Historical Locations Visited
Locations
These are historic and public locations, each one of these locations are in operation and are secured. These locations gave permission for us to advertise their name and picture.
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The Church of Saint Andrew
This Episcopalian congregation was founded in 1708.The original building, c. 1712, was heavily damaged by fire in 1867 and 1872. Churchyard contains graves of prominent Staten Islanders.
Alice Austen House
The Alice Austen House, also known as Clear Comfort or as Elizabeth Alice Austen House, It was home of Alice Austen, a photographer, for most of her lifetime, and is now a museum of her life. It was originally built between 1690 and 1750 as a one room Dutch Colonial house on the shore of New York harbor, near the Verrazano Narrows. It was remodeled and expanded several times in the 1800s, most notably after John Austen, Alices grandfather, purchased, renamed, and remodelled it in 1844.
WSIA 88.9 FM
An actual working FM radio station on the College of Staten Island Campus. It is built on the site of the old Willowbrook State Institute.
Snug Harbor
Sailors' Snug Harbor, also known as Sailors Snug Harbor or Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden or referenced informally as Snug Harbor, is a collection of architecturally significant 19th century buildings set in a park located along the Kill Van Kull on the north shore of Staten Island in New York City. It was once a home for aged sailors and is now a 83-acre (340,000 m2) city park. Some of the buildings and the grounds are used by arts organizations under the umbrella of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Sailors' Snug Harbor includes 26 Greek Revival, Beaux Arts, Italianate and Victorian style buildings. The site is considered Staten Island's "crown jewel" and "an incomparable remnant of New York's 19th-century seafaring past." It is a National Historic Landmark District.
