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February 10 2021
Halesite – Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci announced the Town of Huntington has been awarded a $4,000 Technical Assistance Grant for an engineering study of the Peter Crippen House, a structure significant to Huntington s Black History, from the Preservation League of New York State.
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Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci stated, We are thrilled to announce this significant development in our efforts to preserve Huntington s Black History, which is a priority to my administration, and we are grateful to the Preservation League of New York State for sharing our belief that the preservation of the Peter Crippen House, named for one of our first African American landowners in Huntington, is worthy of this investment.
Cool Spaces: From Gothic Revival to rowhouses - architectural styles of New Brighton
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This 1855 Gothic Revival at 22 Pendleton Place is a glorious example of this architecture style. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Looking around Staten Island at some of the interesting architectural styles, we bring to you a look at the varied vintage homes that mingle with more modern structures in some of the Island’s neighborhoods.
We begin in the North Shore community of New Brighton. John Kilcullen, president of the board of directors of the Preservation League of Staten Island, helped define some of the styles for us. Here stands some of the Island’s most attractive and eclectic architecture.
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Subscribe Huntington– Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci, Councilwoman Joan Cergol and Councilman Ed Smyth were joined by Dr. Harvey Manes of the Manes Peace Prize Foundation, archaeologist Allison McGovern, Ph.D., VHB Engineering, Town officials and members of the community during the second day of the archeological dig taking place at the Peter Crippen House, a site significant to the Town of Huntington s African American history, on Friday, January 8.
Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci stated, The long-term plan is to relocate the restored structure, if it is feasible to do so, to a more suitable site to serve as a museum or use any salvageable timbers in some educational capacity dedicated to Huntington s African American history. Supervisor Lupinacci s office has been working closely with the Town Historian, Engineering Department and the Town s African American Historic Designation Council to ensure that the Peter Crippen House, which is in severe disrepair and is set to be demolis
An archaelogical dig on the site of the Crippen House has begun yielding some artifacts in an effort to reclaim the history of a 19th-Century African American resident of Huntington.
While the house on Creek Road is severely dilapidated, archaeologists have found several items in their test of the backyard, mostly pieces of ceramic or glass, that they hope will shed light on the life of the formerly enslaved man who lived in Huntington during the mid-1800s.
At a press conference Friday morning, town officials, members of the African-American Historic Designation Council and othes spoke about the significance of the property and noted that, among other contributions, Crippen was one of the founders of the church that became Bethel AME Church.