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The original owner was a German immigrant named Balthasar Kreischer. Kreischer ran a very successful brick manufacturing company, with his wealth and success he built this beautiful mansion as well as another mansion further down for his two sons to live in. The Kreischer house was built on what we now know as Arthur Kill Road(4500 Arthur Kill Road). Yup, it's that house on the hill that always gives us the chills when we pass by it. It was built in the mid 1800s so naturally it has a Victorian vibe to it, this home has an amazing seven bedrooms three baths and many other multi-purpose rooms! Many native Staten Islanders would tell you that this particular house was haunted...unfortunately it's a huge possibility. Balthasar died just a year after the…

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