A lot of these drapes, they did. And he kept up with him, up until the time Mario passed away. 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. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. He did so much work for you. So I went out and I said toI had two roommates, and I said to my roommates, Wheres my box? And they said Oh, well, Sergeant Joiner came in and took it. I said, Oh, no! I went running out. Burke: Yes. Dont look at me. And, of course, being in the military and traveling with them, the government shipped all my stuff that I bought and picked upshipped it all back to America for me. Its a real pretty smell. She said, Yes, its lilacs. She said Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was always had to have lilacs. Come here, Marge. I said, What? They said, Sell this goddamn place. And I was the assistant to the general who was the surgeon for the European Command. Would you like to elaborate on that? 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? Births: July 1847-48, July 1853-1909 Deaths: 1795, 1802-04, 1808, 1812-1948 Marriages: June 1847-48, July 1853-1949 *Includes records for western Bronx, 1874-97, and eastern Bronx, 1895-97. 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. And then when we realized we were broke, all my brothers joined the military, got married, moved away. It wasnt fair to him to keep paying for it. I dreamed, I saw it. And right outside the window right here, is a great big round, thing thats all brickgreat big round thing, big as this room, covered-overand thats where all the water from the drain pipe from the roof would go in there and fill it, and it was called a cistern, and that was connected to the kitchen downstairs. When he came he got everything going. So they built it like an attic and it was called an attic but it was a whole complete story. I said, Gee, look at these chairs. And they said, Yes, look at them. So we need to get help. So that had the outside kitchen. Because thats what I bought with the money. Burke: Ed. Daller: Oh, yes. Q: And so when you were deciding what to collect, were you thinking about. The Seguine nestled in the back of his mind, Burke joined the Air Force and moved to London when he was 19. And I got a big certificate for saving that. But I was glad that I got this. He worked by himself. In fact, her husband was a big-wig. Thank you so much. This was all field, all the way up, and she used to turn the horses loose on all the fields out there. And that was a kitchen, and that was bedrooms and a little living room, all up there. One day, he was gone. Burke: Well, Ill tell you, there wasnt that much in storagethe stuff that was in storage wasnt big pieces, maybe one or two. They cant build houses on it. I knew what she looked like, I knew where it was. But they did a lot for me. So finally, I think, the old lady died, didnt she? And I renovated the bar, I renovated the other side, my two sisters came to work for me, running the kitchen and the dining room. Burke: I think, what was left of it, the sons moved to California and they opened up a Scalamandr in California. She was great because she would know. You know, everybody grew up together. And I want somebody to take care of it. Burke: So I dont know if that was a ghost. But that was a condo. And the porch went all like this, around the house. February 15, 2023 (81 years old) View obituary. Of course, nothings there. We have a choice in having a caretaker come in also to maintain it. Q: No, that covers it! That woman, she lived in riding clothes! I bought the house and Bess and Marge came over. And that was the end of them. But the only thing was it was too small. He was from Central America somewhere, and he just believed in everything had to be right. [laughs] And I lived there for a long time. And so shes got the bridge, and it costs money. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. Everybody came in to a coldwater flat in the Bronx and walked in amazed because theyve never seen anything like that. 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: I used to, but I didnt I didnt keep it on everything. Burke: Okay. People didnt want it because it had such a reputation as being haunted. 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. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. I was born right in the hospital across the street, and grew up 90% of my time on Staten Island until I became old enough and I joined the military. Daller: Yes, well, thats what we just said, yes. Because, now, they cant tear it down. I didnt know they were lilacs, but I could smell something pretty. Daller: That was the house that had ghosts. So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. Before he died, thats what he was. And if they were there and I could see them, and I could ship them free because the government had to ship it for me, and I had my sisters, who would store them for meI had had a great opportunity to pick up all this stuff that was beautiful, get it for nothing, and the government ship it back for me, and my sisters would keep it until I got a place to put it. And I did, I got in St. George wasnt it? Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? You couldnt even see it. We just mentioned him. From last time I saw it, it looked like it needed a bulldozer! She said, No, no, no. She said, you can save it. But Ive got to bring that portrait down and put it above that fireplace and get rid of that painting thats there. And were doing this interview in Burkes home, in the Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island. Im joining the Air Force. So I went out and I joined the United States Air Force of course. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. And I didnt realize it because I was always working. One of the doors was shot, so I took this door off, and when I did, the brick wall, on the side, started falling out. But this is too much for you, George. Q: So those things that you got later on, afterthey didnt come from Europe. And then, it was declared unsafe, and they come in and knocked it down. Will they appreciate it? Burke: I never lived in a little small house, I have no idea. Got a good price for a couple of other real estate pieces that I bought and fixed up and sold. He cant do this anymore. And I said to the real estate lady, I said, Well, how do you know theres a ghost in there? She said, Because the old lady that originally lived in the house. Its Greek Revival. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. That was a shame. Burke: Well, the house, actually, from the outside, is aoh, shitthe name of it went right out of my head. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. [laughs]. Or you can do a small whatever. And he was stationed here, in St. George, and he would come home and wed live in the house. See Photos. And as I said, for a thing of whiskey or a bottle of wine, theyd give you anything, because none of them have had it for years and years. So I gave it to them. Wed go down through the junk yards and whatnot. And after he died the family still lived like we had my fathers money involved. But anyway, she said, Im not going in the house. And it was twice the size of this house. Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. Oh, God, I worked so damn hard. And thats what I did. Im giving nothing away. He was born Jan. 21, 1946, in The Bronx, N.Y. Bob is survived by his loving wife. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. And then the people that moved out left a bunch of old furniture, and these were the two that they left. Put a candle right in the middle of that floor and go take a walk. [laughs] He called it the one-candle house. And he dealed in antique rugs, and regular rugs and everything. And that painting of me, thats upstairs in my bedroomdid you ever see it? Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. Burke: Im glad I did. Its empty. She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. Burke: Oh, well, when I was inI guess I was in England. Q: Yes. This old? When I bought it, I didnt know what was that ones house. I started with the basement. And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. And he did the big sofa in there, didnt he? Then, on that side, was the dining room, and the kitchen. But it only reached a certain point of it, not in the very beginning. I restored that, and that was an old mansionan old pillar-fronted mansionlooked like the house, similar. I mean, lets face it. Burke: Yes, I had to go down in the basement, and put a post, and then I had to jack up the stairs. My sisterher mother [indicates Daller], Francesmy sister living in the Bronx, she got me a little apartment and she got me a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. And is there a way where, according to how you would like the house to be maintainedwould everything stay in its place? They dont know it. Daller: From Michael and Jennifer, your nephew. And I had to laugh. Interviewing George Burke, and. George: Oh, I knew the Seguines for years. And theyd come out and Id get involved with them. And it became quite the place to be. And through all the years that the old lady had this woman taking care of her, the lilacs were always in bloomwhen they were in bloom, they were in the house. And then upstairs was like a big balcony above that porch. That was a shame. And here was the street. He was incurring all the expenses. Burke kept records of the work, most of which he completed himself and financed the through the sale of his business, the Tidewater Inn. Because I certainlyI never passed up a bargain. And he did these two chairs. Because Evelyn didnt like the house, his wife. I mean, Captains Quarters, instead of building all those condos down there, it would have been beautiful to have another stately home there. And they were the big windows that lookedand that was a whole, bigjust like here, it was another story. All my life, I was raised in a big house. So while I used to work then with them, and then I decided, this is not for me. STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309. The orientals that originally were on the floor here, I put up in the bedrooms upstairs. Id bring her bottles of whiskey and shed say, Listen, George, Im going to an estate for saleeverything in it is going! Before he left, the house was fine. So I said, Well, Bess, if youre interested in doing it, Im interested in doing it.. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. They really dont know what history is all about. 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 I took that for years. In good condition? Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. Get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers in memory of a loved one in New York. And its three little girls sitting on a bench with big baskets of flowers in front of them. And they did. I had no idea that that was it, when I bought the house or anything. Im gonna save this house. In my early twenties? I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. Because she would always want her bottle of booze. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. Formal gardens, stablesstables that you could live in. And these roofs had big arches, like this. I mean, its physically impossible. So that was the reason we chose to do a White Party. I grew up loving it and always having it, and my mother was great with it. And they added this big dining room to the other side of the house. And my father died, and we were all very young. 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. I found a beautiful place in Tottenville and I opened it and called it the Tidewater Inn. Youre working too hard. George Burke. Daller: Because you might remember, he was away for so many years. Oh, God. I found him through somebody. Daller: And that house was beautiful. How the hell they got to the right people, I dont know. Oh, thats right. And I, throughout the time, I went from room to room in the house and restored it. Ill give you a job. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! I said to him, Are you kidding? I had the best collection of the most beautiful carved ivory and things because they didnt have money but they would give you things. The stables were here for years. Yes. They didnt even have soap. And with the Air Force, I enjoyed every minute. It was piled up in their basement. 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