{"product_id":"new-york-vacation-rentals-after-the-civil-war-its-owners-gave-it-a-name-that-evoked-their-native-virginia-new-york-ny-condo-in-staten-island-4-87-2-bedrooms-4-beds-2-baths-private-room-in-condo-holiday-vacation-rental-8589729","title":"After the Civil War, its owners gave it a name that evoked their native Virginia New York, NY Condo in Staten Island · ★4.87 · 2 bedrooms · 4 beds · 2 baths Private room in condo vacation rental 8589729","description":"After the Civil War, its owners gave it a name that evoked their native Virginia.  Set within a 12-min. walk from the (free) Staten Island ferry that accesses Manhattan, Magnolia House is the headquarters of the widely distributed independent press, BLOOD MOON PRODUCTIONS, winner of a \"Best of Staten Island\" award and famous for  celebrity biographies that have been reviewed in THE DAILY MAIL, the NY DAILY NEWS, the NY POST, and literary journals across the country. New York, NY Condo in Staten Island · ★4.87 · 2 bedrooms · 4 beds · 2 baths Private room in condo vacation rental best price 8589729 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=40.64816,-74.08445\u0026amp;hl=es\u0026amp;z=14\u0026amp;output=embed\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNew York City: Accommodation Options, What to Anticipate from Vacation Rentals, and Finding the Best Prices for Holiday Properties in New York. Book This Rental Property in New York City: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003ea:hover {color:orange;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/8589729\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCheck Property Availability \/ Booking a New York city Vacation Rentals from host \u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/users\/show\/45201692\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind about the Host \/ Contact Host\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003ch5\u003eProperty Location \/ Area \u003c\/h5\u003eStaten Island, New York, United States \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eNeighborbood Overview:\u003c\/h5\u003e Historic Saint George, the former \"playground\" and summer retreat of the Vanderbilts and the Fox Brothers of filmmaking fame, is one of the most visible, newsworthy, and up-and-coming neighborhoods of Greater New York City. Loaded with historic treasures and a freedom-loving, hip, and highly individualistic population that values life at a pace that's more spacious and a bit slower than how it's played in nearby Manhattan, it's connected to the canyons of Wall Street by the world-famous Staten Island Ferry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch5\u003e Travel Details from the host  \u003c\/h5\u003eI'm a liberal, media-conscious NYC writer, editor, and president of Blood Moon Productions, an independent press specializing in celebrity biographies. I'm the resident manager of an elaborate historic home with gardens and available space--both in my heart and in my agenda--for the housing, protection, and entertainment of temporary visitors to New York City.  Whereas my office and residence are on the upper floors, AirBnB guests occupy the rather grand formal areas on the ground floor. Lower Manhattan is easily accessible via a ten-minute walk and a 22-minute (free) ferryboat ride.  This is country living in the city, with lots of cultural, historic, and razzmatazz literary sideshows.   \r\n\r\nMagnolia House results from my 30-year role as co-author of many titles, and many editions, of The Frommer Guides, each of which included evaluations of the bed and breakfast inns of Europe. \r\n\r\nEdgy media associations have always been part of the Magnolia House experience. Previous guests have included Tennessee Williams (“Magnolia House reminds me of Blanche DuBois’ lost plantation, Bellereve!”), golden age film personality Joan Blondell (a close friend of celebrity biographer and co-owner, Darwin Porter), Lucille Lortel (the philanthropic but very temperamental Queen of Off-Broadway), the very outspoken Jolie Gabor (mother of the three “Bombshells from Budapest” otherwise known as  Zsa Zsa, Eva, and Magda) and a host of other stars, starlettes, and demi-mondains of all descriptions and persuasions. \r\n\r\n“Conjoining this rambling old house with the hospitality trades is a logical move, considering how inter-related the memorabilia is.” Prince continued, “And after years researching and writing the world’s pre-eminent travel series, I’m alert to the hopes, dreams, and needs, and aesthetics of temporary visitors. Welcome to Magnolia House.”  \r\n\r\nCelebrity Associations:  In the kitchen of Magnolia House, two fabulous women, Zsa Zsa's mother, JOLIE GABOR, working with the  great European cabaret singer, GRETA KELLER, prepared lavish dinners based on recipes of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. (Their favorite dish was roast goose with apricot and chestnut stuffing.)  The indiscretions that accompanied the meal eventually re-appeared in the award-winning, widely reviewed THOSE GLAMOROUS GABORS, BOMBSHELLS FROM BUDAPEST, a biography co-authored by Magnolia House's resident managers and published by BLOOD MOON PRODUCTIONS, the independent publishing entity located upstairs. Ask us about it. It's only one of Magnolia House's hundreds of celebrity associations that illustrate the high-octane sweep of \"THE AMERICAN CENTURY.\" \r\n\r\nQUESTION: Why is one of the two bedrooms at Magnolia House named \"The Roosevelt Room?\"  Because you'll sleep in the queen-sized bed that used to be owned by a former U.S. President, Theodore (Teddy) \"Rough Rider\" Roosevelt. \r\n\r\nThere a sense of magic in this wise, mysterious old house, and historic links to \"celebrities\" we're eager to \"introduce you to. They include former First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler, the pre-Civil War \"Marie Antoinette\" of the White House; important players in the early days of Silent Films;  and household names from  media, show-biz, pop culture, and politics. \r\n\r\nBe welcome, be happy, and pleasant dreams, in advance, to all of you. \r\n\r\nxxx from Danforth Prince, Innkeeper and Director of Development  at Magnolia House in NYC. \r\n\r\nP.S. Now, There’s a GUIDEBOOK to accompany your visit to one of Staten Island’s Most Intriguing Historic Landmarks:\r\n\r\nBlood Moon Productions proudly announces the release of an illustrated history of Magnolia House, a historic home in Saint George  that’s internationally famous for its associations with celebrities.\r\n\r\nIts authors, celebrity journalists Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, describe it as a 230-page “pamphlet,” the first in their new series about how travel writing for THE FROMMER GUIDES evolved into a celebrity adventure. \r\n\r\nSTATEN ISLAND’S HISTORIC MAGNOLIA HOUSE: CELEBRITY \u0026amp; THE IRONIES OF FAME is available now through Amazon, Barnes\u0026amp;Noble, and as a free giveaway to anyone overnighting or stopping in for an “Experience” at Magnolia House  as organized by Airbnb. For more information about either the book or the “AirBnb Experience” with the same name,  search the internet for “Celebrity \u0026amp; the Ironies of Fame.”  \r\n\r\nAs stated by Danforth Prince, Blood Moon’s President and Director of Development, “Whereas a conventional autobiography of either of us would have been too boring and too embarrassing, we opted instead to filter this memoir through the lens of the historic monument that witnessed—up close and intimately—some of the most widely celebrated characters of “The American Century.”  \r\n\r\nStaten Island’s Historic Magnolia House, Celebrity \u0026amp; the Ironies of Fame: \r\nA Memoir About Travel Guides, Tabloid Exposés, \u0026amp; the Landmark Where They Were Produced.  \r\n \r\nSoftcover, 6” x 9”, with 230 pages, at least a hundred photos, and scads of gossip about who did what to whom during the course of 50 years as the world’s pre-eminent travel journalists. ISBN 978-1-936003-65-5. \r\n\r\nOur conclusion? Magnolia House is NOT the typical AirBnb--nor is it anything remotely like a Hilton or a Day's Inn.  It's a private home with stories about the aftermath of the Civil War to convey. It's unique in America, and it's eager to show you its secrets. \r\n\r\nWHAT IS MAGNOLIA HOUSE?\r\n\r\nThe name it bears has been on record with Staten Island’s Borough Hall for at least a century, as it’s a byproduct of owners who, in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, gave it a name that evoked their native Virginia. Dating from the 1830s, it’s a Grande Dame with a knack for nourishing high-functioning eccentrics.  \r\n\r\nMany of them have lived or been entertained here since New York’s State Senator Howard Bayne, a transplanted Southerner, moved in with his wife, the daughter of the Surgeon General of the Confederate States of America, in the aftermath of that bloodiest of wars on North American soil, the War between the American States.\r\n\r\nSince then, many dozens of celebrities—some of them notorious—have whispered their secrets and rehearsed their ambitions within its walls. According to some, a few of them remain on site, working through the issues that tormented or perplexed them during their earthy and raucous experiences in the here and now.\r\n\r\nThis is the story of how this “Wise Victorian Lady”—in its role as the editorial headquarters for many of THE FROMMER GUIDES and later for BLOOD MOON PRODUCTIONS—adapted to America’s frequently changing tastes, times, circumstances, and values.  \r\n\r\nThis new \"Guidebook,\" from a writing team well-versed in the nuances of writing guidebooks, is available now through internet purveyors everywhere, it's the first in Blood Moon’s MAGNOLIA HOUSE series, books that explore the oddities, and “only in America” eccentricities of THE AMERICAN CENTURY and how they unfolded within Staten Island’s most media-centric historic landmark. \r\n\r\nCome stay with us! 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