Comments on: My Old House

By: Anita Lanzi

Anita Lanzi — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:22:00 +0000

Hi John, I stopped by yesterday with my husband, Martin, to take pictures for Wikipedia. Thanks so much for your gracious tour of your house, it was a delightful unexpected adventure. Knowing the intimate history of a place can sometimes be as enriching, if not more enriching than large scale history. I just love the story about Teresa’s Catalpa tree – the one she planted for Arbor Day so many years ago, that now shades your home. Good luck with everything – may all your branches stay strong in the wind. … By the way, someone else beat me to posting the first pictures of Hubbard House on Wikipedia – they went online just as we were touring HH! But I am going to attempt to link this blog to the Wiki page so that I feel like I have advanced something.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:34:09 +0000

In reply to Christine Rafferty. It is believed that Blackbeard the pirate was a visitor to this house, doing "business" with the owner. Conveniently water-accessible.

By: Christine Rafferty

Christine Rafferty — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:40:27 +0000

Hi John,

I was at the museum last week and thought of you and Jim and our
forays into the Egyptian storage rooms.I did a kid’s book on the Jan Martense Schenck haus in the early 80’s.
Living in the San Francisco area now and loving California.
Hope you are well.
Christine

By: Gregory van sickle

Gregory van sickle — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:48:13 +0000

Hello John, I was very pleased to see you had restored your home. Well done. I was curious if you knew the state of the van sicklen house @ 27 gravesend neck ? I found the house of my ancestors on line a while back. I have often thought when I have been in manhattan ( I live on the west coast in Vancouver ) about trying to contact the owner to see if I could visit the house. It is difficult to ascertain if there is much of the original house. And information you have would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance, Gregory Van Sickle

By: Building Angel

Building Angel — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:48:02 +0000

Hey John.. I’m a new reader.. and I just love your writing..

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:32:45 +0000

John
I would love to know where you found the picture for the cover of the book. Is the picture available for purchase through the museum?

By: Michael Lando

Michael Lando — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:17:06 +0000

Hello John,
I don’t know if you remember me but I was pleased to see that you achieved your goal and received landmark status. I was just at the museum today with my daughter’s class at the Schenk House. Later on while doing some follow up research with her I remembered your house and did some searches, finally coming upon the article about the house’s designation. Drop me a line if you get a chance.
Best regards,
Michael Lando

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By: Koen Steenbergen

Koen Steenbergen — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:26:58 +0000

Hello John,

I’m a Dutchman living in Amersfoort. Our city will celibrate it’s 750 th anniversary next year, You in New York City will be celebrating the 400 th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson in 1609 which resulted in the development of New Amsterdam. Can you tell if there are still some decendants living in the Flatlands area? We would like to contact them and send you some detailed information of our plans,

best regards,

Koen Steenbergen