Show bew york the relentless of progress until recently sparing of the older landmarks which seemed secure in the remoler remoter regions of seiten island shortly will wipe out one of the lat remaining relics of flonary days still standing within he of the city of new bork the black horse at the in of amboy and richmond roads bew dorp staten island short ly will be razed to make way for the widening ot richmond road con proceedings will be started soon and the building will be razed when the are finished and the contracts awarded by the borough of richmond the present owner of the faded and rambling frame structure which housed officers during he revolution Is mrs catherine C curry it became her property after the death of her husband curry who went to staten island more alinn forty sears opened a public house where more than one not too elderly resident can recall stopped to e of the cup hat cheers since dais the hoie lias bean maintained as a private dwelling because he intersection at which the house stands has I 1 ng been a blind corner and a peril to motorola the improvement contemplated by he became imperative A triangular slice of land it will be cut into two pieces ne part being used to widen richmond rond and the other to form a small plaza the old tavern portions of which have been incorporated into the arcs ent bullying tins been celebrated in many legendary fegen dary stories of staten island history so legendary anre borne of these stories that it tins been impossible to verify them it nas in the latter part of the revolution that gen william inowe commander of alio british forces in the new york area quartered quirt ered some of lit staff officers in alie black horse gonell howe himself a across the road known as the ilose and cravn and it wa stuff officer mounted hl handsome horse to escort ills superior and alint the leoise took fright dashing itself and its rider against a high rod and killing both at that moment the house hitherto unnamed yaa christened the chck norse by fellow officers who witnessed alie tragedy Ill larn T bals dals island his lorlan recalled that for a short period of ye irs prior to the purchase of lie building by patrick curry it was used as a post office and residents of lie burat lurat districts came from nir and fir to their mall it Is told without that maj andre the delegated to assist tn the treachery ot benedict arnold stopped at the black loree and executed ills wll there before out on his mission here that on july 4 1770 he road the Decla rath n of independence at tant time history tells us he remarked thai document has been signed hy very determined men alie isoac and crown long ago suf the fate now destined for the black horse the appear ince of the place has changed considerably since the days of 70 still are three of alie old the old tavern was a very small place which anuw are utilized ns living room parlor aind din ing room additions have been built from elrre to time among B comparatively rio dern dince hall hiie wooden sign bore the figure of a black horse and Is now so that only alie faintest of marl ings can he discerned laan the possession of MI aurry who has refused to part with it despite the photis of a number of his societies it la related hut on the of a review of troops by I ord allowe brothw of general iloie a |