Alice Austen House Museum
2 Hylan Blvd.
Staten Island, NY
10305
About
Alice Austen (1866-1952), one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers, lived at the house known as “Clear Comfort†with her longtime partner Gertrude Tate. Built in 1690 and now a National Historic Landmark, Clear Comfort sits on magnificent park-like grounds and overlooks New York Harbor and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
One of New York City’s oldest homes, Clear Comfort was expanded by Ms. Austen’s grandfather after he purchased it in 1844. Dormered windows, gingerbread wood trim and a vine-covered “piazza†recall a simpler, more elegant time on Staten Island. Today the house and grounds evoke the home as Ms. Austen knew it and a way of life that has passed into history.
Ms. Austen enjoyed the many luxuries of her time and lived what she called a “Larky Life†with numerous friends. Passionate about photography, she took over 7,000 pictures with an emerging New York City as a favorite backdrop.
“We are constantly trying to re-create the many festive occasions Alice and her friends enjoyed at Clear Comfort,†said Executive Director Dr. G. Carl Rutberg, The quaint, Victorian cottage-style home displays both Alice’s prints, depicting turn-of-the-century American life, and rotating exhibitions.
Site fee includes use of the house (with two restrooms on the ground level) and gardens. The front lawn is large enough to tent - capacity 150-175.
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