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Alice Austen House Museum 2 Hylan Blvd/ Edgewater St (New York Harbor), Staten Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 35 per tour building date: Original farmhouse, ca. 1700-1750 architect: renovations, 1844-ca. 1860s; restoration, Beyer Blinder Belle, 1985 Visit Clear Comfort, the landmarked home of pioneering photographer Alice Austen. The 17th-century farmhouse, transformed by the Austen family into a Gothic Victorian country "cottage," was carefuly restored using Austen's photographs as a reference. A rare example of 19th-century Staten Island's new suburbia. bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal Staten Island, S51 to Hylan Blvd. other transportation: From the St. George Ferry Terminal Staten Island, SIR to Clifton station.    
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Boehm House 75 Arthur Kill Rd/ Richmond Rd, New York neighborhood: Richmondtown hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1750; additions circa 1840 architect: unknown This 1750 house, relocated from Greenridge as a part of historic Richmond Town, exemplifies historical rural New York. Also on view: exhibit invites visitors to participate in detective work needed to restore building. In-progress restoration work highlights display of period tools, the marks they leave and period building methods. bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, S74 to Richmond Rd/ St Patrick's Pl; from Brooklyn S79 at 4th Ave and 86th St to Clove Rd/ Targee St. Walk one block to Richmond Rd and transfer to the S74 bus.   
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Christopher House 76 Arthur Kill Rd/ Richmond Rd, Staten Island neighborhood: Richmondtown hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1720; restoration of interior of 1730s addition in progress architect: unknown Fieldstone farmhouse, relocated from Willowbrook and nearly fully restored, is now part of historic Richmond Town. Its most distinctive feature is a pair of jamb-less fireplaces suspended from overhead beams. Furnished with touchable reproduction furniture to recreate the look of a mid-late 18th century home. subway: NA bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, S74 to Richmond Rd/ St Patrick's Pl; from Brooklyn S79 at 4th Ave and 86th St to Clove Rd/ Targee St. Walk one block to Richmond Rd and transfer to the S74 bus.
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Conference House 298 Satterlee St/ Hylan Blvd, Staten Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 10 per tour building date: 1680 architect: unknown The only pre-Revolution manor house still standing in NYC and the site of an attempted peace negotiation between the Continental Congress and British military representatives. subway: SIRT to Tottenville bus: S59 or S78 to Hylan Blvd and Craig Ave.
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Greenbelt Native Plant Center 3808 Victory Blvd/ Baron Blvd, New York neighborhood: Travis hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: unknown architect: unknown The Nursery’s mission is to provide locally grown native plants for NYC’s natural area restoration and management projects. These plants offer the greatest measure of protection and enhancement for the city’s biodiversity. bus: From the St. George Ferry Ternimal Staten Island, S62 to Baron Blvd. 
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Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Ave/ Richmond Rd, Staten Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1945 - 1947 architect: Jacques Marchais other architects/consultants: Joseph Primiano Designed by Jacques Marchais, an American woman, the museum's unique complex of buildings and gardens resembles a Tibetan Monastery with terraced gardens and a fish and lotus pond. The main building features characteristic details of Himalayan architecture including trapezoidal shaped windows, cross cut wood posts and slate caps above doorways, and flat roofs. bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, S74 to Lighthouse Ave. 
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Noble Maritime Collection, The Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terr, Building D, Snug Harbor Rd/ Tysen Ave, Staten Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1844 architect: Minard Lafever This maritime museum and study center are housed in a fully restored National Historic Landmark at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, and is named after John A. Noble, a maritime artist who chronicled the last chapter in the centuries-old Age of Sail. bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, S40 to Snug Harbor.
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Seguine Mansion 440 Seguine Ave/ Keating St, Staten Island neighborhood: Tottenville hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 15 building date: 1838 architect: renovation, George Burke, 1989 This Greek Revival home overlooks sweeping lawns and the waters of Prince's Bay. Rescued from near ruin and carefully restored, it's now a stately evocation of 19th-century Staten Island. subway: SIRT to Princes Bay. bus: From the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, S56, S59, S78 to Seguine Ave.
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St. George Theatre 35 Hyatt St/ St Marks Pl, Staten Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1929 architect: Eugene DeRosa A mixture of Spanish and Italian Baroque styles, this newly renovated theatre once served as a vaudeville showcase. Its interior is graced by ornate windows, grand staircases and larger-than-life paintings of bullfighters. subway: SI transit bus: SI Ferry Terminal Bus Stop other transportation: From St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, walk up to Richmond Terr, cross the street to the left and behind Borough Hall, up the steps to Hyatt St and walk on block up the hill.
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