Moore-McMillen House

3531 Richmond Road | Lighthouse Hill | built 1899

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The lot about 1940
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The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1818

    St. Andrew's Church builds a new rectory for the Rev. David Moore

    The Episcopal Church of St. Andrew in nearby Richmondtown put up this house in 1818 as the home of its minister, the Rev. David Moore, replacing a building from 1716. It stood on the "Little Glebe," a 60-acre farm the parish kept for its clergyman's use. It was known as the Golden Rectory because the minister then drew a generous income from church properties. Moore served the parish for 48 years, matching his father Charlton Moore's tenure.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1818

    A Federal farmhouse rises under a gambrel roof with its kitchen in a wing

    The two-story shingled farmhouse sits under a low, high-shouldered gambrel roof, the form the Landmarks Commission ties to the Federal style around New York. Instead of a basement kitchen, a wing built at the same time holds the cooking. The doorway has pilasters, sidelights and a transom, and a wide central hall runs front to back with two rooms opening off each side on both floors.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1943

    Borough Historian Loring McMillen buys the old rectory from the Moore heirs

    The church had left the house to David Moore, and it stayed with his family until 1943. That year Loring McMillen, Staten Island's Borough Historian, bought it from the Moore heirs. The Landmarks Commission later noted that it had been restored and kept up with care, and the house now carries both families' names.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 1967

    August 24

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the Moore-McMillen House

    After a public hearing on September 13, 1966, at which nobody spoke for or against, the Commission named the former rectory a city landmark on August 24, 1967. The owner had told the Commission he favored designation. The report praised the house as a well-proportioned Federal farmhouse reflecting the restrained taste of its early owners.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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