Morris–Jumel Mansion
The Morris - Jumel Mansion is a historical building in Washington Heights in New York City, which served in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, George Washington a few weeks as the headquarters. Since 1961, the building is a National Historic Landmark.
Architecture
Morris - Jumel Mansion is the oldest surviving detached home in Manhattan today. It is situated between the West 160th Street and West 162nd Street at High Bridge Park. Morris - Jumel Mansion is marked by the architectural style of the Palladian and on elevated terrain, so that from here to the Harlem River, the Bronx, Long Iceland Sound and the Hudson River are visible. From 1890 to 1968 were within sight of the Polo Grounds, the home of the New York Giants were for 74 years. The back of the house is extended to include a two -story building which contained an octagonal room. This is one of the earliest buildings of this form in North America. In the kitchen stove and oven are obtained as the originals. In the bedroom of Madame Jumel are Empire furniture that had brought her and her husband of her stays from France. The room in which George Washington was housed is decorated in the style of the late 18th century.
Overall, the interior of the house is dominated by Georgian architecture style. The central hall extends from the entrance in the south to the octagonal rear space. To the west lie the reception room and the library. To the east is the dining room, which is followed by the staircase. The floor above has a similar floor plan and houses the bedrooms. On the second floor are four guest rooms, each with a skylight. In the basement kitchen and accommodation of the slaves were.
History
The house was built in 1765 by an unknown architect for the spouse of a wealthy American British Army officer Roger Morris. It first entered the name of Mount Morris and was in a 150 -acre plot. From 14 September to 20 October 1776, shortly after the Battle of Pell 's Point, was Morris - Jumel Mansion headquarters of George Washington. During the Battle of Harlem Heights, the house served as an important landmark. After the retreat of the Continental Army from Manhattan, it became the headquarters of the British General Henry Clinton and the commander of the Hessian troops, General Wilhelm to Innhausen and Knyphausen. On July 10, 1790 Washington returned for an evening after Morris - Jumel Mansion to here with his cabinet, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Henry Knox and Thomas Jefferson belonged to dine.
1810 acquired the French who fled from Haiti wine merchant Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza the estate. They were followers of Napoleon and commuted regularly between the United States and France, from where they brought with furniture by Morris - Jumel Mansion. 1832, after the death of Stephen Jumels, his widow was the legacy of one of the richest women in the country. On July 1, 1833, she married the former Vice President Aaron Burr in the reception room of the house; after only four months they separated, so that Burr lived only a short time in the property. The divorce was final on September 14, 1836, Burr died on the same day. Eliza Jumel lived until her death in 1865 in Morris - Jumel Mansion. 1895 General Ferdinand P. Earle bought property and land and sold it in 1903 to the city of New York on. 1904 began the Washington's Headquarters Association, which was founded by four local groups of patriotic women's organization Daughters of the American Revolution, with the establishment of a historical museum. 1976 visited Queen Elizabeth II as part of their stay in the U.S. for the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Jumel Mansion because of its great historical significance.
On January 20, 1961 Morris - Jumel Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a National Historic Landmark and on 15 October 1966. Today it is a historical museum in the hands of the Foundation Morris Jumel Mansion Incorporated and open to the public.