STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – On a busy curve of Richmond Road in the heart of Dongan Hills, you’ll find one of the oldest houses in New York City and state. Tucked between a bank and a pizzeria, sitting silently behind an S74 bus stop and across from a recently installed speed camera, the white stone home with deep red shutters is quaint, picturesque and unassuming – its modest and weather-worn exterior belying the fact that it is an important survivor of American Colonial architecture.

It’s an important facet of Staten Island history too, a rare space where glimpses of New York City as backdrop for the American Revolution remain visible. But despite the best efforts of some of the borough’s cultural institutions and educational non-profits, the structure is quietly crumbling from the inside out

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