Kreuzer-Pelton House

{{short description|Historic house in Staten Island, New York}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Kreuzer-Pelton House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Kreuzer-pelton.jpg

| caption = Kreuzer-Pelton House, 2010

| location = 1262 Richmond Ter., Staten Island, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|40|38|37|N|74|6|43|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York City#New York#USA

| built = 1722

| architect = Santvoord, Cornelius, Van

| architecture = Dutch Influence

| added = January 29, 1973

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 73001261{{NRISref|2009a}}

| designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark

| designated_other2_date = August 24, 1967

| designated_other2_abbr = NYCL

| designated_other2_link = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

| designated_other2_number =0341

| designated_other2_color = #ffe978

}}

The Kreuzer-Pelton House is a Dutch-influenced fieldstone house on Staten Island in New York City. Erected in 1722 as a one-room cottage, it was expanded in two stages: in 1770 and in 1836. It is designated as a New York City landmark. The house was built by Joseph Rolph.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historicbuilding00bank_0 | quote=Kreuzer-Pelton. | title=Historic Buildings Now Standing In New York Which Were Erected Prior to Eighteen Hundred | publisher=Bank of the Manhattan Company | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicbuilding00bank_0/page/21 21]}}

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During the American Revolutionary War, Tory militia commander Cortlandt Skinner used the house as his headquarters. William IV of the United Kingdom was a guest at the house.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEwe-UMAYWEC&dq=Kreuzer-Pelton&pg=PA620 | title=New York City Guide | publisher=Works Progress Administration | year=1939 | pages=620}}