Elizabeth Alice Austen House – Clear Comfort[1] | |
New York City Landmark No. 0371
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| Location | 2 Hylan Boulevard Staten Island New York City, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′53.7″N 74°3′49″W / 40.614917°N 74.06361°W |
| Built | 1690[2] |
| Architectural style | Dutch Colonial, later Gothic Revival[3] |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000925 |
| NYSRHP No. | 08501.000264 |
| NYCL No. | 0371 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 28, 1970[2] |
| Designated NHL | April 19, 1993[4] |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | August 2, 1967 |
The Alice Austen House, also known as Clear Comfort, is located at 2 Hylan Boulevard in the Rosebank section of Staten Island, New York City, New York.[5] It was home of Alice Austen, a photographer, for most of her lifetime, and is now a museum and a member of the Historic House Trust.[6] The house is administered by the "Friends of Alice Austen", a volunteer group.[7]
In 2021, Clear Comfort was documented by the LGBT Historic Sites project, the first NYC site dedicated to a woman to be so recognized.[8]
- ^ National Park Service (March 31, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/20/2017 through 3/24/2017, archived from the original on April 4, 2017, retrieved April 4, 2017. The house was originally entered on the National Register as the "Elizabeth Alice Austen House". Its National Historic Landmark designation uses the name "Alice Austen House". Its National Register listing name was subsequently updated to "Elizabeth Alice Austen House – Clear Comfort" in 2017.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
siowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; Guide to New York City Landmarks, 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.342.
- ^ "Alice Austen House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
For 78 years, this was the home Elizabeth Alice Austen (1866-1952), a remarkable photographer whose work predates in subject matter and technique the photographs of other giants in the field. Austen began her career in the 1870s, and, although she used subjects as other women photographers of her time, her pictures have a realistic and natural edge rather than the blurry romantic view advocated by magazines of the time. Austen also veered away from the conventional studio poses; instead she took pictures of people during the course of their normal activities.
- ^ Wilson, Claire. "Living In Rosebank, Staten Island: A Quiet Slice of New York Waterfront", The New York Times, March 12, 2006. Accessed November 3, 2007.
- ^ "Alice Austen House". Places Where Women Made History. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
For 78 years, this was the home Elizabeth Alice Austen (1866-1952), a remarkable photographer whose work predates in subject matter and technique the photographs of other giants in the field.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
hhtwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Calvi, Mary (June 1, 2022). "Alice Austen House celebrates photographer's queer identity as "essential to understanding her work"". Retrieved August 25, 2022.