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Description: Gracie Mansion Official Residence of Mayor of New York City Eric Adams Abraham Beame Michael Bloomberg Bill de Blasio David Dinkins Rudy Giuliani Fiorello H. La Guardia John Lindsey Ed Koch Lindsey Wagner Matchbook. Gracie Mansion Archibald Gracie Mansion (commonly called Gracie Mansion) is the official residence of the Mayor of New York City. Built in 1799, it is located in Carl Schurz Park, at East End Avenue and 88th Street in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan. The mansion overlooks Hell Gate channel in the East River. Archibald Gracie Mansion U.S. National Register of Historic Places New York City Built 1799 Architect Archibald Gracie Architectural style Federal Style History George Washington commandeered an earlier house on approximately the same site during the American Revolutionary War, as it strategically overlooked Hell Gate. That house, called Belview Mansion, was the country home of Jacob Walton, a New York merchant. The British destroyed it during the war. In 1799, Archibald Gracie built a new house on the same site, now known as Gracie Mansion. In the fall of 1801, Gracie hosted a meeting there of New York Federalists, called by Alexander Hamilton, to raise $10,000 to establish the New York Evening Post newspaper, which eventually became the New York Post. Gracie used the house as his country home until 1823, when he had to sell it to pay debts. Later history Other people lived in the house until 1896, when the municipal government seized it and made its grounds part of Carl Schurz Park. It served various functions as part of that park (at various times it housed public restrooms, an ice cream stand, and classrooms) until 1924. From 1924 until 1936, it housed the Museum of the City of New York, and from 1936 until 1942, it was shown as a historical house. In 1942, Robert Moses convinced Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia to appropriate the house as a mayoral residence. Its main two floors are open to the public on a limited basis for guided tours and serve as a small museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Recent use The house may only be used for official city business. Only visiting public officials and the mayor's family may reside with the mayor at the mansion, even for a single overnight stay. This has prevented some recent mayors from living in the mansion; in 2001 Rudy Giuliani was forced to move out after he had been barred by a judge from bringing his then-girlfriend Judith Nathan to live with him in the mansion, a matter complicated by the fact that his estranged wife, Donna Hanover, refused to vacate the premises. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, likewise, never resided at Gracie Mansion, partially because regulations prevented him from moving in with his long-term partner, Diana Taylor, but also believing that the house should be left open to the public. However, he did use it for meetings and events; he also used the Mansion as a place for official visitors to stay while in the city. At the beginning of Bloomberg's term, he initiated a major restoration of the mansion, funded by an anonymous donor, suspected of being the billionaire mayor himself. Mayor Eric Adams and his family currently live in the Gracie Mansion.

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