hamilton heights: Alexander Hamilton's Home | Famous Quotes
- 03/03/13 10:24 PM
Hamilton Grange - the only home ever owned by Alexander Hamilton is located in St. Nicholas Park in the Hamilton Heights Harlem neighborhood. Alexander Hamilton was the first U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, and political philosopher. He co-authored the federalist papers and was indespensable in the effort to get the constitution adopted. Alexander Hamilton came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study finance at King's College (now Columbia University).Hamilton commissioned architect John McComb Jr. to design a Federal style country home on a sprawling 32 acre estate in upper Manhattan. This house was completed in 1802 and named (6 comments)
hamilton heights: "Hurry take the "A" train to Hamilton Heights way up in Harlem"
- 12/06/12 10:03 PM
Hamilton Heights is located between 135th and 155th Street. Hamilton Heights in Upper Manhattan was the home of Alexander Hamilton from 1802 - 1804. Today Hamilton Heights is mostly a housing fusion of palatial 19th century brownstones, spacious pre-wars and tenement walk-ups. The Harlem sub-neighborhood of Hamilton Heights boasts some of the city’s most-desired townhouses, and is best known for "Sugar Hill" and “Strivers’ Row.” The Harlem sub-neighborhood of Hamilton Heights has some of the most-desired townhouses in New York City. Sugar Hill - Sweet and Expensive, During the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's The Hill attracted those with talent, (9 comments)
hamilton heights: Alexander Hamilton's Home to Reopen
- 09/16/11 01:26 AM
Photo by NPS (June 2011) Hamilton Grange to Reopen Sept. 17, 2011 Hamilton Grange - the only home ever owned by Alexander Hamilton - has moved to St. Nicholas Park. Alexander Hamilton was the first U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, and political philosopher. He co-authored the federalist papers and was indespensable in the effort to get the constitution adopted. Alexander Hamilton came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study finance at King's College (now Columbia University). Hamilton commissioned architect John McComb Jr. to design a Federal style country home on a sprawling 32 acre (4 comments)
hamilton heights: Hamilton Heights: Historic Neighborhood Report
- 04/15/09 01:32 AM
Hamilton Heights in Upper Manhattan was the home of Alexander Hamilton from 1802 - 1804. Alexander Hamilton was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, and political philosopher. His Manhattan home Hamilton Grange has recently been moved from Convent Avenue to St. Nicholas Park.
Hamilton commissioned architect John McComb Jr. to design a Federal style country home on a sprawling 32 acre estate in upper Manhattan. This house was completed in 1802 and named "The Grange" after the Hamilton family's ancestral home in Scotland, but served as his home for only two years. On July 11, 1804, Hamilton (2 comments)
hamilton heights: Manhatan Real Estate - Harlem Neighborhood Report
- 12/06/06 12:30 AM
Harlem was established in 1658 by the Dutch and named Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. This large section of Manhattan real estate has a deep spirit, culture and history. Harlem passed through several historic periods - as a high-society area of New York for wealthy upper class and middle class white residents...as a fashionable district for blacks during a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance"...as one of the hottest night club playgrounds for audiences who came uptown to see the all black revues to gangsters and entertainers in grand style at the famous night spots. Beginning in the 1870s (28 comments)