Gustav Mayer House in Staten Island, NY. Read more at topetenrealestatedeals.com

The house was built by David Ryers, a commander in the New York militia and then owned by Gustav Mayer and his family until the 1980s, According to toptenrealestatedeals.com. His two daughters lived there into their 100s, and "were so reclusive that they refused to leave the home, lowering baskets out of windows to collect groceries, laundry and mail."