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Hamilton Grange National Memorial

  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums

The refuge of Alexander Hamilton, enigmatic and often controversial founding father, "Hamilton Grange" tells the story of his rise from extremely humble beginnings on a small Caribbean island to become the most influential creator of our modern government. From obscurity to George Washington's right hand in war and peace, Hamilton shaped the vision and tools for the success of the United States. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1801/00/00 John McComb Architect John McComb Jr designs a Federal-style country home on a 32-acre estate in upper Manhattan for Alexander Hamilton, 1801-1802.
1802/00/00 Alexander Hamilton Home The Hamilton family's country home is completed. Alexander names it "The Grange" after his father's ancestral home in Scotland.
1802/00/00 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Home The Hamilton family's country home is completed. Alexander names it "The Grange" after his father's ancestral home in Scotland.
1833/11/00 Thomas E Davis Owner Thomas E Davis buys The Grange from Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton for $25,000.
1889/00/00 The Grange is foreclosed and slated for demolition to extend the street grid per the 1811 Commissioners' Plan. St Luke's Episcopal Church acquires the house and moves it a half block E and 2 blocks S to what became 287 Convent Ave.
2006/05/09 The Grange is closed for extensive architectural investigations as part of a plan to move it to St Nicholas Park. The new setting will permit restoration of features lost in the 1889 move while staying within Hamilton's original 32-acre estate.
2011/09/17 The Grange opens to the public during a ceremony with Hamilton descendants and tours of the restored interiors. A visitor's center is located in the newly constructed ground floor, where the kitchen, laundry and servants' rooms would have been.

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Particulars for Hamilton Grange National Memorial:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Federal
Attribute Moved property
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Registry Address: 287 Convent Ave.
Registry Number: 66000097
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State, Federal
Architect: McComb,John Jr.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Additional documentation, Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Moved property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1801, 1804, 1889
Associated People: Hamilton,Alexander
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape, Government
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park Government office

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