Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
32 Catherine St, Albany, NY 12202, USA
New York, USA
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EST. 1761
EST. 1761
BATTLEFIELD
December 14, 1780
Church, Angelica Schuyler
Schuyler, Peggy
Hamilton, Alexander
Schuyler, Philip
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler
Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah
Schuyler, Catherine Van Rensselaer
Washington, George
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site.
Philip Schuyler’s original 1760s brick mansion survives as a New York State historic house museum in Albany. The restored building contains period rooms, collections, and preserved architectural fabric, with landscaped grounds and guided interpretation of the Schuyler household and its enslaved residents.
About Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
The Albany home of Major General Philip Schuyler functioned as a center of military planning, political activity, and wartime hospitality. Following the Saratoga campaign, defeated British General John Burgoyne was received here as a prisoner in 1777. Alexander Hamilton, then serving as George Washington’s aide-de-camp, married Schuyler’s daughter Elizabeth in the mansion on December 14, 1780, linking two prominent Revolutionary families.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
During the Schuyler family's occupancy of the mansion, the house served as a center of military, business, and family affairs, including the wedding of Philip and Catherine's second daughter, Elizabeth, to famed Federalist, Alexander Hamilton. The latter portion of the American Revolution saw Philip Schuyler in the position of an intelligence officer for the American side, operating a network of spies out of his home.
These activities led to the infiltration of the mansion and failed attempt to kidnap Schuyler on the evening of August 7, 1781. Additionally, the Schuyler family was well known for their hospitality, and the mansion hosted guests such as George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, the Marquis de Chastellux, and James Madison. The family also hosted the British general during the Battle of Saratoga, John Burgoyne, who stayed at the mansion as a "prisoner guest" in 1777.
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