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Photograph of Seguine Mansion
Photograph by Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Seguine House

Built in 1838 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“The Seguine Mansion, also known as the Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island, New York City. The Greek Revival house is one of the few surviving examples of 19th-century life on Staten Island.”

Wikipedia article Seguine Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1838, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 440 Seguine Ave., New York, 10309
  • When was it listed? May 1980
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • When was it built? 1838
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80002761 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Seguine House, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering Seguine House, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,177 fires within 5 miles of Seguine House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 91 started naturally. 115 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined864
Arson/incendiarism115
Natural91
Smoking28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined145 acresGateway National Recreation AreaGREAT KILLS BLOWUP

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Seguine House: 3 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Copper, Silver, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Asarco Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.Copper, SilverPlant
(Facility) Chevron Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.SulfurPlant
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
House at 5910 Amboy Road0.7 miles1982
Woodrow Methodist Church1.8 miles1982
Messiah Lutheran Church2.1 miles2025
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Farmhouse2.3 miles2020
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church2.7 miles2025
St. Alban's Episcopal Church2.7 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002761 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Richmond CountyAll 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.