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. History Before construction and early days 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.