Built 1908 (1908) NRHP Reference # 10000899 Opened 1908 Phone +1 718-273-7660 | Architect Kafka & Lindermeyr Designated NYCL January 30, 2001 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 12 November 2010 | |
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Location 9 Howard Avenue, Grymes Hill, New York Address 79 Howard Ave, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA Similar Garibaldi‑Meucci Museum, Staten Island Museum, Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island Children, Italian American Museum | ||
Casa belvedere
Casa Belvedere is a cultural center devoted to Italian studies, located at 79 Howard Avenue, Grymes Hill, Staten Island, New York. The mansion was constructed in 1908, and is an Italian Renaissance style building with Arts and Crafts detailing. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, stuccoed masonry structure with a 2 1⁄2-story service wing and attached conservatory. It features an overhanging clay tile hipped roof with bracketed eaves and a portico with Ionic order columns and Doric order corner piers. Also on the property is a contributing former garage.
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Over the years it housed a number of different families, including for several years being the official residence of the President of Wagner College. It was declared a New York City Landmark in 2006 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 as the Louis A. and Laura Stirn House. In 2008 it was purchased by Gina Biancardi and Luciano Rammaironi, and turned into a cultural center. In this role it hosts Italian language classes for both adults and children, wine tastings, lectures, films, cooking lessons, book signings, displays of Italian-made motor vehicles (e.g. Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, and Vespa), and art exhibits, all with an Italian orientation.