Howard R. Bayne House

75 St Marks Place | St. George | built 1874

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

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  1. 1863

    Attorney Augustus Prentice builds twin Gothic Revival rental houses

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    Lawyer Augustus Prentice bought a 375-foot tract on the north side of St. Marks Place in 1863 and, before 1874, put up two identical Gothic Revival frame houses to rent, this one and No. 83. The house was clapboarded, with bargeboards at the eaves and a gabled roof. T.J. Bennett lived here in the 1870s and Mrs. Philip Thomas in the early 1880s.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1892

    November

    Confederate surgeon-general's widow Mary Moore buys the house she was renting

    After Edward A. Sargent enlarged the house in a Colonial Revival style, Prentice leased it in May 1892 and that October sold it to businessman John Robinson. A month later the tenant, Mary Moore, bought it from Robinson. She was the widow of Dr. Samuel Preston Moore, who had been surgeon-general of the Confederate army, and she shared the house with Lizzie, her daughter, and Lizzie's husband, Howard Randolph Bayne.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1909

    Resident Howard Bayne writes New York's first workmen's compensation law

    Howard Randolph Bayne, son-in-law of owner Mary Moore, was active in Democratic politics and served as state senator for Richmond and Rockland Counties from 1908 to 1912. He drafted New York's first general probation law in 1905 and its first workmen's compensation law in 1909, and his Senate bill led to saving the Conference House. He also presided over the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences for more than 25 years. After he died, the house was split into apartments in the 1930s.

    “He was responsible for drafting New York State's first general probation law in 1905 and first workmen's compensation law in 1909.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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