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Or you can do a small whatever. We were doing other parties at the time, the only thing we still maintain is the White Party. I had a dream thatin my dream, I woke up and I was laying in bed upstairs, and I could smell lilacs. Hell utilize every room of the house. The woodwork, the moldings, the parquet floors. The front porch was up high. Of course, nothings there. I restored the whole housewell, how long did I live there? And with the money that I made from there, I put it right back in the building. George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. And I lived there for quite a few years. Burke: And its great when you have friends come, you have extra bedrooms, you can put them all up. 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. Burke: Oh, my nephew. Burke: It was. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. He was always at the stables there. The fact that the Seguine familythis was the farmhouse, their mansion was in Rossvilleand thats long gone. And they added this big dining room to the other side of the house. 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. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. Burke: Yes. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. And I kept life rights for it. And the porch, I dont thinkone end of it, you wouldnt dare walk on because the whole thing would have collapsed. Staten Island, Brooklyn, New York, Kings, Long Island, and New Jersey (718) 966-7800 Its no different from home. Q: Well, Im pretty much at the end of my questions. Funeral homes; Help and . Burke: Im glad I did. Do you remember that? Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. What is a shame is some of the mansionsthe really, really ornate mansions that were torn down. Special thanks to The Peggy N and Roger G Gerry Charitable Trust for their support to complete this initiative. Then I was down in Florida for a while and Im wondering, Well, what in the hell am I going to do in Florida? What was I? She said, George, when she died, she was laid out in the coffin, right in that room, in front of those two windows. Burke: Oh, when I was a kid, we lived in Annandale. 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 he was so good. Daller: It was like, we cant even find him anymore. https://www.nypap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BurkeGeorge_20211109_access_redacted.mp3. And the kitchen was outside. Burke: And Im leaving everything thats in the houseits staying. And the last time I went there, there was all houses built in it. But when he was in Europe, he rode. Q: [Laughs] Yes. They were the Mackeys. Cohasset crypto case: Everything court documents reveal. Youd have to see the house to see what Im talking about. And I dream that I heard some noise. Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. But I forgot what the other two things were. Burke: Scalia. You could imagine what the mansion looked like. When did it start to feel done? 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. Daller: Well, no, Mrs. Seguine allowed him to buy, Burke: No, I already had this house from the first deal. Burke - 1 - 2 and grew up 90% of my time on Staten Island until I became old enough and I joined the military. I just repainted. And from the garden, you could come back in under the porch and down into the kitchen in the basement. Casey Funeral Home Kathleen Burke, age 78 passed away at Richmond University Medical Center after a brief illness on January 26, 2023. Yes, he helped me with the colors, and this and that, and what I should getgood orientals for the floor, which I had but they werent these. Right across the creek. I said, Well, the only one I know that talked like that is Bess Seguine. She said, Well, this is me. I said, What is it, Bess? She said, I want you to come and save my house. I said, Are you kidding, Bess? I said, as a kid growing up, we were always down on the beach, looking back up at this big white house that looked like a big Southern mansion. Burke: I think, what was left of it, the sons moved to California and they opened up a Scalamandr in California. Syracuse. But anyway, she said, No, Im not going in. Well. But before we know it, there wont be a thing left in the house. Daller: Yes, definitely. Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. Daller: I think weve touched on everything, really. Q: Yes. You couldnt tell what it was. Hes been maintaining it for forty-plus years. That came in part from the attorney. Because thats what I bought with the money. But the upper story of the house was two more floors. They cant build houses on it. And we recognized Mario at the event. And in order to have food and such, youd have to bring it up the back stairs. I had the best collection of the most beautiful carved ivory and things because they didnt have money but they would give you things. And I miss all those horses. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. I found three things like that. 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. In fact, her husband was a big-wig. And it was one of those busy, busy, goddamn nights. [laughs]. The developers came in with bulldozersbulldozed that mansion, bulldozed the stables. 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. I have no idea what it would be like to live in some other place. And I had more bargains from Mrs. Murphy. 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. Those stables? So thank you. They really dont know what history is all about. Utica. Q: What grabbed your eye? So my mother decided she would make it into a two-family, and rent out one part of it. And right there in front of the windows was a coffin with all the flowers around it and everything. Burke: Yes, Mario come out all the time. You werent allowed to buy much because it was worth a fortune over there to the general public, to the British. So after a couple of years going back and forth, his daughter, she decided she wanted to get involved in it. So they built it like an attic and it was called an attic but it was a whole complete story. Burke: I knew that. Q: So about this house, I wanted to ask about the Friends of the Seguine Mansion. People that owned U.S. Steel, their mansion was over there. They were great. 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. Join Facebook to connect with George Burke and others you may know. 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. Im going to get gifts now because Im staying in the house and Im going to fix it up.. New York obituaries and death notices, 1986 to rent. Daller: Oh, yes. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. Burke: Greek revival. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. They bought a house. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. So, Id do that. The orientals that originally were on the floor here, I put up in the bedrooms upstairs. And my sister, Bess, she was married to Walter, her husband, who was in the Navy. Q: When you were making those decisions about decorating, were you thinking about a particular style, like a historic style, that you were going for? Burke: So I dont know if that was a ghost. And they repaired all these taxis, repainted them, and then sold them all to Cuba. So they said, You better get back here and do something. So I came back, got out of the military, got a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. Burke: But everything will stay here exactly as it is, because if its going to be a museum, people are not going to come in and look at empty walls. I thought for sure that would never go. Thank you so much. The walkway going to the beach, its still there, where the house was. Developers. And then I shipped it all back home. I went around and I got it and shipped it all back home. And I decided, well, Im going to pick up some nice buildings. 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 on top of that, I still worked for Sherwin Williams. Youre coming with me. So Id say Okay, Murphy, lets go! She was something, I mean. Q: And how did you decide, I guess, how to rebuild? George: Oh, I knew the Seguines for years. So I went around and looked and looked and I said, You know, I could open a restaurant. And I walked around and I found a couple of nice places. And I walked into there and I walked up, and the lid was closed on the coffin. He was incurring all the expenses. It doesnt happen on the North Shore because were very condensed and its a dense population. You could ask for their house and youd get it. And is there a way where, according to how you would like the house to be maintainedwould everything stay in its place? Or is that real? That was real. A necklace with a gold heart that opened like a. Then I decided, well, Im going to get myself a nice apartment. This was the farmhouse. I bet shes there. I know all the grounds that were around it were beautiful gardens. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. They gave me the fabric and they did it and such. And I was always a horse person. But I had all that money! Burke: But I forgot what the other two things where. Were going to this estate. And there was a whole other floor, another story, and its built with the French style, in the French mansard. Burke: He did almost all the upholstery in the house. You buy me out. And he bought me out. Daller: You know, people dont understand them. Will they appreciate it? So we talked to our brother Bill and he had come up with the money, bought the house. Daller: See, now you learned about kitchens. Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. Did quite well. And she couldntthey couldnt keep up with it anymore. 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. I dont know what the hell Ill do if you do that. And there were two windows, like this. And I said, What in the hell is this doing in my house? So I opened up the lid and there was this old lady laying in there, with this big lace collar around her neck, and her hair was puffed up behind her head, like that, was all gray. Theyre all McMansions. You can go and look and read about anything about the South Shore of Staten Island. 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. Staten Island. Daller: It just went right out of my head! Get out. I remember you always loved it and liked it. That was a shame. Burke: Ed. A brooch that I gave Bess? 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. The one in particular, United States Steel [Corporation]. Yes, that was all Scalamandr. And he come from a very, very wealthy family in Madrid. Architectural style and interior style? Q: Did you keep up a conversation with Mario Buatta about. That poor horse. And all my brothers. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. Coach Robert Joseph "Bob" Burke, 74, died April 4, 2020, at home, surrounded by his loving family, in Wilson, N.C. 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. Burke: Yes, its a big oil painting, a big painting like this. Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. Q: Today is November 9, 2021. I restored that, and that was an old mansionan old pillar-fronted mansionlooked like the house, similar. Yes. Would you sell me the acres in the front? Everybody came in to a coldwater flat in the Bronx and walked in amazed because theyve never seen anything like that. Theyll take care of it and be able to show tours. Burke: Well, if she left them there, she had to come back as a ghost and tell me that they were there! Burke: Hawaii. Q: Okay, all of that. And one day I got a call from Mrs. Seguine. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. And he wanted to retire and he gave his son the business. Burke: Sure. Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. And I had the money to do it, and I said, You know, let me do it.. . So she finally died. Then I went looking for the big pieces. And then when I went looking for myhis name was Joinerand everybody was saying, Well, Sergeant Joiner is leaving, Sergeant Joiner is leaving. And I never thought much of it. The mansion had a huge ballroom and everything in it. And the basement was beautiful, where you can walk out onto the porch and out into the garden. And Ed was very good at taking dents and things out of cars and he could spray paint. You just named them. Burke: Yes. Half the railings were gone off the porch, and the column was falling over, and, oh, Jesus. It turned my stomach just to watch all of that gorgeous stuff just destroyed. Burke: Yes. And the post is still there and the staircase is still in good shapebut thats still in the house, now, down there. And I know everythingId love to go out to Staten Island. So he said, Good. Daller: But when you got it, it really was in need of repair. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. We just mentioned him. Syosset. The oldwhat the hell was itgrocery store. My big old Victorian house is saved, and thats still there. And she was laying with her arms, like that. And Bill moved in, and he stayed there for quite a while. And you cant control it from the grave. But, thats what I did. Staten Island . I cant go and say, You know, fifty years ago that was mine, and I never gave it to you. Because Mrs. Seguine was holding the. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. 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. Burke: Oh god. You werent on Staten Island. Q: Was it a similar style? Yes, and I had bought the house, but I couldnt have the house and move in until she died. Yes. I think so. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? 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. Burke: Yes, there was a little man in New Jersey. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. And then the Historic House Trust will use it as well to understand whats important to you about maintaining the house. Daller: No, I dont. It was so overgrown in the front yard and everything. Q: So its budgets and the contractors, all that stuff. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. So I just grew up with it, knowing it. I mean, one year, the oil bill here was $11,000. Oh my god. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of George Burke to show support. I was seventeen years with the Air Force. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. Before he died, thats what he was. If you stood outside and looked at it, the staircase went that way. 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. Burke: Well, Ill tell you, there wasnt that much in storagethe stuff that was in storage wasnt big pieces, maybe one or two. Absolutely gorgeous. And I got a big certificate for saving that. So there wasnt a lot of time spent here. And he owned the funeral home. 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