Boardman–Mitchell House

710 Bay Street | Stapleton | built 1848

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

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1968
The Mitchell family, owners since a Sandy Hook pilot captain bought it, parts with the Bay Street villa
This Italianate villa was built by Dr. James Boardman of the Seaman's Retreat hospital, and his widow later sold it to Captain Elvin Eugene Mitchell. Mitchell helped found the Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Association and was known for rescuing 176 people when the SS Oregon sank in 1886. The house stayed in his family until 1968 and has changed hands several times since.
Source: Wikipedia
2009
Preservationist Barnett Shepherd receives the house and begins restoring it
In 2009 the three-story, six-bedroom villa passed as a gift to Barnett Shepherd, a local preservationist, who set about restoring it. The house runs through its block, so besides 710 Bay Street it also carries the address 33 Brownell Street.
Source: Wikipedia
2012
The Boardman-Mitchell House joins the National Register of Historic Places
The federal government added the villa at 710 Bay Street to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The house was already a New York City Landmark. It is cited both as an Italianate design of suburban character on a city street and for its link to the history of harbor piloting in this part of Staten Island.
“It is a New York City Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.”
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