Schuyler Mansion

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Schuyler Mansion (2012)
Watercolor drawing of the building by Philip Hooker, 1818

Schuyler Mansion is a historic building located at 32 Catherine Street in Albany , New York . Built between 1761 and 1762 by Philip Schuyler , the brick villa was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 24, 1967 and is now used as a museum. Schuyler, later a general in the Continental Army , was one of the early United States senators . He lived in the Schuyler Mansion from 1763 until his death in 1804.

history

Schuyler began purchasing the land for the villa to be built around 1760. Most of the building was erected in his absence while he was in England at the behest of his mentor, John Bradstreet . Schuyler himself called his villa The Pasture (English for 'pasture') because the view in the direction of the Hudson River overlooked pastureland. Schulyer and his wife raised eight of their eleven children in the house, which originally included 32 hectares of land. Schuyler Mansion was visited by a number of well-known personalities, including George Washington , and served as the accommodation and prison for the British General John Burgoyne for several days after his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga . On December 14, 1780, the marriage between Alexander Hamilton and Schuyler's daughter Elizabeth took place in the villa. On August 7, 1781, Indians attacked the villa in an unsuccessful attempt by the loyalists to kidnap Schuyler.

After Philip Schuyler's death in 1804, the property comprised over one hundred plots of building land, which were divided among his numerous children. From 1886 to 1913 the villa served as an orphanage , after which the villa became the property of the state.

Schuyler Mansion was restored and listed on October 17, 1917. In December 1967, the building was granted National Historic Landmark status and was entered on the National Register of Historic Places . The property is also a Contributing Property of the South End - Groesbeckville Historic District , which was formed in September 1984.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philip Schuyler Mansion . In: National Historic Landmark summary listing . National Park Service. September 18, 2007. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 11, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tps.cr.nps.gov
  2. ↑ Schuyler Mansion National Historic Landmark (PDF; 810 kB), July 26, 1985 by Constance M. Greiff, National Park Service
  3. ↑ Schuyler Mansion National Historic Landmark - 11 photos enclosed, outside and inside, from 1967 to 1985. (PDF; 4.3 MB), July 26, 1985, National Park Service
  4. ↑ a b Schuyler Mansion on the New York State Museum website .
  5. ^ Life Along the Hudson by Allan Keller, ISBN 082321804X via Google Book Search .
  6. ↑ Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site by Frommer's via The New York Times Travel Guides website.
  7. ↑ Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site on the website of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nysparks.state.ny.us
  8. ↑ Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Schuyler Volume 1, pages 28-41, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911) via SchenectadyHistory.org.
  9. ^ History of St. Catherine's Center for Children. ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.st-cath.org
  10. ↑ Schuyler, Philip, Mansion in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2020.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2020.
  11. ^ South End-Groesbeckville Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2020.

Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′ 23 "  N , 73 ° 45 ′ 38"  W.