The Abraham Manee House, also known as the Manee-Seguine Homestead, is a three-part Colonial Dutch

Dutch Colonial

Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house...

 dwelling similar to the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House in Old Town, and was designated a New York City landmark in 1984. Located on the South Shore of Staten Island on Purdy Avenue, and adjacent to Lemon Creek

Lemon Creek, Staten Island

Lemon Creek is a stream located on the South Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the few remaining ground-level creeks in New York City.-Name:...

, the oldest section is a one-room structure built by Paulus Regrenier in 1670, a French Huguenot fleeing religious persecution in Europe.

An addition made of rubble-stone and Tabby

Tabby Concrete

Tabby is a type of concrete made in the seventeenth century, by burning oyster shells to create lime, then mixing it with a slurry of water, local sand and broken oyster shells....

, was added by another early French Huguenot

Huguenot

The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...

settler, Abraham Manee in the late 18th century. The Seguine family purchased the homestead in the 1780s and built a wooden addition in the early part of the 19th century.

It was a Tavern/Inn named Purdy's Hotel in the late 19th century.

Of architectural noteworthiness are the Spring-Eaves that are evident of Flemish design on the North side of the house. It is purported to be one of the oldest Dutch structures on Staten Island (dated circa 1670) and is threatened with demolition.

External links

• Abraham Manee Hse/Manee-Seguine Homestead at Endangered Buildings Online
• Neighborhood Preservation Center, NY, NY