I think it's the same place. It was common that when a building burned down that the front steps were the only thing that survived besides the fireplace which was often knocked down for the bricks.
In early 1961 I took these two shots of the burned ruins of some big house up at the end of Sleepy Hollow, and at the time had no idea what the story was. I presume it's the Hotaling mansion, right? Anything left of it now?