{"nrhp_refnum":"11001004","name":"Boardman-Mitchell House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"710 Bay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staten Island","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.62661928700004,"lon":-74.07464476299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Italianate villa at 710 Bay Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, built in 1848 for Dr. James R. Boardman. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding, relatively rare surviving early Italianate villa in the context of Staten Island, under Criterion C for architecture. It shows the shift from Greek Revival to Italianate taste in its interior and in its curvilinear bracketed eaves. It was later owned by Captain Elvin Mitchell, a pilot credited with rescuing 176 passengers from the S.S. Oregon in 1886, though the form says the house is not directly significant for him.","narrative":"Perched on a steep bluff above Bay Street in Stapleton, Staten Island, this three-story house was completed in 1848 for Dr. James R. Boardman, a physician at the nearby Seaman's Retreat Hospital. It is a cubical Italianate villa with a low hipped roof, broad curvilinear brackets under wide eaves, and an unusual enclosed entrance pavilion. The designer is unknown, but the house resembles pattern-book designs of the period. Its interior combines Greek Revival and Italianate details. In 1894 Captain Elvin Mitchell, a Sandy Hook pilot who rescued 176 people from the sinking liner Oregon in 1886, bought the house with his reward money. His daughter had the house sheathed in cedar shingles in 1923, which ends the period of significance. A bluestone retaining wall dates from the widening of Bay Street around 1900. The house is valued as a fine and rare surviving early Italianate villa from Staten Island's first period of urban growth.","period_of_significance":"1848-1923","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is single dwelling. The interior was restored to its original plan in the early 1970s after decades of subdivision.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.557508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11001004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001004/142f6ed664-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001004/142f6ed664-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BOARDMAN-MITCHELL_HOUSE,_STAPLETON,_RICHMOND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BOARDMAN-MITCHELL_HOUSE,_STAPLETON,_RICHMOND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardman%E2%80%93Mitchell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706190"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/boardman-mitchell-house-11001004/"}