This walk along Bard Avenue traces the history of Elliottville, a Staten Island neighborhood where extraordinary people lived, from the 1830s to 1890s. The neighborhood’s history illuminates the impact of transformative cultural, social, economic, and political change stemming from abolitionism, transcendentalism, the women’s suffrage movement, and the rapid growth of national markets.
Elliottville originated in 1839 as a therapeutic community. When some New England patients with ties to Emerson settled near each other, they formed a distinctive community that included abolitionists Francis George Shaw, Sydney Howard Gay; author and lecturer George William Curtis; novelist Theodore Winthrop; Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw; artist Helena (de Kay) Gilder; author Anna Leonowens; and livestock reporter Maria “Midy” Morgan.
Accessibility
The walk covers approximately 7 long blocks along tree-lined streets (1.75 miles). The route is gently uphill, but there is an overall difference of 100 feet in the elevation between the starting point and the endpoint. Typical non-stop walking time is 30 minutes, but we will be making stops and taking a gentle pace. The walk could take as long as 2 hours (although it will probably be closer to 90 minutes).
Location Information
RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.
guided
Sunday, May 3, 20263:00 PM
2 hours
Borough: Staten Island
Theme: Advocacy, Art & Architecture, History & Culture
Language: English
