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The William Cass house, also known as The Crimson Beech, is a historical home located on Lighthouse Hill. This house received its name from an old copper beech tree that once sat on the land which William and Catherine Cass acquired for their home. The tree remained there for 10 years until a hurricane destroyed it and a new one was planted. 

The architect behind this house, and many other important buildings around the country, such as the Guggenheim Museum, is Frank Lloyd Wright. Although he is more known for his larger architectural masterpieces, he also created many houses for middle-class people in the mid 1900s, after the Great Depression ended. The houses he built were primarily in 2 styles, the Marshall Erdman Prefabricated Houses #1 and #2,…

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Located at 190 Meisner Avenue in what is now Lighthouse Hill, this historical home is a reminder of the Italianate villas that were once prevalent throughout Staten Island. The home was built around 1856 for the notable corporate attorney, state legislator, and civic leader, Nathaniel J. Wyeth. The house actually holds the title as one of the earliest rural residences in the Italianate style built on Staten Island.

History

Wyeth was born in Baltimore in 1830, and was admitted to Harvard at the mere age of 16. Following his time at Harvard University, he entered Harvard Law School, graduating in 1852 and beginning to practice law in New York in 1853. A year after this he married Ann Frost, soon after purchasing land in Lighthouse Hill to build his…

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