Government House
New York City, United States
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
Government House was a Georgian-style mansion erected in 1790 at the foot of Broadway in Manhattan, on the site of the former Fort George. Built by New York State as a prospective executive residence for President George Washington, it never served that purpose after the federal government relocated first to Philadelphia and then permanently to Washington, D.C. The building subsequently housed New York governors George Clinton and John Jay before being converted to the Custom House following the Customs Administration Act of 1799. It also accommodated the American Academy of Arts and, from 1809, the New-York Historical Society. The city acquired the property in 1813, and the mansion was demolished in 1815.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- mansion
- Place
- New York City, United States
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