Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House
{{short description|Historic house in Staten Island, New York}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Dr._Samuel_MacKenzie_House_69_Delafield_Place,_Staten_Island,_NY.jpg
| caption = The house in September 2012
| location = 69 Delafield Pl.,
Staten Island, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40|38|38|N|74|6|37|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York City#New York#USA
| area = less than one acre
| architect = Dr. Samuel, MacKenzie Elliott
| architecture = Gothic Cottage
| added = March 28, 1980
| refnum = 80002757{{NRISref|2009a}}
| designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark
| designated_other2_date = April 12, 1967
| designated_other2_abbr = NYCL
| designated_other2_link = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
| designated_other2_number =0338
| designated_other2_color = #ffe978
}}
The Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House is a historic house located at 69 Delafield Place in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York.
Description and history
Built in 1840, it was one of 22 similar houses in the area designed and built as investments by Scottish born Samuel Mackenzie Elliott, an oculist and eye surgeon who boasted prominent clients like John Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Horace Greeley. So great was his influence on the first settlement of this part of the north shore of Staten Island that the neighborhood was then known as "Elliotville". It is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, dark grey, locally quarried stone cottage in the Gothic style cottage. It has a gable roof with a small, pointed arch window under the rear gable.{{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |format=Searchable database |accessdate=2016-04-01 }} Note: This includes {{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=28913&q=false |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Dr. Samuel MacKenzie Elliott House |accessdate=2016-04-01 |author1=Virginia Kurshan |author2=Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph |author3=Joan R. Olshansky |format=PDF |date=August 1979 }} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=28915&q=false Accompanying four photographs]
Elliot was an active abolitionist, and this house, along with his own, was reputedly outfitted as a refuge for slaves escaping the United States via the Underground Railroad.
It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1967,{{cite web|title=Landmarks Preservation Committee report|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/MACKENZIE-ELLIOT-HOUSE.pdf|work=12 April 1967|publisher=Landmarks Preservation Committee|accessdate=3 July 2011}} and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1980.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/699819472/ 2007 photo, with transcribed description from NRHC nomination]
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in New York City
Category:Houses completed in 1840
Category:New York City Designated Landmarks in Staten Island
Category:Underground Railroad in New York (state)
Category:African-American history in New York City
Category:West New Brighton, Staten Island
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