Historic Richmond Town

Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island is on of those nice quiet places that is close enough to visit on a nice afternoon. The entire village and surrounding park is an official historic village and museum.

Crocheron house c. 1819 is a simple home with a nice olde fashioned fence.

A local making using a spring pole lathe to make buckets and churners.

Eltingville Store/Print Shop, nice a store where the local paper is fresher than the food.

Colon Store/Tinsmith Shop originally a store but for the tourist turned into a tinsmith shop,
not sure if they actually sold colons.

No surprise lots of olde timey tin stuff.

George Cromwell fountain for horses still the water was refreshing.

3rd County Courthouse, 1837 the other two were nearby but are long gone.

Non-native lion.

Horse post.

Back of the courthouse is a county clerk and surrogate office, 1848.

Edwards Barton house, 1869, ignoring the house that plant was spectacular almost floating.

Outhouse c.1860 for you know what.

Again that house is surrounded by the most gorgeous flowers.

Creek, stream, or raging river you decide.

Final leaving the great escape from big city living you're quickly reminded that it is still 2009.