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Fingerboard Road (We & Grant Avenue, Staten Island

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  • Richmond: Fingerboard Road (We - Grant Avenue, 1932

    Richmond: Fingerboard Road (We - Grant Avenue

    1932

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Richmond: Fingerboard Road (We - Grant Avenue, 1932

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Richmond: Fingerboard Road (We - Grant Avenue

1932

W. Fingerboard Road, north side, between Grant Ave. and Merle place, showing "Mount Manresa." The maps from 1874 to 1907 show it to belong to the Meyer family. The house is about 125 feet back of the road. May 14, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

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