He also discusses the donation of the Seguine Mansion to the Historic House Trust, and his vision for the ongoing maintenance of the home and property. If you dont want to come dont show up. And he said since hes been here, he has nobody here. A brooch that I gave Bess? Daller: You know, people dont understand them. Burke: Oh god. Q: [laughs] How did you figure out what needed to be done with the house? You got to get out. So we moved to Florida. I fixed it up. And it didnt take long to sell because it was a big piece of property, nice house. WHEN George Burke was growing up on Staten Island in the 1930s and '40s, he used to ride horses with a pair of sisters, Elizabeth and Belle Seguine. Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. And I invested in a couple of things. So its a shame. My sister, Frances, got me a nice little apartment in the Bronx, right next to her. What were the things that you did when you were young? We just mentioned him. And how people went along with them, I dont know either. And he come from a very, very wealthy family in Madrid. So we talked to our brother Bill and he had come up with the money, bought the house. So a couple of days later, I have a dream. Otherwise, Id never be able to have half the stuff thats in here because it would have cost me a private fortune to have it shipped. He did the White House and everything. So I had people come in and wanted to buy the Tidewater Inn. Burke: Well, I was always an antique collector. Q: Can you tell me about studying interior design? And that was a kitchen, and that was bedrooms and a little living room, all up there. Thats what I was. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. Its still there in Port Richmond. And even though the house belongs, in essence, to Historic House Trust, they werent reimbursing him for anything. Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. It was under your bunk. That came in part from the attorney. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. His family was like aristocratic. Were not going to stay and put up with these two people. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. Theres one here, theres one there, and theres one in the other room. You can retire. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. So thats where I got most of the stuff thats here in the house today. But I still have a lot of it. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? Unfortunately, you got to find environmentalists, theyve got to look for things and theyve got to point things out. You know, everybody knew him, and everybody, wow. And Luis Caizares painted that. She was on TV complaining about it. Q: And thats what allowed you to buy this house? Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. Burke: Yes. And thats what they were doing in France to keep from getting it taxed. You could ask for their house and youd get it. So I went up with Father Tom and I had to take care of all those Eskimos, if any of them got sick or hurt this or that. She would say, The lilacs still in the front hall? And Id say, Oh, is that what that smell is? She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. It doesnt happen on the North Shore because were very condensed and its a dense population. Daller: Well he formed that, thats the board. And the backyard is beautiful. 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. Interviewing George Burke, and. Daller: Well, they hope to. We were doing other parties at the time, the only thing we still maintain is the White Party. 6389 Amboy Road. In fact, her husband was a big-wig. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. I had the house put back together. Yes, that was all Scalamandr. Q: So its budgets and the contractors, all that stuff. The mayor and everybody else in the cityyou cant ride on the beach. And then I was able to get all my stuff out of storage and out of peoples homes where I stored them, and furnished the house and moved and lived in the whole house, took care of it. You couldnt see the grounds through the trees and it was just covered and everything. And in the basement, I put the kitchen and a dining area and everything. Everything has to be environmentally done properly, so by the time you figure it out, youre spending more money, when youre making no money because you have no horses. I went to grammar school and high school here. 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. But you used tell me. And he asked me would I be interested in working for him out here on Staten Island. According to the funeral home, the following services have. Q: And did you keep records of the restoration process? They didnt even have soap. And you can put it together and fix it. The only thing that will save this house as a bulldozer! [laughs] But anyway, I saved it. Staten Island . Hes done it for forty-plus years, now its time to give back. Unfortunately. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. I have no idea what it would be like to live in some other place. Get out. And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. And then, on the third floor, which was in the mansard roof, that was all the servants quarters. Im sorry that, during all that construction, I wasnt taking photographs, of step by step. And people were selling anything out of their house to support themselves and live. Its some very wealthy unknown-known person who was there. Yes. There was the main house, over here was the bar, over here was this big dining room, and this was the main house. Theyd work out, and theyd be waiters, or this and that. They had The [Charging] Bull in the city and they had the little [Fearless] Girl there. And then Iwhatd I do then, Ioh, I paid for this house, didnt I? Still kept it. And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. And the house was like this, a big piece with two big wings. So thats my uncles hope for it as well. But what was really, really bad was people, if they were going to build a garage, or they were going to build something, theyd go to that big, beautiful mansion and rip the siding off of it and take it back to build what they want to build. They are Chinese Chippendale. And then I decided Id get involved again with things that are going on. Burke: Well, I hope it gets maintained. Phone: (718) 966 . Betsy P. Thompson East Greenbush, New York. So we brought that point up a few times. Its all part of history, and theyre just destroying it every way they can. These are those Persian carpets. Destroyed. And I said, well, Im going to retire. On a goddamn pillared mattress sleeping? Probably. Burke: Yes, but just think of that gorgeous, bigthe mansion that this was their farmhouse, up the street here, that was gorgeous. Its been so long now. 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. Ill do the whole window. And whats going on up the street here now? I went over there, and it was standing up sleeping! What the hell do you think it was? What a gorgeous home that was. Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. And no ones going to be able to talk about it, and point things out, and say where it came from, or whats the history behind it. So my mother decided she would make it into a two-family, and rent out one part of it. I know everything, what to do. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. Q: Yes, you can tell me about your early life and the memories you have of growing up here. Is there anything, you think? Daller: And he formed the board in order to support the house. So she said, Bess said, Were going to have to quit, George. I said Oh, shit. I just repainted. And thats where we are today. It would have been spectacular but greed set in, and thats what they did. So we lived there, and it was a big courtyard and there were four buildings and the center courtyard was all grass. George Burke Obituary It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. We all got coupons. And I looked back, you could hardly see the house. I said, No, no, no. I put the post on it up under the floor where the newer posts in the staircase was upstairs, and then, when I took the jack away, it sat on the post. Brother Bill? Lets keep fighting it, because there was no way to fight. Burke: So then I gave it to the Historic House Trust of New York. And while I was up there, I was sent up to work with Father Tom. The house is haunted, she said, if youre interested in it, George, heres the key to the front door, you go. And as I said, there was a big flight of stairs that went up and a big porch across the whole front of the house. And because of that, and especially the interior design thing, I went around, did little jobs, and did things, and because I learned so much by going to that to school there, that when I got back here, I got nice little jobs here and there. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. Staten Island and the South Shore is the only place where people can still move, be in a country feeling, and build what they want to build, and have a garden and have a lawn and, you know, they can be in the country and still be in the city. She said shell keep the doors locked and call Linda if anybody wants to get in and take anything out. In my early twenties? Big fluted columns with big Corinthian capitals on them. They just couldnt handle it. Yes, and I had bought the house, but I couldnt have the house and move in until she died. Theyd come out and Id say, Look, I can get you this. Facebook gives people the power to. I dont know what it is. Daller: From Michael and Jennifer, your nephew. And these roofs had big arches, like this. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm MDT . I mean, I could do a little woodwork, but I wasnt a carpenter. And Im glad I did what I did, about just giving it to the National Historic Trust. Q: Yes, absolutely. Q: Can you give me an example of one of the things that you worked on together in the house? 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. I said to him, Are you kidding? Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. And it was one of those busy, busy, goddamn nights. And they copied that from France, because thats what it was, it was the French mansard. And there was a whole other floor, another story, and its built with the French style, in the French mansard. Well. The whole family kind ofand the ladies got too old, and they decided they were going to move and go live inI think Georgia or Virginia, I forgot. And I know everythingId love to go out to Staten Island. So he said, Good. Most of them were like china and vases, such like that. Because the other way, my uncle was digging into whatever a little bit of savings he had, in order to pay. Of course, when I bought the house, that was all weeds growing up among the bricks. And its three little girls sitting on a bench with big baskets of flowers in front of them. And were doing this interview in Burkes home, in the Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island. But it only reached a certain point of it, not in the very beginning. And I took that for years. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. In fact, he was just a few years older than I, and wasnt it last year we were trying to locate him? No, it wasnt that. Daller: Mm-hmm! So thank you. It was a mess. And they said, Oh my god, George, what are you Oh, and who else was that? Q: And so when you were deciding what to collect, were you thinking about. Well, Bess, and my brothers wife, Evelyn, never got along. They gave me the fabric and they did it and such. And I was the assistant to the general who was the surgeon for the European Command. The mansion had a huge ballroom and everything in it. Oh, God, I worked so damn hard. How the hell they got to the right people, I dont know. The Seguine girls, as they were called,. Wed go down through the junk yards and whatnot. All these walls used to be white. Burke: Yes, she held the mortgage on it. Q: So he knew how much work it would take over the years and what a relationship would be like to. 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. Im joining the Air Force. So I went out and I joined the United States Air Force of course. And I lived there for quite a few years. You could imagine what the mansion looked like. I wanted to ask about the Equestrian Center. And he wanted to retire and he gave his son the business. Q: And you knew the style from having studied the history of design and architecture. But she used to wear three, four dresses and she smelled like an old goat! And is there a way where, according to how you would like the house to be maintainedwould everything stay in its place? I, being the youngest, of course, seeing everybody growing up. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. From what youve described, the different places that have been demolished over the years were extremely different from each other. I did go around and take pictures of what was left of some of them. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. She left things there. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? I dont know what the hell Ill do if you do that. Daller: So not that much time was spent on Staten Island. And now the people that I sold it to, the Pistillis [James and Kathleen Pistilli], they had the whole thing researched and now its got landmark things on it and everything. You cant ride on the street. Burke: Right across the creek. So I said to her, I said Bess, the only thing Ill save your house is a bulldozer! See Photos. And my other sisternow, of course shes passed awaybut now her daughter took it, and the daughter gave it to her daughter. Burke: Down in the basement, my friend Eriche was great, with this Ouija board and all this stuffand he said, George, lets do a seance! So we got a bunch of people together and we went all down in the basement. They cant just say, The doors are open for anybody, just walk in! Somebody will walk in, and say, Oh, I like those chairs, pick them up, and take them, and theyll be gone. Formal gardens, stablesstables that you could live in. Victor. And he died young. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. Burke: I went and I was stationed in England, and I loved being in England. And finally their husbands were getting pissed at them, because they were never home, they were always here. When I bought it, I didnt know what was that ones house. And he did these two chairs. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. Loving son of Joan (Perry) Burke of Plymouth and the late George W. Burke. Before he left, the house was fine. Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. Mrs. Mackey. Thats the only thing in the house left from the Seguines. Because he paid for the entire outside himself. Daller: No, I dont. So I figured, oh, shit. Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. 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. George Burke. Born in the Province of Pola, Italy, "George" settled in the Bronx. 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. Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. It was like a mansion youve never seen. She married her husband Thomas Burke on April 24, 1965, and had five children. Daller: But he has albums upstairs, photos. I cant think ofdoesnt matter, the name of the people. Q: Right. Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? And all the time when all the lilacs would come in the spring, and the whole place would smell of lilacs, its gorgeous, still is. Burke: Yes, there was a little man in New Jersey. Burke: Yes. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. And then he got married and moved in with his wife. So Walter was re-stationed to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. 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. So I said, Well, I would have named it The Rossville Inn because it was in Rossville, but he will he loved Bermuda and he wanted Bermuda Inn. So I said, Yes, John, well call it the Old Bermuda Inn. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. Well, by this time, I had a lot of money. Q: You mentioned that the South Shore has changed in the last few years. Or you can do a small whatever. And hes the one that did my portrait upstairs. 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. Yes. Q: So part of why it closed was because. Half the railings were gone off the porch, and the column was falling over, and, oh, Jesus. Soon, nobody had room in their house to store anymore of my stuff. Then I startedI said, You know, theres a lot of things on this end of the island nobody wants, its the forgotten-end of the island. Yes, by the time I got to do all that I had no money left. He had the military ship the items back to family members in New York City, a perk of military service that made moving his collection back to the States possible. And he was so good. Q: Yes. Its no different from home. Right. And I said, Oh, shit. Q: Thank you for that story. And its more expensive to keep her horses there than it was here. She was a nasty old lady! But that was funny. 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The one owned by the steel companywas that a beautiful house! Burke: It was. Theyre going out for the garbage. I said, No, no, no, Im trying to take them. So I took them and I had them all redone and reupholstered, and here they are. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. 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. I had a dream thatin my dream, I woke up and I was laying in bed upstairs, and I could smell lilacs. So, thats it, I said, to hell with it. She spent most of her life as a homemaker. Death and Obituary Indexes from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library includes: Buffalo Deaths, 1882-1892; Death Notices and Obituaries in the Buffalo News, 4-22-2009 to 2010; Index to Births, Marriages, and Deaths found in select Buffalo and Erie County Publications, 1870s-1950; some cemetery burial records; and other items. It wasnt fair to him to keep paying for it. Or was that brother Ed? Why cant they just appreciate something for what it is? Burke: Well, I knew how to do it. But it doesnt work that way. And we had our barracks, of course, and having your barracks, the only thing you had was a big trunk where you kept all your clothes in. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. And he said, Mom, Ill move in to the other part of the house. And the basement was beautiful, where you can walk out onto the porch and out into the garden. But they donated it to the Sisters of Charity, figuring that the nuns could live in that gorgeous mansion. Burke: Well, youve got to thank Mrs. Seguine. View the profiles of people named George Burke. Q: Your collection of the items that you bought from Mrs. Murphy. I forgot whose house it was. That wasyou probably dont rememberthere was this great big factory right down here, built on the beach. And my father died, and we were all very young. Burke: Well, look at the mansion! The mansion, oh god. That woman, she lived in riding clothes! Theyre deciding they want to build, so they tear down and build. Would you like to elaborate on that? 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. From last time I saw it, it looked like it needed a bulldozer! She said, No, no, no. She said, you can save it. I said, Where are you? She said, Well, I moved out years ago and went back to Georgia. Q: I wanted to ask, also, theres a painting of you in the house, right? In Europe, he felt like he had been. 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 it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. He was born Jan. 21, 1946, in The Bronx, N.Y. Bob is survived by his loving wife. I had just bought this house, and it needed a lot of work. All these empty buildings and things. Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY June 26, 1943. Who Where Receive obituaries Yenula Hennaka February 24, 2023 He spends time in every part of it. I think so. And that was nothing but a little house that caught firewas just a little, little house. Ticonderoga. And then, it was declared unsafe, and they come in and knocked it down. Staten Island, New York. The stables, everything has to remain the same. The Seguine nestled in the back of his mind, Burke joined the Air Force and moved to London when he was 19. And this is Sarah Dziedzic. He was born here. He painted that for me. Burke: Oh, and then the house, when I bought it, everybodythe real estate lady, she wouldnt come in. Q: What grabbed your eye? Burke: Yes, its a big oil painting, a big painting like this. Yes. And I saved quite a bit of money. And it was called SS White [Dental Manufacturing Company]. A necklace with a gold heart that opened like a. It was gorgeous and very ornatewas very, very much like Greek Revival. I come down the stairs and I opened the door. And if theyre gonna make a museum out of it, theyre gonna have to pay somebody to greet people and take them on tours. So I would go to the flea markets and things. But he was excellent. STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309. Things like that? This the expensive piece of property! They sold it to the developers. Burke: Well, a good example is the one right here at the end of the street. I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. And that was the Air Force. And all this beautiful stuff, I used to put in a big box. In this interview, Burke talks about working with designer Mario Buatta, along with the House of Scalamadr, to select furniture and fabrics to decorate the home in the Victorian style. Burke: I think that waswhod ya call-it got me involved with that. What a shame. And if you went around with Mario Buatta, that was like going with the President of the United States. Its a beautiful house. So I paid it off and bought it in cash, with the cash. And I never got along with her that much because everything I wanted to do, she said, No, no, no, I dont like that. https://www.nypap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BurkeGeorge_20211109_access_redacted.mp3. Daller: What about the coat? Was very little time on here. She stated, George, I want you to save my house, and agreed to sell the house for a feasible sum in exchange for his promise to restore it. So after a couple of years going back and forth, his daughter, she decided she wanted to get involved in it. And you would have been taxed in this country if it was already like that. Burke: And he was one of the top portrait painters in Madrid. 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. And I got a good price for that. And I always used to say, Wonder who lives there! and so forth and so on. Burke: Let me think of how all that started. And each little petal and everything is done beautiful. And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. Q: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. And I just got a call from all my lady friends saying that my house is falling apart. 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. Well, it doesnt matter, her name. I grew up loving it and always having it, and my mother was great with it. And one day, I was sitting in the dining room. I need to get someone in to do a good cleaning on the house, someone to take care of maintaining it. And she was laid in a dress with a big lace collar. And, you know, who has that!? And the only reason why this survived is because nobody wanted the farmhouse! So I went around to all the nursesof course, I was in the medical departmentand I asked all the nurses, What are you doing with your stamps? I found him through somebody. Yes. And she used to drink all the whiskey like crazy. Daller: Mm-hmm. They cant do anything. I want it now. I could never get it. 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