92 Harrison Street, Staten Island, NY 10304

92 Harrison Street, Staten Island, NY A Designated New York City Landmark in Stapleton's Harrison Street Enclave Some houses are simply old. This one is historic — a New York City individual landmark with a provenance reaching back to the men and women who first imagined Stapleton into being. Set on a generous corner lot where Harrison Street meets Quinn, 92 Harrison Street is widely believed to be the oldest house on its street: a stately two-and-a-half-story Greek Revival "temple," its gable end turned proudly toward the street like the front of a small Athenian portico. Raised on a high brick basement and crowned by a pedimented roof, it has presided over this hilltop corner since the mid-1800s, when Staten Island's north shore was a constellation of villas, gardens, and ferry landings rather than the dense neighborhood it would become. A House Born of Stapleton's Founding Family — The story here is woven into the founding of the village itself. The house is tied to the family of...