Q: Let me ask you some more about the items that you collected when you were. And while I was up there, I was sent up to work with Father Tom. 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. And one day. Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. Daller: From Michael and Jennifer, your nephew. And I miss all those horses. I loved being there and everything. So I come home dead tired. Click here to view all obituaries Search Obituaries Contact Us / Location. Thats the only way to explain it. That was a bigits still there. And that was nothing but a little house that caught firewas just a little, little house. She was great, I loved her. I know everything, what to do. So because it was done like the French did, I never had to pay tax, or only tax on a two-story house, instead of a three-story. Burke kept records of the work, most of which he completed himself and financed the through the sale of his business, the Tidewater Inn. It was piled up in their basement. Burke: Oh, and then the house, when I bought it, everybodythe real estate lady, she wouldnt come in. And Bill moved in, and he stayed there for quite a while. 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. Thats what it is. And that was it. You could imagine what the mansion looked like. The woodwork, the moldings, the parquet floors. Burke: Greek revival. Theres one here, theres one there, and theres one in the other room. First thing I started with was the basement because it had four-foot of water in it. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. 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. But, thats what I did. Then I got shipped to Europe. Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow. 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. So I bought it. And I was a medic. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. Right across the creek. I dreamed, I saw it. So I moved into the house here. Burke: Well, I hope it gets maintained. The stables were here for years. What the hell is that coming from? So I come down the stairs, and as I got down the stairs, the spelling got stronger and stronger. Burke: And all the others like it, well, I can remember, on the other side of the pond over there, going alongthe mansions that were over there. Thats whats in this whole house, all the things you see. The Old Bermuda Inn. I mean, after it was finished, who cared? They tear down one house and build five. Theyd go in and theyd take the windows out and theyd use the windows, and they destroyed it. Utica. I could make another funeral parlor out of that. And I said, No, lets not make a funeral parlor. Burke: Oh, it was a relationship over whole period. 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. I, being the youngest, of course, seeing everybody growing up. And Luis Caizares painted that. I hope it isnt that the people who have access come in and empty it because Ive had people say, Oh, when youre not here, Im taking that painting, and Im taking that painting, and I want that couch, you know. 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. He was born here. Theres a ghost in there. And I said, Well, I dont believe in ghosts. And it was one of those busy, busy, goddamn nights. And then, it was declared unsafe, and they come in and knocked it down. Burke: You want it from the first day I was born in the hospital across the street? You buy me out. And he bought me out. So a couple of days later, I have a dream. So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. Burke: Of course, I come from a big house. Would you? Its unreal! STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309. I woke up with a sweat. And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. Hes done it for forty-plus years, now its time to give back. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. We just mentioned him. I mean, as a kid going down here crabbing, down on the beach, we used to look back at the house all the time. But it looked like an attic with the roof like that and everything. And its three little girls sitting on a bench with big baskets of flowers in front of them. And a lot of it got given away, got lost. 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. 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. That was her name. Is there anything, you think? Staten Island, Brooklyn, New York, Kings, Long Island, and New Jersey (718) 966-7800 Coach Robert Joseph "Bob" Burke, 74, died April 4, 2020, at home, surrounded by his loving family, in Wilson, N.C. Will they appreciate it? Skip to main content (800) 896-5587. And if I couldnt take care of them, Id call down to the base and theyd send a helicopter and theyd pick them up and take them down to the hospital, because we had to take care of them, because Alaska was ours, and all the Eskimos was our responsibility. So he came out. And I took that for years. George Burke. Staten Island, Richmond County, NY Genealogy Site - Staten Island Recent Obituaries Because it was a big roof, like this, and then the gutters run around. Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. Half the railings were gone off the porch, and the column was falling over, and, oh, Jesus. He was always at the stables there. There was nine of us in the whole family. And have something on a loop in here, which weve been trying to do, where itll be an audio and a video of him discussing the house, because nobody knows it any better than he does. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. Q: Thank you for that story. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? So I paid it off and bought it in cash, with the cash. And that was only one of them. 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. Burke: Yes. He moved into the house shortly after the sale, and worked from the basement to the roof, and outwards throughout the grounds and stables, to complete the restoration. And my brother Bill and my brother Ed decided to go into an automobile repair shop. And that was inwhere the hell, what did they call that area where all the Eskimos lived? I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. 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. And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. The fact that the Seguine familythis was the farmhouse, their mansion was in Rossvilleand thats long gone. Most of them were little things. And he died young. So I had all my goodies packed in a box, getting ready to go. And they were going to pay for everything if they owned it. It was terrible. And he had helped meyou know, while I had my own ideas for design, and whatever I thought of, he said, George, thats great. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. 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. You want to take down every statue thats been there for a thousand years because, No, that statue shouldnt be there. But before we know it, there wont be a thing left in the house. You can retire. Q: Is there somebody in particular that you work with for reupholstery or restorations? We all got coupons. And we used to say, Wow, wonder who lives there? So my sister Bess said, Well, come on, lets go to Florida. But the story that was cuteremember the lady in England, the antique dealer, that used to bring her bottles all the time? So when he left the apartment and came to Staten Island, things started to move back into different sisters again until he was ready to relocate it again. Oh, thats right. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. You could ask for their house and youd get it. And that was the end of them. I loved them too. We had beautiful stuff in our home, all the time. I had a bulldozer two weeks, riding back-and-forth, and back-and-forth, and back-and-forth across the front of the house because you couldnt see the house from the water. And they were good investments. So my mother decided she would make it into a two-family, and rent out one part of it. 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. People, Oh, could you help me? And especially when I came to Staten Island and I was working for Sherwin Williams, andwhat the hell, Florence? 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