Kreischer House
Historic house in Staten Island, New York From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kreischer House, also known as Kreischer Mansion, is a historic home located in Charleston, Staten Island. Built by German immigrant Balthasar Kreischer about 1885, it is a large, asymmetrically massed 2+1⁄2-story, wood-frame house in the American Queen Anne style. The rectangular house features spacious verandas, gables with jigsaw bargeboards, decorative railings, posts and brackets, tall chimneys, and a corner tower. It was one of two mansions built by Kreischer for his sons. The surviving house belonged to son Edward Kreischer; the other, to his brother Charles.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
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| Location | 4500 Arthur Kill Rd., Staten Island, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°31′57″N 74°14′18″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | ca. 1885 |
| Architectural style | American Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001199[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0391 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
| Designated NYCL | February 20, 1968 |
History
On June 8, 1894, Edward B. Kreischer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the right temple near his place of business,[3] although murder is an ongoing theory. (Reportedly, his wife had an affair with a doctor, Kreischer found out, and his wife was poisoning him with the doctor's help.)[2] Since then, there have been claims that Kreischer has haunted the property.[2][4] Along with other local stories of the house's violent history, this has given the house a supernatural reputation, leading it to be used as a location on television shows including Boardwalk Empire.[2]
In 1998, the Kreischer Mansion was bought with the intention of restoration and eventual sale by Isaac Yomtovian.[2] In 2008, then caretaker Joseph "Joe Black" Young was revealed to be a hitman for the Bonanno crime family, more specifically serving under Bonanno soldier Gino Galestro.[5] He was convicted of the murder of rival mob associate Robert McKelvey, committed three years earlier on the property.[5][6][7]
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