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Schuyler Mansion is a historic house at 32 Catherine Street in Albany, New York. The brick mansion is now a museum and an official National Historic Landmark . It was constructed from 1761 to 1765 for Philip Schuyler , later a general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator , who resided there from 1763 until his death in 1804.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service in Columbia County, New York, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Kinderhook, 125 miles (201 km) north of New York City and 20 miles (32 km) south of Albany.
George Washington visited, leading the city to rename the road down to the mansion Washington Street. In 1780, Washington's aide Alexander Hamilton married Schuyler's daughter Elizabeth on the grounds. The following year, even as the Patriot victory loomed, Loyalist forces raided the house in an attempt to kidnap Burgoyne. [8]
Nut Grove, a former mansion on the south boundary of the city, is now part of a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility, [37] following its use as a hospice. [38] The Schuyler Mansion, another former center of a large estate, was used as an orphanage between the family's occupancy and its acquisition by the state. [39]
General Philip Schuyler built the Schuyler Mansion around 1761 overlooking the pastureland of the Dutch Church.After Schuyler's death in 1804, his property was subdivided, with streets laid out and lots sold.
The 12,000-square-foot Ward Hall mansion is decorated for the holidays as it might have been in the 19th century. ... The tradition of hospitality continues today with Christmas candlelight tours ...
The current Washington Park Lake House was built in 1929 replacing the original stick style structure constructed in 1876. It is constructed in the Spanish Revival style with terracotta, terrazzo, brick, and guastavino tile. [6] The area in front of the lake house has been the site for the performance of plays by the Park Playhouse for over 20 ...
The house was built c. 1760 along King's Highway (now Morris Street) on the eastern edge of what was then the small village of Morristown. [5] In 1765 , Dr. Jabez Campfield , a young doctor from Newark, bought the house when he moved to Morristown with his new wife, Sarah Ward, to establish his medical practice. [ 6 ]