Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Staten Island /
  3. This place

Richmond Road & Summit Avenue, Staten Island

2 historical photos taken here in 1905, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue, 1905

    Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue

    1905

  • Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue, 1905

    Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue

    1905

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • Richmond Road & Amboy Road, Staten Island (6 photos)
  • Richmond Road & New Dorp Lane, Staten Island (4 photos)
  • New Dorp Lane & 2nd Street, Staten Island (3 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue, 1905

Photo 2 of 2 at Richmond Road & Summit Avenue, Staten Island

Richmond: Richmond Road - Summit Avenue

1905

(1) 69 Richmond Road, at the N.E. corner of Summit Ave., showing the Fountain House, after extensive alterations. It was built in 1670. Here Margaret Moncrieffe met Captain Coghlan; here, also, Lieutenant Sidney A. Simons, U.S.N., was born. about 1905 (?) By Eugene G. Putnam. Courtesy Staten Island Museum through P. L. Sperr. (2) Another view of the house from the opposite direction on Richmond Road. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone