Rosebank on Staten Island in Richmond County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Garibaldi and Meucci Memorial

Garibaldi Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, 2013

1. Garibaldi Memorial

Inscription.
This house was the home of the Italian liberator, Giuseppe Garibaldi, who fled to America after the collapse of the republic in Italy in 1849. He came to Staten Island in 1850 and lived here with his friend, Antonio Meucci, who worked on the development of the telephone. They eked out a living making candles in the back yard. In 1860, Garibaldi, with the “One Thousand,” freed Sicily and southern Italy, and lived to see Italy unified. the Order of the Sons of Italy in America, bought the house in 1956 for a memorial museum.

Erected 1971 by New York Community Trust.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Patriots & Patriotism. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 40° 36.91′ N, 74° 4.434′ W. Marker is on Staten Island, New York, in Richmond County. It is in Rosebank. It is on Tompkins Avenue near Chestnut Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island NY 10305, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in New York City.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rosebank 9-11 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); De Matti Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint Mary’s Church (about 400 feet away,

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