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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kreuzer-Pelton House

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.

The Kreuzer-Pelton House in 1914

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Historic Buildings Now Standing In New York Which Were Erected Prior to Eighteen Hundred. Bank of the Manhattan Company. 1914. pp. 21. Kreuzer-Pelton.
  3. ^ New York City Guide. Works Progress Administration. 1939. p. 620.