Schuyler Mansion

Schuyler Mansion

Infobox nrhp
name = Philip Schuyler Mansion
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = Watercolor drawing from 1818
location = 32 Catherine Street, Albany, New York, USA
architect = John Gaborial
architecture = Georgian
designated= December 24, 1967 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=738&ResourceType=Building
title=Philip Schuyler Mansion|date=2007-09-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = December 24, 1967
built = 1761-1762
refnum = 67000008

Schuyler Mansion is a historic house at 32 Catherine Street in Albany, New York, United States. The brick mansion is now a museum and an official National Historic Landmark. It was constructed from 1761 to 1762 for Philip Schuyler, general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator, who resided there from 1763 until his death in 1804. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 24, 1967.PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/67000008.pdf Schuyler Mansion National Historic Landmark] |791 KB, July 26, 1985, by Constance M. Greiff, National Park Service] PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/67000008.pdf Schuyler Mansion National Historic Landmark--Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1967-1985.] |4.12 MB, July 26, 1985, National Park Service]

History

Schuyler began acquiring the land around the mansion site by 1760. Most of the house's construction took place while he was in England at the behest of his mentor John Bradstreet. [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/loc/schuylermansion.html Schuyler Mansion] at the New York State Museum web site.] Schuyler called the home "The Pasture" because of the pasture view towards the Hudson River. [http://books.google.com/books?id=RKi45e7xtI8C&pg=PA241&ots=iJiTvvz7od&dq=schuyler+mansion+pasture&sig=5oq_Q77sBcBikIQHZ9tlFfgCfhg "Life Along the Hudson"] by Allan Keller ISBN 082321804X via Google Book Search.] Schuyler and his wife raised eight of their eleven children in the house which originally included 80 acres of land. The house is also rumored to have been visited by several notable figures including George Washington and served as a host and prison to British General John Burgoyne for several days after his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. [http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/albany/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654624711 Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site] from Frommer's via The New York Times Travel Guides web site.] On December 14, 1780, the mansion was the site of the marriage between Alexander Hamilton and Schuyler's daughter Elizabeth. [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=27 Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site] at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation web site.] On August 7, 1781, Native Americans raided the mansion in an unsuccessful Loyalist attempt to kidnap Schuyler. [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/schuyler-1.html "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Schuyler"] Vol. I, pp. 28-41, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911) via SchenectadyHistory.org.]

After Philip Schuyler's death in 1804, the land comprised over one hundred building lots which were divided among his numerous children. From 1886 to 1913, the mansion served as an orphanage until the state assumed ownership. [http://www.st-cath.org/SCCC_Published/history.htm History of St. Catherine's Center for Children.] ]

References

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=27 Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/Albany/state3.html Albany County listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny1244 Schuyler Mansion (ironwork): 1 photo] , at Historic American Building Survey


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