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 18th - 19th Century
John Totten (1771-1846)
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1767
John Totten (d. 1785), a weaver, is the first documented member of the Totten family to purchase land and settle on Staten Island. |
1834
John Totten, Jr., purchases waterfront property at the foot of today's Main St. and builds a dock and general store. |
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1840
Totten's Shipyard is established by William Totten, John Jr.'s brother, on the Arthur Kill waterfront adjacent to Totten's Dock.
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1841
Bethel Methodist Church is built on an acre of land donated by John Totten, Sr. |
1850
The Rutan Shipyard is established by brothers James M. and William H. Rutan. The business operates for nearly 30 years.
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1851
John Totten establishes the Tottenville Post Office and is appointed postmaster.
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1853
The post office is moved to Bentley St. and renamed Bentley.
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1855
The Butler & Sleight Shipyard is established near Ward's Point.
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1855
Robert Journeay acquires property along the shores of the Arthur Kill and establishes the Journeay Shipyard.
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1857
The Ellis Shipyard, located to the east of Totten's Dock, is founded by Jacob S. Ellis in 1857 and continues through the 1920s.
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1860
The Staten Island Railway is extended to Tottenville.
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1861
The post office is named Tottenville once again.
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1865
World-renowned artist William Page builds his octagon house near the southwest corner of Hylan Blvd and Page Ave.
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1886
Bethel Church is destroyed by fire. A new church on the same site is dedicated just one year later, in 1887.
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1897
The Atlantic Terra Cotta Works is established along Ellis St.
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1898
Staten Island consolidates with the other four boroughs to become the City of Greater New York.
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1899
Tottenville's first library opens at 206-208 Johnson Ave.
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