Gracie Mansion
- Year
- 1799
- Style
- Federal
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor of New York City, was built in 1799 by Archibald Gracie in Carl Schurz Park at East End Avenue and 88th Street, overlooking Hell Gate on the East River. The Federal-style house replaced Belview Mansion, built in 1770 for merchant Jacob Walton and destroyed during the American Revolutionary War. Gracie used the house as his country home until 1823; it later passed to the Foulke family (1823–1857) and the family of builder Noah Wheaton (1857–1896), after which the city took over the grounds as part of Carl Schurz Park.
the building
1966 annex. The mansion consists of the original two-story Federal-style house plus an annex added in 1966, expanding the residence beyond Gracie's original footprint.
the style
The house is built in the Federal style, the vocabulary of a country residence for a New York merchant at the turn of the 19th century.
More on Federalsignificance
The original house is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic Places. In the early 20th century the building served as public restrooms, an ice cream stand, and classrooms; it housed the Museum of the City of New York from 1924 to 1936 and operated as a historic house museum until 1942.
nearby
- Blackwell Island Light
- Parsonage of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- 20 East End Avenue
- The Octagon
- Yorkville Bank Building
- New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch