STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A nearly 300-year-old Staten Island home — one of the few surviving pre-Revolutionary Dutch colonial farmhouses in New York City — is hitting the market in Westerleigh.
The Peter Houseman House was constructed in 1730 and added upon in 1760. It “is one of the few surviving pre-Revolutionary Dutch colonial farmhouses in New York City, thoughtfully expanded in the 18th century and preserved to reflect its rich architectural heritage,” according to the home’s Realtor.com listing.
The home was once part of colonial New York Gov. Thomas Dongan’s estate, “Castleton,” according to Salmon Real Estate.
The Dongan family sold the home — then just a one-room stone structure — and 46 acres of the estate to Houseman in 1760, in the neighborhood known today as Westerleigh. Houseman added a clapboard section to the home the same year he purchased it.
The original sections are still a part of the home’s foundation nearly three centuries after being built despite upgrades bringing the space into the 21st century…