2475 Richmond Road, April 30, 1929.

Constructed between 1855 and 1856, the Italianate mansion is a nearly singular survivor of this type on home on Staten Island. The 7,700-square-foot home was built by an unknown architect. It was designed in accordance with the "picturesque movement" popular at the time, which adhered to the spirit of the built house in concert with it surrounding landscape and situated in such a way to provide the loveliest vistas.

The house was owned by a long series of men in the mid to late 19th century. In the 1890s Gustav Mayer, a German confectioner, moved his family and then his business into the home. He sold his products to many high-end restaurants, groceries, and confectioneries in the city. He is known as the creator of the original Nabisco wafer. Mayer died in 1918, but his two daughters, Paula and Emilie, lived in the house into the 1980s. By then advanced in age, they confined themselves to two rooms on the second floor, despite the house having more than 20 rooms on four floors. The home sold in 1990 and while the new owners lived in a few rooms, they also rented out the space for photo shoots and filming. The massive, landmarked, and almost purposefully run-down house came on the market in 2014 with a $2.3 million price tag and sold sometime in 2016 for a more reasonable (?) $1.74 million.