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Ichabod Crane House, 3525 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island (subdivision), Richmond County, NY
Summary
Significance: It was originally built in the early 19th century by Ozais Ansley as a small 1 1/2 story farm house. Col. Crane, a career officer in the U.S. Army, bought this building and its surrounding 5 acres in 8154. During the War of 1812 Col. Crane had been stationed at Sacketts Harbor New York where he met Washington Irving, a fact which may account for Irving's use of his name as that of the meek schoolteacher in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Shortly after acquiring the Ansley farmhouse, Col. Crane had the structure greatly enlarged and remodeled in a vernacular Gothic Revival style...
Survey number: HABS NY-6329
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
new york, 40.57953, -74.15020
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
