Housman's Cave^ 



Arthur Hollick 



(Photograph by H. H. Cleaves) 



In the sloping hillside facing Richmond Turnpike near the 

 junction of Little Clove Road is Staten Island's only remaining 

 cave. The hill, some thirty or forty years ago, was beautifully 



wooded with large beech and oak trees and the finest grove of 

 white pines on the island. A thick growth of underbrush 

 screened the entrance to the cave and it could not be seen until the 

 searcher had made his way through the protecting screen and was 

 in its immediate vicinity. Most of the trees have died during 



1 Presented at the meeting of the Association October 15, 1915. 



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