Hamilton Grange National Memorial

{{Short description|Historic house in Manhattan, New York}} {{Redirect|Hamilton Grange|the library|Hamilton Grange Library}} {{good article}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Hamilton Grange National Memorial | image = Hamilton Grange National Memorial - Entrance (48170424452).jpg | image_caption = The entrance to Hamilton Grange | map = New York City#New York#USA | relief = | map_caption = | location = West 141st Street and Hamilton Terrace, Manhattan, New York, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|40|49|17|N|73|56|50|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | area_acre = 1.04 | visitation_num = 63,647 | visitation_year = 2024<ref name="Visitor Use Statistics Hamilton Grange"/> | established = May 1962 | governing_body = National Park Service | website = [https://www.nps.gov/hagr/index.htm Hamilton Grange National Memorial] | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Hamilton Grange National Memorial | nrhp_type = nhl | nrhp_type2 = nmem | district_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=250|zoom=14|type=point|marker=|title=Hamilton Grange National Memorial}} | architect = John McComb Jr. | architecture = Federal style | designated_nrhp_type = December 19, 1960<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |date=September 14, 2007 |title=Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton House) |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=42&ResourceType=Building |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701195751/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=42&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=July 1, 2007 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service }}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite web |last=Torres-Reyes |first=Ricardo |date=April 1975 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hamilton Grange National Memorial |url={{NHLS url|id=66000097}} |publisher=National Park Service |format=pdf}} and {{NHLS url|id=66000097|title=Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1975.|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref> | added = October 15, 1966<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 66000097 | mpsub = | website = [https://www.nps.gov/hagr/index.htm Hamilton Grange National Memorial] | designated_other2 = New York City Landmark | designated_other2_date = August 2, 1967 | designated_other2_number = 0317A }} }}

'''Hamilton Grange National Memorial''' (also known as '''Hamilton Grange''' or '''the Grange''') is a historic house museum within St. Nicholas Park in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Operated by the National Park Service (NPS), the structure was the only home ever owned by Alexander Hamilton, a U.S. founding father. The house contains exhibits for visitors, as well as various rooms with restored 19th-century interiors. Originally located near present-day 143rd Street, the house was moved in 1889 to 287 Convent Avenue before being relocated again in 2008 to St. Nicholas Park. The structure is a New York City designated landmark and a United States national memorial, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hamilton acquired land for the estate from Jacob Schieffelin and Samuel Bradhurst starting in 1800, and he commissioned architect John McComb Jr. to design a country home there. The house was completed in 1802, just two years before Hamilton's death in 1804. The house remained in his family for 30 years afterward and was then sold several times, including to the Ward family, who occupied the house between 1845 and 1876. The original estate was parceled off and sold in the 1880s, and the house was first relocated after St. Luke's Episcopal Church bought it in 1889. The church used Hamilton Grange as a chapel and a rectory before selling it to the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS) in 1924. The ASHPS opened the house as a museum in 1930 and handed over operations to the NPS in 1960. For the next four decades, the NPS attempted to move the house so the building could be restored. The Grange was closed for restoration and relocation between 2006 and 2011.

The Grange is a two-story frame Federal-style house with a ground level basement. It is a rectangular structure with porticos on the front and rear facades, as well as piazzas to its left and right. The basement dates from 2011 and contains the gift shop and exhibits, while the other two stories are part of the original house. On the first floor are Hamilton's study, a parlor, a dining room, and two additional spaces. The second-floor spaces were used as bedrooms. Most of Hamilton's original belongings were sold after his death to other American institutions, and many of the current objects in the house are replicas created in 2011. The Grange has been the subject of architectural commentary over the years, and it is the namesake of several structures in the neighborhood.

==Site== The house is located in the Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill sections of the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan, New York City.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=43}}</ref> It has occupied three sites in the neighborhood throughout its history, all within the bounds of the U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton's original estate.<ref name="p426555733">{{Cite news |last=Dobnik |first=Verena |date=June 8, 2008 |title=Alexander Hamilton House Moves: Historic Abode Takes 3 Hours to Go 1 Blocks |page=A.4 |work=The Record |agency=Associated Press |id={{ProQuest|426555733}}}}</ref> The estate was part of section IX of what was known as Jochem Pieter's Hills. John Delavall bought lot IX in 1691 and sold the southern half of the lot to Samuel Kelly (or Kelley), who then sold that site to druggist Jacob Schieffelin in 1799. Schieffelin's parcel was bounded by the Hudson River to the west, 140th Street to the south, St. Nicholas Avenue to the east, and 145th Street to the north.<ref name="MW p. 10">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=10}}</ref> The Bloomingdale Road bisected Schieffelin's parcel into western and eastern plots; Hamilton's estate, the Grange, occupied the eastern plot.<ref name="MW p. 8" />{{efn|The ''New York Sun'' wrote that the estate's western limit was originally the Hudson River,<ref name=p145092334/> but {{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980}} stated that the estate was always landlocked.<ref name="MW p. 63"/>}} The Grange name extended across much of the surrounding area, which remained largely rural until the late 19th century.<ref name="nyt-2001-02-25">{{Cite news |last=Garb |first=Maggie |date=February 25, 2001 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/West Harlem; Brownstones in Manhattan, At a Discount |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/25/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-west-harlem-brownstones-manhattan-discount.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The first site was near present-day 143rd Street,<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=February 18, 2008 |title=Moving the Grange, And Twisting It Around, Too |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="ASHPS p. 20">{{harvnb|American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society|1925|ps=.|p=20}}</ref> at the center of Hamilton's estate.<ref name="nyt-2002-01-13">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=January 13, 2002 |title=Streetscapes/West 144th Street Between Amsterdam and Convent Avenues; A Block With an Eyeful of Styles, Colors and Forms |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/realestate/streetscapes-west-144th-street-between-amsterdam-convent-avenues-block-with.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It occupied a small plateau that existed on the estate.<ref name="MW p. 11">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=11}}</ref> This site stood approximately {{Convert|60|ft}}<ref name="Stokes 1918">{{cite book |last=Stokes |first=Isaac Newton Phelps |title=The Iconography of Manhattan Island |year=1918 |volume=3 |pages=[https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_003/pages/ldpd_5800727_003_00000512.html 774], [//www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_003/pages/ldpd_5800727_003_00000513.html 775] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> or {{Convert|75|ft}} west of modern-day Convent Avenue.<ref name="ASHPS p. 20" /><ref name="Tuttle p. 563">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=563}}</ref><ref name="p101799758">{{cite news |date=August 30, 1936 |title=Recalls Hamilton Home: The 'Grange' on Convent Avenue Open Daily to Visitors. |page=RE12 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|101799758}}}}</ref> There were also some outbuildings to the east, between what is now Hamilton Terrace and Convent Avenue. These included a barn, chicken house, and shed, as well as a "spring house" atop one of two now-infilled streams on the site, where butter and milk were stored.<ref name="MW p. 342">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=34}}</ref><ref name="HS p. 287">{{harvnb|Howard|Straus|2012|ps=.|p=287}}</ref> The house's original site is occupied by the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, which was built starting in 1902<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 19, 1902 |title=Church Cornerstone on Hamilton Grange; Mgr. Mooney Uses Archbishop Corrigan's Silver Trowel. Altar of Our Lady of Lourdes to Rise Near the Thirteen Trees Planted by Alexander Hamilton. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/05/19/archives/church-cornerstone-on-hamilton-grange-mgr-mooney-uses-archbishop.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and is itself a New York City designated landmark.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=August 3, 2003 |title=Streetscapes/The 1903 Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, On West 142nd Street; A Coat of Many Colors, A Building of Many Parts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/realestate/streetscapes-1903-church-our-lady-lourdes-west-142nd-street-coat-many-colors.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The second site was at 287 Convent Avenue, approximately {{Convert|250|ft}}<ref name="nyt-1993-11-07">{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Emily M. |date=November 7, 1993 |title=Neighborhood Report: Harlem; The Battle to Keep Alexander Hamilton's Home Where It Is |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-harlem-battle-keep-alexander-hamilton-s-home-where-it.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> or {{Convert|350|ft}} south of the original location.<ref name="nyt-2003-07-13">{{Cite news |last=Strozier |first=Matthew |date=July 13, 2003 |title=Neighborhood Report: Hamilton Heights; For Hamilton's Home, A Long-Awaited Move Is Afoot |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/nyregion/neighborhood-report-hamilton-heights-for-hamilton-s-home-long-awaited-move-afoot.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p2663208162">{{Cite news |date=October 14, 1999 |title=Pataki Signs Law Preserving Alexander Hamilton's Home |page=31 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|2663208162}}}}</ref> The house occupied this location from 1889 to 2008.<ref name="nyt-2008-06-08" /> It was located on the east side of the avenue<ref name="ASHPS p. 20" /> and sloped down significantly to the east, toward Hamilton Terrace.<ref name="MW pp. 107–108">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=107–108}}</ref> East of the house was a {{Convert|5400|ft2|adj=on}} lawn owned by St. Luke's Episcopal Church.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 45">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=45}}</ref> After the house was moved in 2008, children planted a flower garden at 287 Convent Avenue.<ref name="Mays 2011 q052">{{cite web |last=Mays |first=Jeff |date=June 2, 2011 |title=Ideas Sought For Redevelopment at Site of Alexander Hamilton's Former Home |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/20110602/harlem/former-site-of-alexander-hamilton-home-at-center-may-see-development/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107020124/https://www.dnainfo.com/20110602/harlem/former-site-of-alexander-hamilton-home-at-center-may-see-development/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The third and current site is at 414 West 141st Street, at the southern end of Hamilton Terrace.<ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service) 2023 k179">{{cite web |date=March 16, 2023 |title=Directions |url=https://www.nps.gov/hagr/planyourvisit/directions.htm |access-date=November 5, 2023 |website=Hamilton Grange National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 4">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|ps=.|p=4}}</ref> The house is within St. Nicholas Park, {{Convert|500|ft}} south of the second site.<ref name="nyt-2008-06-08">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=June 8, 2008 |title=Witnessing a House, And History, On the Move |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/nyregion/08grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The current site abuts the campus of City College of New York (CCNY), a unit of the City University of New York.<ref name="nyt 20110916" /> The parcel covers nearly {{Convert|1|acre|m2}}<ref name="p2663208162" /><ref name="NPS p. 3">{{harvnb|National Park Service|2018|ps=.|p=3}}</ref> and consists of a plateau measuring no more than {{convert|50|to|60|ft}} wide.<ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 51–52">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|pp=51–52}}</ref>

==Use as residence== Alexander Hamilton was born sometime between 1755 and 1757{{Efn|It is unclear whether Hamilton was born in 1755 or 1757; see also {{section link|Alexander Hamilton|Notes}}.<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Chernow |title=Alexander Hamilton |year=2005 |publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=978-0-14-303475-9 |ol=35261741M |url=https://archive.org/details/alexanderhamilto00cher/page/17 |page=17}}|{{Cite news|last=Logan|first=Erin B.|date=October 28, 2021|title=Alexander Hamilton, immigrant and statesman, dies at 47 — or 49|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/07/12/alexander-hamilton-immigrant-and-statesman-dies-at-47-or-49/|access-date=November 6, 2023|issn=0190-8286}}}}</ref>}} on Nevis and went to study at King's College, now part of Columbia University, in New York City at the age of 16.<ref name="Murray p. 2">{{harvnb|Murray|1936|ps=.|p=2}}</ref><ref name="NPS (1995) p. 40" /> During his career, Hamilton was a military officer, lawyer, and author of some of ''The Federalist Papers''. He also married Elizabeth Schuyler in 1780, just after the American Revolutionary War, and served as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1789.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 40">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=40}}</ref> After Hamilton retired as Treasury Secretary in 1795, his family occupied various houses in Manhattan;<ref name="Hamilton pp. 206–207">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|pp=206–207}}</ref> by 1798, they were renting a country house in Harlem from their brother-in-law John Barker Church.<ref name="MW p. 5">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=5}}</ref><ref name="Hamilton p. 337">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|p=337}}</ref> Until then, Alexander Hamilton had never owned a house.<ref name="HS p. 286">{{harvnb|Howard|Straus|2012|ps=.|p=286}}</ref>

In late 1798, Hamilton wrote to his wife Eliza that he was planning a project in New York City, the details of which he was keeping secret.<ref name="MW p. 5" /><ref name="Hamilton pp. 43–44">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|pp=43–44}}</ref> During the Quasi-War of 1798–1800, Hamilton served as Inspector General of the United States Army, trying to fend off a war against France; as such, he could not devote time to his "project".<ref name="MW pp. 6–7">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=6–7}}</ref> He wrote a letter to the merchant Ebenezer Stevens in October 1799, offering to buy a parcel adjoining Stevens's land from Jacob Schieffelin.<ref name="MW pp. 6–7" /><ref name="Hamilton pp. 337–338">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|pp=337–338}}</ref> Hamilton had wanted the plot west of the Bloomingdale Road, but Schieffelin would only sell the plot to the east of the road.<ref name="MW p. 8">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=8}}</ref> Hamilton bought the eastern site on August 2, 1800, paying $4,000 for a plot of {{convert|15|acre}}.<ref name="MW p. 8" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 20" /><ref name="Murray p. 3">{{harvnb|Murray|1936|ps=.|p=3}}</ref> That September, he bought {{Convert|3|acre}} to the north of his existing parcel<ref name="MW p. 42" /> from Samuel Bradhurst.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Alexander Hamilton |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0143034759 |pages=641 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Scheufele |first=Michael |url=https://files.wbg-wissenverbindet.de/Files/Article/ARTK_ZOA_1030207_0001.pdf |title=Jacob Scheuffelin, Currently in Pennsylvania … Five Hundred Years of the Schieffelin Family |publisher=wbg Academic |year=2022 |isbn=978-3534450060 |location=Darmstadt, Germany |pages=110–112 |language=EN |access-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701063111/https://files.wbg-wissenverbindet.de/Files/Article/ARTK_ZOA_1030207_0001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hamilton also acquired the rights to fish in the nearby rivers and hunt game in the woodlands of Upper Manhattan.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23">{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1924 |title=Hamilton's Home Is to Be Turned Into Museum; Old Mansion at 143d Street, Built in 1800, Is Purchased by Historic Society – Used to Fish and Shoot Where Uptown Apartments Stand |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/11/23/archives/hamiltons-home-is-to-be-turned-into-museum-old-mansion-at-143d.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He and his wife's family, the Schuyler family, had been developing plans for a permanent house for nearly two years at that point.<ref name="MW p. 16" />

=== Development === After officially acquiring the Schieffelin site, Alexander, Eliza, and their seven children moved into an existing farmhouse on the site. Alexander hired architect John McComb Jr. to remodel that house for an estimated $70.90 ({{inflation|index=US|value=70.9|start_year=1800|fmt=eq}}).{{inflation-fn|index=US|group=lower-alpha}}{{efn|The renovation cost was recorded in pound sterling as "28 pounds, 7 shillings, 2 pence". {{harvnb|ps=|Mongin|Whidden|1980|p=16}} calculated that this amount in pound sterling was about $70.90.}}<ref name="MW p. 16">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=16}}</ref> McComb had, at the time, just designed Gracie Mansion and was in a competition to design New York City Hall.<ref name="HS p. 286" /> Hamilton also commissioned McComb to design a country home on the estate.<ref name="Hamilton p. 338">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|p=338}}</ref><ref name="p282254075">{{cite news |last=Olen |first=Helaine |date=May 16, 1994 |title=500-Foot Move for Historic Home Ignites Battle Rotting Alexander Hamilton Grange Would Be Restored in Park, But N.Y. Neighbors Are Furious |page=5 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|282254075}}}}</ref> Eliza's father Philip Schuyler tried and failed to hire a contractor from Albany, New York, delaying the construction of the permanent house by a year.<ref name="MW p. 28">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=28}}</ref> Ultimately, Ezra Weeks was hired to build the house;<ref name="Hamilton p. 338" /><ref name="MW p. 28" /> Hamilton had defended Weeks's brother in a murder trial two years earlier.<ref name="nyt-2003-07-20">{{Cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |last2=Robinson |first2=George |date=July 20, 2003 |title=F.y.i. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/nyregion/fyi-574074.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Weeks and McComb drew up a proposal for the house, dated June 22, 1801, in which they divided the work between them.<ref name="Hamilton pp. 341–342; MW pp. 28–29">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=|pp=341–342}}; {{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=28–29}}</ref> Weeks probably began excavating the foundation in late 1801, and he first billed Hamilton in December of that year. After Weeks excavated the site and built the foundation and frame, McComb probably commenced his portion of the work in May or June 1802.<ref name="MW p. 29">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=29}}</ref> Timber in the mansion was sourced from the grounds of the General Schuyler House in Saratoga, New York.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23" /><ref name="p1113064364">{{cite news |date=November 18, 1924 |title=Old Hamilton Home Assured Of Perpetuation: Deed for House of Patriot and First Treasury Head Presented to the Historic Preservation Society |page=12 |work=The New York Herald, New York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1113064364}}}}</ref> The house was mostly done by mid-1802, although some work such as painting continued through February 1803.<ref name="MW p. 42">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=42}}</ref><ref name="HS p. 286" /> Hamilton wrote a letter to Eliza in late 1803, requesting alterations to an ice house on the site.<ref name="MW p. 35">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=35}}</ref><ref name="Hamilton pp. 352–353">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|pp=352–353}}</ref> In total, the house and surrounding structures cost $17,972.06 ({{inflation|index=US|value=17972.06|start_year=1802|fmt=eq}}), excluding lumber that Philip Schuyler gave to Alexander as a gift.<ref name="MW p. 38">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=38}}</ref> Hamilton's friends estimated that the house cost as much as $25,000.<ref name="ME p. 379">{{harvnb|Mayer|East|1937|ps=.|p=379}}</ref>

=== Hamilton occupancy === alt=View of Hamilton Grange, a two-story clapboard house, from 141st Street|thumb|left|The Hamilton family moved into the house in August 1802.<ref name="MW p. 42" /> The Hamilton family moved into the house in August 1802.<ref name="MW p. 42" /> Known as the Grange, the estate was named after the estate of Hamilton's grandfather in Scotland.<ref name="HA p. 68">{{harvnb|Halpern|Appelbaum|2013|ps=.|p=68}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name="Greco p. 16">{{harvnb|Greco|2011|ps=.|p=16}}</ref>{{Efn|Hamilton's grandfather's estate was located in Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name=nyt-1924-11-18/><ref name="HS p. 287"/> An early source attributed the name to Marquis de Lafayette's estate in France, Château de la Grange-Bléneau.<ref name="p137310715">{{Cite magazine |date=February 14, 1901 |title=The Name, Grange. |magazine=Ohio Farmer |volume=99 |issue=7 |page=142 |id={{ProQuest|137310715}}}}</ref>}} Hamilton acquired another parcel from Bradhurst in January 1803, bringing his total acquisition to {{convert|32|acre}}.<ref name="Murray p. 3" /><ref name="MW p. 42" />{{Efn|Hamilton bought a total of {{Convert|17|acre}} from Bradhurst.<ref name="Murray p. 3" /><ref name="MW p. 42" /> According to one account, Hamilton's estate measured 35 acres and {{frac|3|1|2}} roods, or {{convert|1562715|ft2|m2 ha|0}}, after all acquisitions were completed.<ref name="Souder p. i">{{harvnb|Souder|1964|ps=.|p=i}}</ref>}} The house was the only residence that Hamilton owned in his lifetime.<ref name="HA p. 68" /><ref name=":0" /> Hamilton, wishing to landscape the area around the house, consulted physician David Hosack for guidance.<ref name="MW pp. 45–46" /><ref name="Hamilton p. 345">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|p=345}}</ref> Hamilton planted a circle of 13 sweet gum trees, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies,<ref name="nyt-2011-05-06">{{Cite news |last=Deitz |first=Paula |date=May 6, 2011 |title=The Founding Fathers and Their Gardens |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/books/review/book-review-founding-gardeners-by-andrea-wulf.html |access-date=November 7, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="HS p. 285">{{harvnb|Howard|Straus|2012|ps=.|p=285}}</ref><ref name="MW pp. 45–46">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=45–46}}</ref>{{efn|Although the trees were allegedly gifted by George Washington, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission says that this is unlikely because Washington died before the estate was even acquired.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 8"/>}} and he also planted a circular flower bed.<ref name="MW pp. 45–46" /> Though early-20th-century sources described him as an avid farmer and gardener,<ref name="Hamilton p. 345" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 26">{{harvnb|American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society|1925|ps=.|p=26}}</ref> he had very little free time and described the house itself as his hobby.<ref name="MW p. 42" />

Hamilton worked in Lower Manhattan, a three-hour round trip from his estate;<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=March 21, 1993 |title=Streetscapes: Hamilton Grange; A Move to Move A Historic House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/21/realestate/streetscapes-hamilton-grange-a-move-to-move-a-historic-house.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 47">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=47}}</ref> he traveled to his law office by stagecoach several times a week.<ref name=":0" /> His house was close to the Albany Post Road, which led directly to Lower Manhattan.<ref name="ASHPS p. 26" /><ref name="MW p. 47" /> Hamilton also had a second residence in Lower Manhattan, and his wife maintained the Grange during his absences.<ref name="MW p. 47" /> Details of Hamilton's life at the Grange are known only from accounts written by his relatives, friends, and followers. The historians Alfred Mongin and Anne D. Whidden wrote that the Grange housed not only the Hamiltons and their seven children,{{efn|The Hamiltons had eight children in total, but their firstborn, Philip the first, died before they moved in.<ref name="MW p. 46"/>}} but also the children of friends or family.<ref name="MW p. 46">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=46}}</ref> The Schuyler family, to whom the Hamiltons were especially close, were frequent visitors, as were Alexander's friends Gouverneur Morris and Rufus King.<ref name="Murray p. 3" /><ref name="MW pp. 47–48">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=47–48}}</ref><ref name="Hamilton pp. 348–349">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|pp=348–349}}</ref> The Hamiltons also hosted other guests such as jurist James Kent and French royal Jérôme Bonaparte.<ref name="MW pp. 47–48" /> During the winter, the family stayed in a house on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan.<ref name="MW p. 47" />

Hamilton lived at the house for two years, dying after his duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804.<ref name=":0">{{Harvnb|ps=.|Leadon|2018|pp=317–318 }}</ref><ref name="HS p. 285" /> Although he had been a successful lawyer, Hamilton was "essentially land poor" when he died.<ref name="MW pp. 49–50">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=49–50}}</ref> His legal estate was in significant debt because of the Grange's high cost;<ref name="Hamilton p. 414; MW pp. 56–57">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=56–57}}</ref><ref name="Hamilton p. 414">{{harvnb|Hamilton|1910|ps=.|p=414}}</ref> his account books showed that he spent $11,840.27 ({{inflation|index=US|value=11840.27|start_year=1804|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|index=US|group=lower-alpha}}) in six months.<ref name="Hamilton p. 414" /><ref name="ME p. 378">{{harvnb|Mayer|East|1937|ps=.|p=378}}</ref> The Grange estate was secured for about $20,000, an amount that included liens on the actual property, and a consortium was formed to control the legal estate.<ref name="MW pp. 58–59">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=58–59}}</ref> One writer said that "going into debt to maintain his station gives a hint of" Hamilton's life.<ref name="Sherlock p. 15">{{Cite magazine |last=Sherlock |first=Chesla C. |date=Jan 1926 |title=Homes of Famous Americans: XXXVII—The Grange, The Home of Alexander Hamilton |magazine=Better Homes and Gardens |volume=4 |issue=5 |page=15 |id={{ProQuest|1715375114}}}}</ref> Archibald Gracie bought the house at auction in 1805 for $30,000<ref name="Stokes 1918" /><ref name="MW pp. 58–59" /> and set up a trust to take over the estate.<ref name="HS p. 287" /><ref name="MW pp. 58–59" /> The purchase price excluded approximately $7,600 in mortgage loans that Hamilton had received from the site's previous owners, Schieffelin and Bradhurst.<ref name="MW pp. 58–59" />

Eliza Hamilton took title to the Grange on July 6, 1805, but Hamilton's legal estate still owed about $55,000, which was only repaid after additional land had been sold off.<ref name="MW p. 60">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=60}}</ref> The last debts on the house were paid off in 1808.<ref name="MW p. 60" /> During the 1810s, Eliza Hamilton received land and payment from the federal government to compensate for her husband's military service.<ref name="MW p. 60" /> Eliza is recorded as having sent correspondence from the Grange through at least 1819.<ref name="MW p. 61" /> Although a 20th-century source describes the family as having rented out the house,<ref name="Murray p. 4">{{harvnb|Murray|1936|ps=.|p=4}}</ref> a 1980 study did not find records of Eliza renting the Grange.<ref name="MW p. 61">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=61}}</ref>

=== Subsequent residents === right|thumb|Drawing of the original Grange before 1889 Eliza Hamilton is recorded as having sold the Grange in 1833; at the time, the estate covered over {{Convert|32|acre}}.<ref name="MW p. 61" /> The house was sold for $25,000 ({{inflation|index=US|value=25000|start_year=1833|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|index=US|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref name="MW p. 61" /><ref name="Murray p. 4" /><ref name="nyt-1912-03-17">{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1912 |title=Alexander Hamilton's Home Here to Be a Museum; The House from Which He Went to Fight His Duel with Aaron Burr Will Be Preserved by the City If Present Movement Succeeds. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/03/17/archives/alexander-hamiltons-home-here-to-be-a-museum-the-house-from-which.html |access-date=November 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The buyer, a banker named Moses Henriques,<ref name="MW p. 63">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=63}}</ref> also assumed a $9,000 mortgage that had been placed on the property.<ref name="MW p. 61" /> Henriques promptly sold the house to real estate speculator Theodore E. Davis, who resold it to Isaac G. Pearson in 1835 for $52,511 ({{inflation|index=US|value=52511|start_year=1835|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|index=US|group=lower-alpha}}). Pearson put up the house as collateral for a $15,000 mortgage loan given to Samuel Ward.<ref name="Murray p. 4" /><ref name="MW p. 63" /> The latter took over ownership of the house in 1845.<ref name="Tuttle p. 563" /><ref name="MW p. 63" /> The family of Ward's brother, the lawyer William G. Ward, moved into the house. Although William Ward died in 1848, his widow and the families of his sons continued to live there during the summer.<ref name="MW p. 63" />

By the mid-1850s, the area was gradually densifying. The house was accessed only by a driveway that led to the former King's Bridge Road, and there was a stable to the rear and a lawn in front of the house.<ref name="Carter p. 244">{{harvnb|Carter|1854|ps=.|p=244}}</ref> Although the views to the north and south were blocked by higher ground and trees, respectively, the house overlooked the Hudson River to the west and the Harlem River, East River, and Long Island Sound to the east.<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64">{{harvnb|Carter|1854|ps=|pp=245–246}}; {{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=63–64}}</ref> The oldest known picture of the house was taken around 1864, when the Ward family still lived in the house.<ref name="MW p. 64">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=64}}</ref> The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank took over the house in 1876 after foreclosing on the property.<ref name="Murray p. 4" /><ref name="MW p. 64" /> At the time, the Wards owed $53,402 ({{inflation|index=US|value=53402|start_year=1876|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|index=US|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref name="MW p. 64" />

The house was sold for $312,500 in 1879 ({{inflation|index=US|value=312500|start_year=1879|fmt=eq|r=-3}}).<ref name="nyt-1912-03-17" /><ref name="MW p. 64" /><ref name="Murray pp. 4–5">{{harvnb|Murray|1936|ps=.|pp=4–5}}</ref> The buyer, Anthony Mowbray, resold the house for the same amount to William H. DeForest, his client and business partner,<ref name="MW p. 64" /><ref name="Murray pp. 4–5" /> the month afterward.<ref name="NYCL (2000) pp. 8–9">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|pp=8–9}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' wrote in 1880 that the house had fallen into disrepair. At the time, "two good-natured Irish families" occupied the premises and allowed visitors to look at the house.<ref name="nyt-1880-07-18">{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1880 |title=The Forest in the City; Shade and Rest for Tired New-Yorkers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1880/07/18/archives/the-forest-in-the-city-shade-and-rest-for-tired-newyorkers.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The DeForest family removed some mantels and mirrors.<ref name="MW pp. 65–66">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=65–66}}</ref> One observer, writing in 1886, said the Third Avenue Cable Railroad now ran right outside the house and the stone fence around the estate was crumbling.<ref name="MW pp. 65–66" /> Another account stated that none of the original furniture remained.<ref name="p1037428476">{{Cite news |date=November 7, 1884 |title=Hamilton's Old Home: The Grange to Disappear Before the Advance of the Streets |page=5 |work=Courier-Journal |id={{ProQuest|1037428476}}}}</ref>

=== Subdivision of the old estate === When DeForest acquired the Grange estate, he intended to divide it into parcels.<ref name="Tuttle p. 563" /><ref name="MW p. 64" /> The estate was thus split up into 300 land lots;<ref name="p2663208162" /><ref name="MW p. 64" /><ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 10">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|p=10}}</ref> the ''Times'' described the remaining portion of the estate in 1880 as covering {{convert|8|or|10|acre}}.<ref name="nyt-1880-07-18" /> By the mid-1880s, the house was in danger of being demolished to make way for the Manhattan street grid, which had just reached Harlem.<ref name="n135015573">{{Cite news |date=November 15, 1884 |title=Life in the Metropolis |pages=5 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-life-in-the-metro/135015573/ |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 72">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=72}}</ref> The site had been condemned since it was in the path of 143rd Street;<ref name="p2663208162" /><ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /> in particular, the street ran through the northwest corner of the house.<ref name="MW p. 72" /> Had the house not been moved, the street would have cut through the porches diagonally.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23" /> Most of the streets in the neighborhood, except for 143rd Street, had been laid out by 1884.<ref name="NYCL (2000) pp. 9–10">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|pp=9–10}}</ref> The Manhattan street grid had been built through the rest of the old estate by 1920,<ref name="MW p. 76" /> and Hamilton Place, which followed the old Bloomingdale Road, remained intact.<ref name="MW p. 76" /><ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 8">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|p=8}}</ref>

The Third Avenue Cable Railroad opened in the late 1880s on what is now Amsterdam Avenue, which spurred development in the area.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 9">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|p=9}}</ref> The plots that comprised the Hamilton Grange estate were offered for sale in late 1887,<ref name="p573394750">{{cite news |date=October 26, 1887 |title=Trying to Sell Hamilton Grange: Poor Prices Secured for Highly Valued Property Far Uptown |page=5 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573394750}}}}</ref><ref name="n135031271">{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1887 |title=Small Demand for Hamilton Grange Lots |pages=2 |work=The Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-small-demand-for-hamilton-grange/135031271/ |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> and many lots were sold on the condition that they remain in residential use.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 10" /> Real estate developer Amos Cotting acquired the lots south of 143rd Street.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref name="MW p. 72" /> The remainder of the original estate was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the construction of the New York City Subway's first line spurred development in the area.<ref name="nyt-2001-02-25" /> The neighborhood was initially known as Hamilton Grange.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 9" /> The estate's sweet gum trees were enclosed by a fence in the 1880s, when they started to die.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23" /> The trees were supposed to be sold in early 1892,<ref name="p579100756">{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1892 |title=A Shrine at Auction.: Thirteen Trees Planted by Alexander Hamilton to Be Sold. |page=8 |work=St. Louis Post – Dispatch |id={{ProQuest|579100756}}}}</ref> but O. B. Potter bought the site, preserving the trees.<ref name="nyt-1892-03-23">{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1892 |title=Not to Be Cut Down; O.B. Potter Buys the Hamilton Trees and Will Preserve Them. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1892/03/23/archives/not-to-be-cut-down-ob-potter-buys-the-hamilton-trees-and-will.html |access-date=November 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p163622152">{{cite news |date=March 23, 1892 |title=Alexander Hamilton's Old Home Sold |page=1 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|163622152}}}}</ref> They were placed for sale again in 1898,<ref name="MW p. 76">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=76}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1898-01-29">{{Cite news |date=January 29, 1898 |title="Hamilton Trees" for Sale.; Explanation of the Sign at 143d Street and Convent Avenue. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/01/29/archives/hamilton-trees-for-sale-explanation-of-the-sign-at-143d-street-and.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the few remaining trunks were felled in 1908.<ref name="Stokes 1918" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 26" />

== Use by St. Luke's Church == St. Luke's Episcopal Church, which was based in Greenwich Village but whose congregation had moved uptown, was looking for a new site in 1888.<ref name="MW p. 72" /><ref name="Tuttle pp. 210–211">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|pp=210–211}}</ref> The church's rector, Isaac Henry Tuttle, looked at several lots in Upper Manhattan until he came across a site at the corner of Convent Avenue and 141st Street, within the boundary of the original Hamilton Grange.<ref name="MW p. 72" /> One of his old congregants offered $5,000 to move the congregation there.<ref name="Tuttle pp. 210–211" /> The church agreed in late 1888 to buy the lots on the northeastern corner of that intersection.<ref name="MW p. 72" /><ref name="Tuttle pp. 212–213">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|pp=212–213}}</ref> After Tuttle saw the Grange while visiting his recent acquisition, he contacted Cotting, who decided to give the house to the congregation for use as a temporary chapel.<ref name="Tuttle pp. 217–218">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|pp=217–218}}</ref><ref name="Murray p. 5">{{harvnb|Murray|1936|ps=.|p=5}}</ref> The house was one of a few remaining late-17th and early-18th-century mansions in Upper Manhattan at the time.<ref name="p94518023">{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1889 |title=Revolutionary Mansions: Ancient Houses Still Standing in New York City |page=8 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |id={{ProQuest|94518023}}}}</ref>

=== Relocation and 1890s === thumb|left|With church, 1893

In November 1888, St. Luke's submitted an application to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) requesting that the house be relocated; the DOB approved the request the next month. At the time, the house was recorded as occupying an irregular lot of {{convert|125|by|200|by|100|ft}}.<ref name="MW p. 72" /> The church moved the house to 287 Convent Avenue, approximately {{Convert|250|ft}} south of the original location;<ref name="nyt-1993-11-07" /> the house itself traveled about {{Convert|500|ft}}.<ref name="p155289445">{{cite news |last=Wing |first=William G. |date=September 9, 1965 |title=Hamiltons' Home: Still in Hot Water |page=B5 |work=The Austin Statesman |issn= |id={{ProQuest|1522182411}}}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 1960 d579" /> Relocation commenced on December 5, 1888, and a subsequent renovation of the house was finished by the end of June 1889.<ref name="MW p. 74">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=74}}</ref> The original front and rear porches were removed, and the front porch was moved to the western or left side of the house.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref name="MW p. 74" /> Even so, the building protruded slightly into the Rockefeller family's property to the north.<ref name="Tuttle p. 222">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=222}}</ref>

At its new site, the house was set back {{Convert|33|ft}} from the street.<ref name="ASHPS p. 27" /> After the house was relocated, the interior stairs and some partitions were also modified.<ref name="MW p. 75">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=75}}</ref> St. Luke's initially used the house for services,<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /> holding its first service there on April 28, 1889.<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="Tuttle pp. 218–219">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|pp=218–219}}</ref> The octagonal rooms in the middle of the house were converted into a chapel.<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 27" /> By 1890, St. Luke's was planning to erect a church building on part of its site.<ref name="p1037170031">{{Cite news |date=April 29, 1890 |title=Alexander Hamilton's Farm: St. Luke's Church Soon to Be Built on Part of It-- The Name of the Historic Place to Be Preserved |page=9 |work=Courier-Journal |id={{ProQuest|1037170031}}}}</ref> St. Luke's erected a Richardsonian Romanesque building to the south between 1892 and 1895, which wrapped around the house slightly.<ref name="nyt-1993-11-07" /> Part of the Grange was shaved off to accommodate the new building.<ref name="nyt-2003-07-13" /><ref name="MW p. 96" /> St. Luke's used the house as a rectory after the first part of the new building opened on December 18, 1892,<ref name="MW p. 75" /> and the rector prepared his sermons in the house's large rooms.<ref name="p508013937">{{cite news |date=November 24, 1909 |title=Alexander Hamilton House Now Rectory in New York: Hamilton Grange. |page=SE8 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|508013937}}}}</ref>

By 1894, the house had developed severe structural issues; for example, it needed a new roof.<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="Tuttle p. 280">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=280}}</ref> Although members of St. Luke's congregation believed it would be more cost-effective to just demolish the house, Tuttle thought that the building could be repaired.<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="NPS (1995) p. 41" /> The new roof cost $1,500 ({{inflation|index=US|value=1500|start_year=1894|fmt=eq|r=-3}}).<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="Tuttle p. 281">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=281}}</ref> After the roof was repaired, Tuttle set aside two of the rooms for the church and related organizations.<ref name="Tuttle p. 281" /> Following Tuttle's death in 1896, a day school leased part of the mansion.<ref name="MW p. 75" /><ref name="NPS (1995) p. 41">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=41}}</ref><ref name="Tuttle p. 335">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=335}}</ref> The day school, operated by Ella K. Morgan, occupied either the first story or the basement.<ref name="MW p. 75" />

=== 1900s to early 1920s === A decade after the first relocation of Hamilton Grange, there were attempts to relocate it again to a more pastoral setting.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /> A bill in the New York State Senate was introduced in early 1900, providing $50,000 for the state government to acquire Hamilton Grange's original site and relocate the house there.<ref name="nyt-1900-02-20">{{Cite news |date=February 20, 1900 |title=To Buy Hamilton Grange |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/02/20/archives/to-buy-hamilton-grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="n134916636">{{Cite news |date=February 20, 1900 |title=For Enlargement of the Hall of Records |pages=8 |work=The Standard Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-for-enlargement-of-th/134916636/ |access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> Alexander Hamilton Post pushed for the introduction of another State Senate bill in 1901,<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 41" /> allowing the New York City government to acquire the house and maintain it.<ref name="p137310715" /><ref name="nyt-1901-04-19">{{Cite news |date=April 19, 1901 |title=To Buy Hamilton Grange |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/04/19/archives/to-buy-hamilton-grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The 1901 bill failed, but efforts to preserve the house continued.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 41" /> A companion bill to the 1900 legislation, providing $50,000 for the state to take over the house, was introduced in the New York State Assembly in 1903.<ref name="n134673867">{{Cite news |date=February 11, 1903 |title=To Buy Hamilton Grange |pages=1 |work=The Brooklyn Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-to-buy-hamilton-gra/134673867/ |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref> One newspaper estimated that it would cost $150,000 to convert the original site to a park.<ref name="n134676561">{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1904 |title=Men and Women |pages=9 |work=The Buffalo Commercial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-commercial-men-and-women/134676561/ |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref> The local board of improvement voted in favor of the relocation at the beginning of 1905,<ref name="p144629511">{{cite news |date=January 1, 1905 |title=Another Historic Park: New York to Acquire Hamilton Grange, Probably, Soon. |page=S2 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|144629511}}}}</ref> but the state legislature voted against acquiring the house.<ref name="The New York Times 1906 t979">{{cite web |date=January 28, 1906 |title=New York's Historic Landmarks; Shall They Be Allowed to Pass Away? Where the Oldest House in New York Is to Be Found – A Centre of Revolutionary Activity – Should Be Included in a Public Park – Interest in Preservation of Hamilton Grange – Survival of an Aboriginal Dwelling in Upper Manhattan. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/01/28/archives/new-yorks-historic-landmarks-shall-they-be-allowed-to-pass-away.html |access-date=November 9, 2023 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) placed a commemorative tablet on the house's steps in 1907,<ref name="Stokes 1918" /><ref name="p571813223">{{cite news |date=May 1, 1907 |title=A Hamilton Tablet: One Placed by D. A. R. On Old Colonial Grange |page=4 |work=New-York Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-a-hamilton-tablet-one/135068210/ |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|571813223}}}}</ref> and the DAR also pressured the city government to acquire the house to officially preserve it.<ref name="p574880986">{{cite news |date=February 22, 1912 |title=Would Save Landmark: D. A. R.'s Urge City to Purchase Alexander Hamilton Home Church Now Owns It Many Patriotic Citizens Join in Petition to Board of Estimate and Apportionment |page=9 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|574880986}}}}</ref>

Although the state legislature passed a law in 1908 which permitted the city government to take over the house and relocate it to St. Nicholas Park, the house remained in place.<ref name="ASHPS p. 27">{{harvnb|American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society|1925|ps=.|p=27}}</ref> Morgan's day school operated in the house until 1909, when her lease was canceled.<ref name="Tuttle p. 335" /> Afterward, the house's facade was painted in 1909.<ref name="MW p. 76" /> The interior was refurbished and repurposed, with offices and meeting rooms on the first floor and living spaces for the rector and curate on the second floor.<ref name="MW p. 76" /><ref name="Tuttle p. 338">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=338}}</ref> Further changes to the interior were made in 1914, when the offices in the rear became a kitchen and maid's bedroom; the meeting spaces in the octagonal rooms became a parlor and a dining room; and the basement was converted to living space for the sexton's family.<ref name="Tuttle p. 398">{{harvnb|Tuttle|1926|ps=.|p=398}}</ref> In addition, the facade was again painted, and the site was landscaped.<ref name="MW p. 76" /><ref name="Tuttle p. 398" />

Edward Hagaman Hall, executive secretary of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS), began negotiating with St. Luke's Church in 1912 to take over the house and preserve it. St. Luke's rector G. Ashton Oldham was reluctant to give away Hamilton Grange but considered selling it for at least $30,000.<ref name="MW p. 80">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=80}}</ref> These discussions were truncated due to the onset of World War I.<ref name="MW p. 80" /><ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 41–42">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|pp=41–42}}</ref> Other organizations, including the Sons of the American Revolution and the Grand Army of the Republic, also sought to buy the house.<ref name="Murray p. 5" /> A six-story apartment building was completed in the early 1920s to the north,<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /><ref name="MW p. 80" /> thereby enclosing the house.<ref name="p282254075" /><ref name="Morrone2008">{{cite news |last=Morrone |first=Francis |date=March 27, 2008 |title=Hamilton Heights To Lose Its Namesake? |newspaper=New York Sun |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/hamilton-heights-lose-its-namesake |access-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> St. Luke's began to perceive the house as a liability over the years,<ref name="p226092814">{{Cite news |last=Bourne |first=St Clair |date=September 20, 1941 |title=Alexander Hamilton Was a Harlemite!: Home He Built in 1801 On Convent Avenue Site Now Historic Landmark |page=17 |work=New York Amsterdam Star-News |id={{proQuest|226092814}}}}</ref> and the Hamilton Society of Chicago proposed relocating the house to that city in the early 1920s.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-18">{{Cite news |date=November 18, 1924 |title=Hamilton Grange Becomes Memorial; House Built in 1801 Is Presented to American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/11/18/archives/hamilton-grange-becomes-memorial-house-built-in-1801-is-presented.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="ASHPS p. 27–28">{{harvnb|American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society|1925|ps=.|pp=27–28}}</ref> The ASHPS opposed the house's relocation to Chicago<ref name="p180637419">{{cite news |date=November 18, 1924 |title=Historic Home of Alexander Hamilton to Become a Shrine |page=2 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|180637419}}}}</ref> and resumed its advocacy for the house's preservation.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-18" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 27–28" /> A writer for ''The New York Times'' said in the mid-1920s that the relocation of the house was worse than if a portion of the house had remained in its original location.<ref name="nyt-1925-07-19">{{Cite news |last=Levick |first=M. b |date=July 19, 1925 |title=Landmarks of New York Are Transitory; Familiar Objects in This Kaleidoscopic City Become Antiquities in One Generation, Then Vanish |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/07/19/archives/landmarks-of-new-york-are-transitory-familiar-objects-in-this.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Use as museum and memorial== === American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society operation ===

==== Establishment of museum ==== thumb|Interior of the Grange's dining room The ASHPS bought the Grange in November 1924<ref name="p180637419" /> after anonymous donors paid $50,000 for the house.<ref name="p1113064364" /><ref name="nyt-1924-11-18" /> The donors, later revealed as bankers George Fisher Baker and J. P. Morgan Jr.,<ref name="p226092814" /><ref name="MW p. 80" /> also established a $50,000 trust fund to pay for upkeep.<ref name="MW p. 80" /><ref name="p1346192137">{{cite news |last=Wing |first=William G. |date=February 7, 1960 |title=Alexander Hamilton Home Is Fast Falling Into Ruin: The Grange Often Rifled Not Visited New Site Found, But Cost High |page=A1 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1346192137}}}}</ref> The ASHPS planned to convert the house into a museum,<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23" /><ref name="p511420150">{{cite news |date=November 29, 1924 |title=Hamilton's Country Home to Become Historical Museum |page=4 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|511420150}}}}</ref> and it appointed a committee of several people, including two of Hamilton's descendants, to collect memorabilia for the museum.<ref name="p511420150" /> At the time, the Grange was the only remaining building associated with Hamilton; his law office and residences in Lower Manhattan had been replaced, while his home in Weehawken, New Jersey, had been demolished.<ref name="nyt-1924-11-23" /> The house's wallpaper and woodwork had been restored, and many of the other interior decorations remained unchanged from when Hamilton occupied the house.<ref name="p511420150" /> In the long run, the ASHPS planned to move the house elsewhere so it could be restored fully.<ref name="p1112990640">{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Francis A. |date=November 15, 1925 |title=Moving Day Soon for Hamilton Grange |page=SM7 |work=The New York Herald, New York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1112990640}}}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 81">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=81}}</ref>

The society wanted to raise money for a renovation but still did not have sufficient funds by 1928;<ref name="p512499342">{{cite news |date=November 23, 1928 |title=Hamilton's Home Will Be Museum: Start on Memorial Project Will Await Receipt of Necessary Funds |page=5 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|512499342}}}}</ref> it hoped to raise $125,000.<ref name="nyt-1929-04-07">{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1929 |title=Asks Fund to Save Hamilton Grange; Society Would Open Historic Convent Avenue Mansion as a Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/07/archives/asks-fund-to-save-hamilton-grange-society-would-open-historic.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The ASHPS launched a fundraising campaign in early 1929<ref name="nyt-1929-04-01">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite news |date=April 1, 1929 |title=Plans Hamilton Museum; Historic Society Seeks Funds for Renovating Grange Here. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/01/archives/plans-hamilton-museum-historic-society-seeks-funds-for-renovating.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}|{{cite news |date=April 1, 1929 |title=Seek Funds to Restore Hamilton's Home Here |page=40 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1111725257}}}}|{{cite news |date=April 5, 1929 |title=Hamilton Grange to Be Converted Into a Museum: American Preservation Society Has Undertaken to Raise Necessary Funds |page=4 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|512561023}}}}}}</ref> and renovated the roof the same year.<ref name="MW p. 81" /> Further renovations took place between 1932 and 1933, when electricity was installed and one side of the house was painted.<ref name="MW p. 81" /><ref name="nyt-1933-06-20">{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1933 |title=Hamilton's Home Becomes Museum; Historic Preservation Society Busy Restoring the Grange on Convent Avenue. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/06/20/archives/hamiltons-home-becomes-museum-historic-preservation-society-busy.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The balustrades were also removed to allow the repainting of the three other facades, which was never completed due to a lack of money.<ref name="MW p. 81" /> The house opened to the public in 1933.<ref name="MW p. 81" /><ref name="Leadon321">{{harvnb|ps=.|Leadon|2018|p=321}}</ref> Furniture and decorative objects associated with the Hamilton family were displayed there.<ref>{{cite web |title=NPS Timeline |url=http://www.nps.gov/hagr/historyculture/upload/Hamilton%20Grange_Timeline.pdf |access-date=May 7, 2012 |website=National Park Service}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==== 1930s to early 1960s ==== Initially, the house was open to the public every day and did not charge admission fees.<ref name="p101799758" /> In early 1934, the DAR's Washington Heights chapter moved into a room on the second floor.<ref name="nyt-1934-03-11">{{Cite news |date=March 11, 1934 |title=D.A.R. Chapter to Move; Washington Heights Group Gets Quarters in Hamilton Grange. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/11/archives/dar-chapter-to-move-washington-heights-group-gets-quarters-in.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p1331191108">{{cite news |date=March 25, 1934 |title=Details of the Continental Congress Listed by New York D.A.R. Head: State Headquarters Will Be at the Willard During National Session in Washington Next Month; Memorial Service on Program ARRANGING VISITS |page=C8 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1331191108}}}}</ref> With the ASHPS's permission, the DAR redecorated one of the house's living rooms.<ref name="p1287053922">{{cite news |last=Syme |first=Adelaide S |date=February 24, 1935 |title=Five Patriots of '76 in Ancestry Of Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson: Refurnishing of Colonial Room in Hamilton Grange Is Among Outstanding Accomplishments of National Vice-Chairman Of D. A. R. Publicity |page=C3 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1287053922}}}}</ref> A statue of Hamilton by William Ordway Partridge was relocated from the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn after the club closed in 1936,<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /><ref name="MW p. 81" /><ref name="nyt-1936-06-21">{{Cite news |date=June 21, 1936 |title=Statue of Hamilton to Be Gift to Grange; 30-Foot Bronze of Brooklyn Club Will Go to Museum on Washington Heights. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/statue-of-hamilton-to-be-gift-to-grange-30foot-bronze-of-brooklyn.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and it was dedicated outside the Grange that October.<ref name="nyt-1936-10-20">{{Cite news |date=October 20, 1936 |title=Statues Dedicated at Two Ceremonies; Historical Group and G.A.R. Unveil Monuments to Hamilton and Sheridan. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/10/20/archives/statues-dedicated-at-two-ceremonies-historical-group-and-gar-unveil.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By the early 1940s, numerous people were donating Colonial memorabilia to the museum, regardless of whether the objects were related to Hamilton.<ref name="p226092814" /> As early as 1949, there were proposals to move the house to a park, although local real-estate developers opposed the move.<ref name="p531664898">{{Cite news |date=May 21, 1949 |title=Hamilton's Home Removal Planned: Revelation by Jack Stirs Harlem Realtors |page=A2 |work=Afro-American |id={{ProQuest|531664898}}}}</ref> By then, the house was dilapidated; some of the upstairs rooms did not have any furnishings, and the facade needed to be repainted.<ref name="nyt-1949-04-30">{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1949 |title=Hamilton's Home Needs Repairs; Lack of Funds Imperils Landmark |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/04/30/archives/hamiltons-home-needs-repairs-lack-of-funds-imperils-landmark.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

As early as 1950, the ASHPS was asking New York City park commissioner Robert Moses to relocate the Grange to Claremont Park, where the Claremont Inn was being razed.<ref name="p225858572">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite news |date=May 20, 1950 |title=Urge Moses Move Hamilton Grange |page=19 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|225858572}}}}|{{Cite news |date=May 16, 1950 |title=Substitute Urged for Claremont Inn; Suggestion to Move Hamilton Grange to Site on Drive Is Said to Appeal to Moses |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/05/16/archives/substitute-urged-for-claremont-inn-suggestion-to-move-hamilton.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}}}</ref> At the time, the group's members felt that the Grange had degraded to a "shabby" condition.<ref name="nyt-1951-05-10">{{Cite news |date=May 10, 1951 |title=Park Group Fights To Keep Precincts; Association Calls Plan to Close Riverside, Flushing Meadow Houses 'False Economy' Would Aid Hamilton Grange Community Campus" Study |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/10/archives/park-group-fights-t0-keep-precincts-association-calls-plan-to-close.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The city government asked the state legislature in 1955 to move the house to the City College of New York (CCNY)'s campus,<ref name="The New York Times 1955 y677">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web |date=March 4, 1955 |title=City Hopes to Put Hamilton Grange Back in Sun; Legislature Asked to Allow Moving and Restoring Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/04/archives/city-hopes-to-put-hamilton-grange-back-in-sun-legislature-asked-to.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}|{{Cite news |date=March 12, 1955 |title=Bill Would Move Historic Building |page=2 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|225648899}}}}}}</ref> as that site was close to buses and the subway.<ref name="p1346192137" /> Had the house been moved to CCNY, the campus's gates would have had to be disassembled.<ref name="nyt-1988-02-14">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=February 14, 1988 |title=Hamilton Grange Needs Furniture (And $2 Million) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/nyregion/hamilton-grange-needs-furniture-and-2-million.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The New York State Assembly passed a bill that March to permit the house's relocation to the CCNY campus,<ref name="The New York Times 1955 x019">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web |date=March 17, 1955 |title=Assembly Gets Bill on Pensions; Administration Measure Is Designed to Aid Inquiry Into Employe Welfare Funds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/17/archives/assembly-gets-bill-on-pensions-administration-measure-is-designed.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}|{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1955 |title=Bill To Keep Hamilton House Passes Senate |page=6 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|225635502}}}}}}</ref> and governor W. Averell Harriman approved the bill the next month.<ref name="The New York Times 1955 y694">{{cite web |date=April 15, 1955 |title=Harriman Signs G.O.P. School Bill; But Measure Providing Added Appropriation Still Lies on Governor's Desk |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/15/archives/harriman-signs-gop-school-bill-but-measure-providing-added.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The society planned to ask local banks for $400,000 because Hamilton had helped establish the modern U.S. banking system.<ref name="p1346192137" /> During a 1957 tour of the house, Assembly member Mildred F. Taylor found that the building was in poor condition and that it was closed during the midday.<ref name="The New York Times 1957 f188">{{cite web |date=October 31, 1957 |title=Hamilton's Home in Need of Repair; The Van Cortlandt House Contrasts With Hamilton's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/hamiltons-home-in-need-of-repair-the-van-cortlandt-house-contrasts.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The Grange had still not been relocated by early 1958, and the ASHPS was raising $375,000 to move the house to the CCNY campus.<ref name="n135133642">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite news |last=Dunford |first=Nelson |date=March 9, 1958 |title=Hamilton's N. Y. Home to Move to New Site |pages=114 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-hamiltons-n-y-home-to-move/135133642/ |access-date=November 13, 2023}}|{{Cite news |date=March 29, 1958 |title=Hamilton Grange Moves In September |page=19 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|225546443}}}}}}</ref> Largely white philanthropists also wished to relocate the house southward, away from the majority-black Hamilton Heights neighborhood,<ref name="p278331203">{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Michael |date=September 25, 1990 |title=Manhattan Closeup Trying to Preserve Harlem History |page=23 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|278331203}}}}</ref> and there were also proposals to move the house to Riverside Park or the Cloisters.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref name="NPS (1995) p. 42">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=42}}</ref> Ultimately, no action was taken on any of the relocation proposals.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 42" /> Preservationists also proposed relocating the apartment building that abutted the house to its north.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 42" /> By the early 1960s, the house saw few visitors but was targeted by thieves on several occasions.<ref name="p1346192137" /> The house was deteriorating and had a single, worn-down plaque commemorating its status.<ref name="The New York Times 1961 i338">{{cite web |date=January 14, 1961 |title=Bill Offered to Save Hamilton Home Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/01/14/archives/bill-offered-to-save-hamilton-home-here.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== National Park Service operation ===

==== Takeover and preservation ==== thumb|The Convent Avenue location of the homeIn May 1960, U.S. Senator Jacob Javits introduced a bill in Congress to designate Hamilton Grange as a national memorial,<ref name="The New York Times 1960 d579">{{cite news |date=May 12, 1960 |title=Hamilton Grange Backed as U. S. Site |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/12/archives/hamilton-grange-backed-as-us-site.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p1325273053">{{cite news |date=May 12, 1960 |title=Hamilton Grange May Be Shrine |page=7 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325273053}}}}</ref> and the Grange was designated a National Historic Landmark that December.<ref name="The New York Times 1960 o878">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web | title=Historic Sites Listed; 70, Including Two Here, Put Close to Landmark Status |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331 | date=December 20, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/12/20/archives/historic-sites-listed-70-including-two-here-put-close-to-landmark.html | access-date=November 13, 2023}}|{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1325516793}} |title=City Hall, Hamilton Grange Now National Landmarks |date=December 20, 1960 |page=3 |work=New York Herald Tribune|issn=1941-0646}}|{{Cite news |id={{proQuest|225461997}} |title=Harlem Site Now Official U.S. Landmark |date=December 24, 1960 |page=29 |work=New York Amsterdam News}}}}</ref> The United States Department of the Interior approved the creation of the Hamilton Grange National Memorial on the condition that the city donate land within the CCNY campus for the house's relocation.<ref name="The New York Times 1961 b152">{{Unbulleted list|{{cite web | title=U.S. Moves to Preserve Hamilton Grange; Would Shift House to City College Site as a Shrine |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331 | date=May 14, 1961 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/05/14/archives/us-moves-to-preserve-hamilton-grange-would-shift-house-to-city.html | access-date=November 13, 2023}}|{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1335808702}} |title=Hamilton Home Plan Approved, Javits Reveals |date=May 14, 1961 |page=4 |work=New York Herald Tribune|issn=1941-0646}}}}</ref> Congress authorized the national memorial in early 1962,<ref name="p1325824767">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite news |date=April 17, 1962 |title=Hamilton Grange Wins House Vote; Home Would Be Preserved as Memorial in City |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/04/17/archives/hamilton-grange-wins-house-vote-home-would-be-preserved-as-memorial.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}|{{Cite news |id={{proQuest|2292982362}} |title=Hamilton Grange Waits JFK Signature |date=April 28, 1962 |page=5 |work=New York Amsterdam News}}|{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1325824767}} |title=Congress Votes to Re-Do Hamilton Grange |date=April 18, 1962 |page=18 |work=New York Herald Tribune|issn=1941-0646}}}}</ref> mandating that the property be relocated before a restoration could take place.<ref name="nyt-2003-07-13" /><ref name="wsj-2011-09-142">{{Cite news |last=Hollander |first=Sophia |date=September 14, 2011 |title=Founding Father's New Home |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904353504576569191812932206.html |access-date=November 7, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> That May, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a bill to create the memorial, authorizing the National Park Service (NPS) to take over the site from the ASHPS.<ref name="The New York Times 1962 v372">{{cite web |date=May 6, 1962 |title=Hamilton's Home to Regain Glory; Restoration of Shrine Here Will Take About a Year 'Comfortable Retirement' Pranksters Break Windows Resolution Adopted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/06/archives/hamiltons-home-to-regain-glory-restoration-of-shrine-here-will-take.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p226813194">{{Cite news |date=May 5, 1962 |title=Home Now A Shrine |page=A30 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226813194}}}}</ref> Javits and U.S. Representative John V. Lindsay estimated that it would cost the federal government $300,000–$400,000 to restore the Grange.<ref name="p1326181329">{{cite news |last=Molleson |first=John |date=December 7, 1961 |title=The Hamilton Home—So History May Live |page=29 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1326181329}}}}</ref>

When Congress had designated the national memorial, it had appropriated $460,000 for the house's restoration,<ref name="p155289445" /><ref name="The New York Times 1966 b933">{{cite web |last=Devlin |first=John C. |date=October 26, 1966 |title=Action Is Sought on Hamilton Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/10/26/archives/action-is-sought-on-hamilton-home.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> of which $282,000 was for the relocation.<ref name="p155289445" /><ref name="p226750057">{{Cite news |last=Cannon White |first=Poppy |date=October 30, 1965 |title=How To Save $282,000 |page=17 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226750057}}}}</ref> A study by the ASHPS indicated that the house was structurally sound,<ref name="The New York Times 1962 v372" /><ref name="p1335747722">{{cite news |last=Holeden |first=Edwin |date=January 19, 1961 |title=Hamilton Home May Move to Campus Site |page=4 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1335747722}}}}</ref> and another report showed that the building could be moved if it were split into two pieces.<ref name="The New York Times 1962 v372" /> Despite these reports, visitors were advised not to lean on railings or use the stairs to the east, and there were holes in the floor and ceiling.<ref name="The New York Times 1966 b933" /> The NPS requested bids to relocate the house in June 1964, but the cheapest bid was for $417,000,<ref name="p155289445" /> and the CCNY site was ultimately rejected due to the high cost of relocation.<ref name="n135140622">{{Cite news |last=Hanson |first=Kitty |date=February 20, 1967 |title=A House Divided Cannot Stand... |pages=410 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-house-divided-cannot-stand/135140622/ |access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref> Local residents organized in opposition to the relocation,<ref name="n135140622" /><ref name="The New York Times 1966 w095">{{cite web |date=October 17, 1966 |title=West Siders Oppose Moving Hamilton House |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/10/17/archives/west-siders-oppose-moving-hamilton-house.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and St. Luke's rector David Johnson did not want the house to be moved unless it was adjacent to the church.<ref name="The New York Times 1966 b933" /> Ultimately, various attempts to relocate the site failed due to local opposition.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" /> The ''New York Daily News'' wrote that, while other historical sites in the city were deteriorating because of neglect, the Grange was crumbling because "too many people" were interested in its preservation.<ref name="n135140622" />

Hamilton Grange was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966,<ref name="nris2">{{cite web |date=February 6, 1979 |title=Federal Register: 44 Fed. Reg. 7107 (Feb. 6, 1979) |url=http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/fedreg/fr044/fr044026/fr044026.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230122005/http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/fedreg/fr044/fr044026/fr044026.pdf |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2020 |publisher=Library of Congress |page=7539<!--(PDF p. 339)-->}}</ref><ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /> the day the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 went into effect.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref>{{cite book |author=United States. National Park Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3p1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR9 |title=The National Register of Historic Places |author2=Preservation Press |publisher=National Park Service. |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-942063-21-9 |page=9 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222731/https://books.google.com/books?id=u3p1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR9 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The house was partially restored during the mid-1960s,<ref name="p226638353">{{Cite news |date=August 5, 1967 |title=Restoration Begun At Hamilton Grange |page=20 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226638353}}}}</ref> reopening in 1967.<ref name="The New York Times 1967 z509">{{cite web |date=July 29, 1967 |title=Hamilton's Home Is Reopened To Public, But Work Continues |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/29/archives/hamiltons-home-is-reopened-to-public-but-work-continues.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p226760580">{{Cite news |date=August 12, 1967 |title=Harlem Sites Among 11 Called Landmarks |page=7 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226760580}}}}</ref> At the time, many of the house's original artifacts were stored in Sagamore Hill.<ref name="p226638353" /><ref name="The New York Times 1967 z509" /> The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the house as a city landmark in August 1967.<ref name="p226760580" /><ref name="Callahan1967">{{Cite news |last=Callahan |first=John P. |date=August 7, 1967 |title=Old Water Tower Now a Landmark; City Commission Designates Pillar on Harlem River and 10 Other Structures |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/07/archives/old-water-tower-now-a-landmark-city-commission-designates-pillar-on.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820144213/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/07/archives/old-water-tower-now-a-landmark-city-commission-designates-pillar-on.html |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In its designation report, the LPC recommended moving the building to St. Nicholas Park so it could be fully restored.<ref name="p2663208162" />

==== 1970s and 1980s ==== Local civic groups such as the Hamilton Heights Homeowners Association used the house for meetings during the late 20th century.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /> A mayoral committee published a report in 1972, recommending that the NPS take action to attract visitors to five historic sites in Manhattan, including the Grange.<ref name="The New York Times 1972 w529">{{cite web |date=November 19, 1972 |title=City Panel Bids U.S. Seek More Visitors At Monuments Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/19/archives/city-panel-bids-us-seek-more-visitors-at-monuments-here.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p551337017">{{cite news |date=November 21, 1972 |title=Visitors Shun Historic Sites |page=23 |work=The Hartford Courant |issn=1047-4153 |id={{ProQuest|551337017}}}}</ref> The report suggested that the house could be used to educate black students and that it could be renovated if Congress appropriated $500,000.<ref name="The New York Times 1972 x649">{{cite web |date=November 21, 1972 |title=Wider Use Urged for Historic Sites |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/21/archives/wider-use-urged-for-historic-sites-environmentalists-here-bid-us.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The house was designated as part of the Hamilton Heights Historic District in 1974.<ref name="The New York Times 1974 b977">{{cite web |date=November 27, 1974 |title=2 City Areas Made Landmarks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/27/archives/2-city-areas-made-landmarks.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Hamilton statue outside the house was cleaned in 1978.<ref name="The New York Times 1978 i503">{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Laurie |date=April 26, 1978 |title=The New Way to Brighten Up Those Old Statues Is a Blast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/26/archives/the-new-way-to-brighten-up-those-old-statues-is-a-blast.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Grange was closed for an extensive renovation in 1979.<ref name="The New York Times 1983 j638">{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Laurie |last2=Anderson |first2=Susan Heller |date=July 11, 1983 |title=New York Day by Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/11/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-027192.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During its closure, the house was repeatedly broken into, although all the items in the house had been cleared out before the renovation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Basler |first=Barbara |date=October 21, 1982 |title=U.S. Historic Sites in City Guarding Against Thefts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/21/nyregion/us-historic-sites-in-city-guarding-against-thefts.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011154948/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/21/nyregion/us-historic-sites-in-city-guarding-against-thefts.html |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The firm of Meadows Woll Architects was hired in 1980 to study the feasibility of moving the Grange,<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /> and the NPS commissioned a 600-page study of the house.<ref name="nyt 20110916" />

The house reopened in July 1983 after the renovation was finished.<ref name="The New York Times 1983 j638" /> In 1986, the NPS decided to close all national memorials and monuments in Manhattan on Sundays, including Hamilton Grange.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boorstin |first=Robert O. |date=April 6, 1986 |title=Budget Law Imposing Cuts at National Parks |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/06/nyregion/budget-law-imposing-cuts-at-national-parks.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064358/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/06/nyregion/budget-law-imposing-cuts-at-national-parks.html |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The NPS announced in 1987 that the house would remain in place and would be renovated for $3 million.<ref name="French 1987 i108">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web | last=French | first=Howard W. | title=Bells and Talks Mark Celebration |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331 | date=September 18, 1987 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/nyregion/bells-and-talks-mark-celebration.html | access-date=November 13, 2023}}|{{Cite news|date=September 18, 1987|title=Constitution's Home on Grange|pages=6|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-constitutions-home-on-grange/135144567/|access-date=November 13, 2023}}}}</ref> By then, the house was completely bare except for two side chairs and a piano in the octagonal rooms. Due to local opposition to the relocation, U.S. Representative Charles Rangel wanted to change the law authorizing the Hamilton Grange National Memorial, allowing the house to be restored at Convent Avenue.<ref name="nyt-1988-02-14" /> Local groups hosted tours of the house to raise money for the project,<ref name="Slesin 1989 d480">See, for example: {{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web |last=Slesin |first=Suzanne |date=May 18, 1989 |title=From Porticoes to Turrets, Hamilton Heights in a Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/garden/from-porticoes-to-turrets-hamilton-heights-in-a-day.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}|{{Cite news |last=Slesin |first=Suzanne |date=May 19, 1988 |title=New Residents, New Life in Hamilton Hts. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/19/garden/new-residents-new-life-in-hamilton-hts.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}}}</ref> and the ''New York Post'' also agreed to donate some money for the house's renovation.<ref name="p277808899">{{cite news |last=Mulcahy |first=Susan |date=September 3, 1987 |title=Inside New York |page=6 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|277808899}}}}</ref>

==== 1990s ==== By the early 1990s, the house had decayed significantly due to neglect and inclement weather.<ref name="n121553023">{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Kathleen |date=March 6, 1992 |title=Restoring Hamilton's Home |pages=39 |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-restoring-hamiltons-home/121553023/ |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref> At the time, it had 40–50 thousand<ref name="n121553023" /> or 70 thousand visitors per year.<ref name="p282254075" /> Visitation was limited by the fact that there was no parking or wheelchair access, although the site was accessible via bus and subway.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 46">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=46}}</ref> Georgette Nelms, the superintendent of NPS sites in Manhattan, began looking for contractors to stabilize the house's foundation in 1991.<ref name="p226314474">{{Cite news |date=August 3, 1991 |title=Contractors Sought to Stabilize Hamilton Grange |page=5 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226314474}}}}</ref> Severe deterioration forced the NPS to close the home to the public entirely in 1992.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref name="p282254075" /> Early that year, workers commenced the first phase of a four-part renovation, which included repainting the facade, replacing the roof, and fixing masonry and woodwork.<ref name="n121553023" /> Rangel obtained a $750,000 federal appropriation for this work,<ref name="n121553023" /><ref name="p226394320">{{Cite news |last=Carrillo |first=Karen |date=February 1, 1992 |title=Hamilton Grange Gets $750,000 For Badly Needed Rehab Work |page=20 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226394320}}}}</ref> and he successfully requested another $1 million from the United States Congress that October.<ref name="p367920647">{{Cite news |date=October 14, 1992 |title=Rangel Wins Approval Of $1M To Restore Alexander Hamilton Grange |page=11 |work=New York Voice, Inc. |id={{ProQuest|367920647}}}}</ref> The Hamilton Heights Homeowners Association held tours of historic houses in the area to raise money for the Grange's restoration.<ref name="nyt-1990-05-31">{{Cite news |last=Slesin |first=Suzanne |date=May 31, 1990 |title=Energy of Rebirth In Hamilton Heights |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/garden/energy-of-rebirth-in-hamilton-heights.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Grange had few visitors and, according to Rangel, got less attention than Grant's Tomb.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" />

The NPS proposed moving Hamilton Grange in early 1993,<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /> and it held five panel discussions about the relocation during that year.<ref name="nyt-1993-11-14">{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1993 |title=Postings: Should It Be Moved?; Discussing the Future Of Hamilton Grange |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/14/realestate/postings-should-it-be-moved-discussing-the-future-of-hamilton-grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Some local residents said the planned relocation of the Grange would disrupt the community;<ref name="nyt-1993-11-14" /><ref name="p390349063">{{Cite news |date=November 20, 1993 |title=Community Protests Removal of Hamilton Grange |page=5 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|390349063}}}}</ref> one group of opponents collected 1,200 signatures for a petition against the plan,<ref name="p390349063" /> while another group demonstrated outside the house.<ref name="p226828640">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Samuel Jr |date=November 13, 1993 |title=Why Move the Hamilton Grange? |page=23 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|226828640}}}}</ref> The NPS planned to build a community center on the Convent Avenue site, but opponents remained skeptical.<ref name="p282254075" /> Other local residents and Manhattan Community Board 9 supported the plan, stating that the relocation would turn the Grange into a tourist attraction and would allow Hamilton Grange to be restored.<ref name="nyt-1993-11-21">{{Cite news |date=November 21, 1993 |title=Neighborhood Report: Hamilton Grange Update; A Short Move, An Angry Dispute |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/nyregion/neighborhood-report-hamilton-grange-update-a-short-move-an-angry-dispute.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Supporters of the relocation said the Grange could not be restored at the Convent Avenue site.<ref name="nyt-1993-11-07" /> Community Board 9 voted in March 1994 to let the relocation proceed, allowing the NPS to form a community group for the project and request $10.6 million from the federal government.<ref name="nyt-1994-03-20">{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Emily M. |date=March 20, 1994 |title=Neighborhood Report: Harlem; Grange Vote: Move It |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/nyregion/neighborhood-report-harlem-grange-vote-move-it.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By 1995, the NPS was planning to seek $11 million from Congress.<ref name="nyt-1995-03-12">{{Cite news |last=Bloom |first=Jennifer Kingson |date=March 12, 1995 |title=Neighborhood Report: Update; Plan to Move Hamilton Grange Is Headed for Congress |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/12/nyregion/neighborhood-report-update-plan-to-move-hamilton-grange-is-headed-for-congress.html |access-date=November 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The NPS indicated that it would move the mansion to St. Nicholas Park,<ref name="p2638127751">{{Cite news |date=January 8, 1998 |title=National Park Service to Reopen Hamilton Grange |page=10 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|2638127751}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1998-09-20">{{Cite news |last=Siegal |first=Nina |date=September 20, 1998 |title=Neighborhood Report: Hamilton Heights; A Historic Homestead Awaits a Shift of Position |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/20/nyregion/neighborhood-report-hamilton-heights-historic-homestead-awaits-shift-position.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which not only allowed the house to be placed in a rustic setting but also occupied part of Hamilton's original estate.<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" /> A visitor center would have been built on the Convent Avenue site as part of the project.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 26">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=26}}</ref> Congress gave around $1.5 million for the relocation, although the house needed another $9.7 million to fund the full project.<ref name="nyt-1995-08-10">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Patricia Leigh |date=August 10, 1995 |title=America's Crumbling 'Parkitecture' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/10/garden/america-s-crumbling-parkitecture.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The relocation process was delayed because the NPS did not have control of the St. Nicholas Park site; in the meantime, the agency spent $400,000 to stabilize the mansion.<ref name="nyt-1998-09-20" /> The NPS announced in January 1998 that it would reopen three of Hamilton Grange's rooms for three days a week. The agency wanted to increase the public's interest in the house before the mansion was relocated.<ref name="p2638127751" /> A State Senate bill to approve the house's relocation stalled because it was sponsored by a Democrat, while the Senate was controlled by Republicans.<ref name="p305643051">{{cite news |date=February 25, 2001 |title=City Snubs Founding Father |page=36 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305643051}}}}</ref> New York governor George Pataki signed the bill in October 1999, allowing the New York City government to give the NPS an easement within St. Nicholas Park to permit the Grange's relocation.<ref name="p2663208162" /><ref name="p367956532">{{Cite news |date=October 20, 1999 |title=Governor Signs Law Preserving Alexander Hamilton's Home |page=13 |work=New York Beacon |id={{ProQuest|367956532}}}}</ref>

==== 2000s renovation ==== U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a letter to the NPS about the mansion's "deplorable" conditions in March 2000,<ref name="p313770359">{{cite news |date=June 3, 2000 |title=A Memorial to Neglect |page=16 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|313770359}}}}</ref> and both houses of Congress passed legislation in late 2000 to permit the relocation.<ref name="p2638112407">{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2000 |title=Final Barrier Lifted for Relocation of Hamilton Grange |page=5 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|2638112407}}}}</ref> The NPS allocated $11 million to relocate the building in 2003.<ref name="nyt-2003-07-13" /> Upon the 200th anniversary of the duel that killed Hamilton, in July 2004, the house recorded about 1,000 monthly visitors.<ref name="nyt-2004-08-22">{{Cite news |last=Fried |first=Joseph P. |date=August 22, 2004 |title=Following Up |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/nyregion/following-up.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Hamilton Grange was closed to the public on May 7, 2006,<ref name="nyt-2006-07-12">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=July 12, 2006 |title=Handle History With Care: Hamilton's Home Is Moving |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/nyregion/handle-history-with-care-hamiltons-home-is-moving.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to undergo architectural testing in preparation for relocating the house to St. Nicholas Park.<ref name="Greco p. 16" /><ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Leadon|2018|p=323}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2006-05-12">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=May 12, 2006 |title=Hamilton Grange National Memorial in Harlem Closes in Preparation for Move |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/nyregion/12mbrfs-brief-004.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Because the house was so tightly hemmed in by other buildings, the southern section of the house was disassembled first.<ref name="nyt-2006-07-12" /> John G. Waite Associates and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill were hired to draw up plans for a renovation of the Grange.<ref name="nyt-2006-07-12" /><ref name="Newspaper 2007 o633">{{cite web |date=November 14, 2007 |title=New Home for the Grange |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2007/11/new-home-for-the-grange/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=The Architect's Newspaper}}</ref> The New York City government hoped that the relocation and renovation would attract visitors.<ref name="p280336657">{{cite news |date=April 29, 2008 |title=Founding Father's Home to Be Moved, Renovated |page= |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|280336657}}}}</ref>thumb|right|Hamilton Grange at St. Nicholas Park in October 2009 The building was raised on hydraulic jacks over 20 days in 2008, with wood cribbing installed under the foundation.<ref name="NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service) 2008 k669">{{cite web |date=June 7, 2008 |title=A Monumental Move |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/a-monumental-move.htm |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=National Park Service}}</ref> Hamilton Grange was raised to a height of about {{Convert|35|ft}}<ref name="p306195373">{{cite news |last=Gale |first=John |date=May 24, 2008 |title=Raising the Roof Alexander Hamilton's Home Movin' |page=11 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|306195373}}}}</ref> or {{Convert|40|ft}}.<ref name="p426555733" /><ref name="p390294997">{{Cite news |last=Boyd |first=Herb |date=June 5, 2008 |title=Hamilton's 'Home on the Grange' to Be Relocated |page=4 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|390294997}}}}</ref> The house was then moved on rollers to wooden stilts in the middle of Convent Avenue;<ref name="NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service) 2008 k669" /><ref name="Greco pp. 16–17">{{harvnb|Greco|2011|ps=.|pp=16–17}}</ref> the stilts were disassembled, leaving the house resting on nine dollies by the end of May 2008.<ref name="nyt-2008-06-07">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=June 7, 2008 |title=Hamilton Home Heads to a Greener Address |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/nyregion/07grange.html |access-date=November 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The NPS hired Wolfe House and Building Movers of Pennsylvania<ref name="p426555733" /><ref name="nyt-2008-06-07" /> because that firm could move the house in one piece.<ref name="NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service) 2008 k669" /> Since the house was to be rolled down a six percent slope, four brakes were placed on each dolly to prevent the house from rolling away.<ref name="nyt-2008-06-07" /> The house was then fitted with interior bracing and was wrapped in chains.<ref name="NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service) 2008 k669" /><ref name="Greco pp. 16–17" /> The statue in front of the house was placed in storage<ref name="p390294997" /> and later reinstalled in front of St. Luke's Church.<ref name="Stapinski 2016 c732">{{cite web |last=Stapinski |first=Helene |date=January 21, 2016 |title=Walking the Walk in Hamilton's Old Stomping Grounds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/theater/walking-the-walk-in-hamiltons-old-stomping-grounds.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Before the house was to be moved, there were disagreements and legal disputes about its orientation.<ref name="Arak 2008 y791">{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=May 27, 2008 |title=Harlem Mansion Move Ready For a Shove |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/5/27/10569708/harlem-mansion-move-ready-for-a-shove |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008234445/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/5/27/10569708/harlem-mansion-move-ready-for-a-shove |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> The NPS planned to rotate the house 180 degrees so it faced northeast; if the house retained its original southwest orientation, it would face a cliff in St. Nicholas Park.<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" /><ref name="Hogarty 2008 r102">{{cite web |last=Hogarty |first=Dave |date=June 8, 2008 |title=Moving This Old House (Hamilton Grange) |url=https://gothamist.com/news/moving-this-old-house-hamilton-grange |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309131010/http://gothamist.com/2008/06/08/moving_this_old.php |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=November 5, 2023 |website=Gothamist }}</ref> Everything in the house's path, such as street lamps and overhead wires, also had to be removed before the relocation took place.<ref name="Greco p. 17">{{harvnb|Greco|2011|ps=.|p=17}}</ref> On June 7, 2008, the house was rolled half a block south on Convent Avenue and then one block east on 141st Street to the new St. Nicholas Park location over six hours.<ref name="p426555733" /><ref name="n134700009">{{Cite news |date=June 8, 2008 |title=Hamilton's Home Rolls to Its New Site |pages=7A |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-hamiltons-home-rol/134700009/ |access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref> David W. Dunlap of ''The New York Times'' calculated its speed over the 500&nbsp;feet at .04&nbsp;mph.<ref name="nyt-2008-06-08" /><ref name="Arak 2008 c606">{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=June 9, 2008 |title=Dead Guy's House Gets Prime Park Views |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/6/9/10568576/dead-guys-house-gets-prime-park-views |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013125458/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/6/9/10568576/dead-guys-house-gets-prime-park-views |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> A group known as the Friends of Hamilton Grange filed a lawsuit over the house's orientation just after the house was moved but before it was placed on its foundation.<ref name="n134700009" /><ref name="p306193217">{{cite news |last=Zambito |first=Thomas |date=June 10, 2008 |title=Hamilton House Duel in Harlem |page=28 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|306193217}}}}</ref> The ''New York Daily News'' reported that the relocation itself comprised approximately two-fifths of the renovation project's planned $8.4 million cost.<ref name="p306195373" /><ref name="p390294997" /> In mid-June, a federal judge threw out the Friends of Hamilton Grange's lawsuit, ruling that the house might be damaged even more if it were rotated to face southwest.<ref name="p420744852">{{cite news |last=Neumeister |first=Larry |date=June 15, 2008 |title=New Direction for Hamilton House? |page=20 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|420744852}}}}</ref>

After the house was secured to its new foundation, workers began restoring it.<ref name="Welch 2011 k601">{{cite web |last=Welch |first=Adrian |date=September 13, 2011 |title=Hamilton Grange: Alexander Hamilton's Home |url=https://www.e-architect.com/new-york/hamilton-grange-harlem |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=e-architect}}</ref> The federal government provided another $3 million in funding through a stimulus package.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" /> The piazzas were rebuilt, and the main entrance was restored at its original position.<ref name="nyt-2011-09-01" /><ref name="Mays 2011 w315">{{cite web |last=Mays |first=Jeff |date=September 16, 2011 |title=Restored Home of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton to Re-Open Saturday |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110916/harlem/restored-home-of-founding-father-alexander-hamilton-reopen-saturday/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924085211/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110916/harlem/restored-home-of-founding-father-alexander-hamilton-reopen-saturday/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Restoration architects spent 18 months consulting documents to ensure that the restoration was historically accurate.<ref name="Mays 2011 w315" /> The grounds were landscaped with 13 sweet gum trees, a stone wall, a circular rose garden, and paths.<ref name="nyt 20110916" /> The renovation also included new electrical and mechanical systems,<ref name="NPS p. 14">{{harvnb|National Park Service|2018|ps=.|p=14}}</ref> and Fallon and Wilkinson were hired to create replicas of the original furniture.<ref name="nyt-2011-09-01">{{Cite news |last=Kahn |first=Eve M. |date=September 1, 2011 |title=A Founding Father, Back on His Pedestal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/arts/design/hamilton-grange-national-memorial-reopening-in-manhattan.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During the renovation, contractors rediscovered some of the original materials, using them to rebuild some of the original details.<ref name="Mays 2011 w315" /><ref name="Greco p. 17" /> The project cost $14.5 million in total.<ref name="Mays 2011 w315" /><ref name="wsj-2011-12-12">{{Cite news |last=Whelan |first=Robbie |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Historic Home on the Grange |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203430404577092851454196084.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

==== Early 2010s to present ==== thumb|Patio of the restored house The Grange reopened to the general public on September 17, 2011.<ref name="Mays 2011 w315" /><ref name="CBS New York 2011 g040">{{cite web |date=September 17, 2011 |title=Alexander Hamilton Home And Memorial Reopens In Harlem |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/alexander-hamilton-home-and-memorial-reopens-in-harlem/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=CBS New York}}</ref> A ceremony was held with Hamilton descendants in attendance and tours of the restored interiors.<ref name="nyt 20110916">{{Cite news|last=Rothstein|first=Edward|date=September 15, 2011|title=A Founder's at Home|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/arts/design/alexander-hamiltons-renovated-grange-review.html|access-date=November 5, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p909509975">{{Cite news |last=Boyd |first=Herb |date=November 10, 2011 |title=Hamilton House Reopened |page=18 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|909509975}}}}</ref> At the time of the reopening, only some of the first-floor rooms had been restored, while the second floor was closed.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" /><ref name="NPS p. 14" /> NPS officials said that other parts of the Grange had not been restored because of a paucity of documentation.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" /> In the renovated house, a visitor center is located in the entirely newly constructed basement floor.<ref name="nyt 20110916" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2011/09/19/alexander-hamilton-home-reopens-after-complex-move/ |title=Alexander Hamilton Home Reopens After Complex Move |website=AOL Real Estate |agency=Associated Press |date=September 19, 2011 |access-date=May 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191005/http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2011/09/19/alexander-hamilton-home-reopens-after-complex-move/ |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> Fergus M. Bordewich wrote in ''The Wall Street Journal'' that the relocated house "will gaze out from its perch over one of the most vibrant black neighborhoods in America", namely Hamilton Heights.<ref name="wsj-2008-07-05">{{Cite news |last=Bordewich |first=Fergus M. |date=July 5, 2008 |title=Alexander Hamilton's Capital Compromise |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121521083894529433 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

The house saw 21,000 annual visitors by 2014.<ref name="p1797791739" /> Hamilton Grange's popularity increased significantly after the Broadway musical ''Hamilton'' opened in 2015,<ref name="p1797791739" /><ref name="nyt-2016-03-05">{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=J. Courtney |date=March 5, 2016 |title=After the Broadway Show, A Trip to Hamilton's Grave |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/fashion/hamilton-fans-grave-broadway.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and many people who saw the musical went to the Grange afterward.<ref name="p1701538054">{{cite news |last=Dziemianowicz |first=Joe |date=August 5, 2015 |title='Hamilton' Is Dual Success Play Is Hot, But So Is Interest in History |page=37 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|1701538054}}}}</ref> The house saw 35,000 visitors in 2015 and another 35,000 in the first five months of 2016,<ref name="p1797791739">{{Cite news |last=Harpaz |first=Beth J. |date=June 18, 2016 |title=Historic Site Visits up Since Hamilton; Harlem Home, Burial Site See 75 per Cent Increase Since Tony Award-Winning Musical |page=E2 |work=Chronicle – Herald |id={{ProQuest|1797791739}}}}</ref> with a record 85,603 in 2017. {{As of|2024|alt=In 2024}}, the site saw 63,647 visitors.<ref name="Visitor Use Statistics Hamilton Grange">{{Cite web |title=National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics: Hamilton Grange NMEM |url=https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=HAGR |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website= |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

==Architecture== John McComb Jr. designed Hamilton Grange in the Federal style;<ref name="Postal Dolkart 2008 p. 196">{{cite book |last1=Postal |first1=Matthew A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwYcSFtdE_AC&pg=PA196 |title=Guide to New York City Landmarks |last2=Dolkart |first2=Andrew |publisher=Wiley |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-470-28963-1 |page=196 |access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 90">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=90}}</ref> it is one of the only remaining residential buildings with which he was involved.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 3">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=3}}</ref> The Grange differed significantly from most of McComb's other designs, which generally were either designed in the Georgian style or resembled more typical Federal buildings. In contrast to other Federal-style structures, the Grange's architectural elements were resized to emphasize different aspects of the facade, such as its height; one report referred to the design as "squat and somewhat clumsy".<ref name="MW pp. 90–91">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=90–91}}</ref> At the time of the Grange's construction, McComb was still experimenting with architectural styles.<ref name="MW p. 21">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=21}}</ref>

Although McComb largely designed the house based on Alexander's wishes, Eliza and her father Philip also influenced the design, drawing on their experiences living in the Schuyler Mansion in Albany.<ref name="MW pp. 17–18">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=17–18}}</ref> No extant elevation drawings for the house have been identified, but parts of the design may be derived from pattern books and from other buildings.<ref name="MW pp. 22–23">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=22–23}}</ref> Design features, such as archways and octagonal rooms, may have been inspired by the Morris–Jumel Mansion at what is now 160th Street.<ref name="MW p. 21" /> Other influences may have included Robert Morris's 1759 book ''Selected Architecture'',<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44" /> as well as the interior of a pavilion at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England.<ref name="MW pp. 22–23" />

The house is two stories tall with a ground-level basement.<ref name="Welch 2011 k601" /><ref name="AIA New York 2011 a008">{{cite web |date=September 28, 2011 |title=Hamilton Grange Is Restored, Relocated, And Open to the Public |url=https://www.aiany.org/news/10811/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=AIA New York}}</ref> It weighs approximately {{Convert|298|ST|LT t}}.<ref name="p306195373" /><ref name="p390294997" /> The front elevation of the facade, which contains the main entrance, faced west-southwest at its original location<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" /><ref name="MW p. 90" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 25">{{harvnb|American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society|1925|ps=.|p=25}}</ref> and south at its Convent Avenue location.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44" /> The front elevation was reoriented to the northeast when it was moved to St. Nicholas Park.<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" />{{Efn|In this article, relative directions are used. The corresponding compass directions, and the former compass directions, are:<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" /> * Front/main elevation – northeast (formerly south at Convent Avenue) * Left elevation – southeast (formerly west at Convent Avenue) * Rear elevation – southwest (formerly north at Convent Avenue) * Right elevation – northwest (formerly east at Convent Avenue)

At the house's first location, the front elevation faced southwest.<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" />|name=directions}} As built, the house had a rectangular plan,<ref name="Souder p. 1">{{harvnb|Souder|1964|ps=.|p=1}}</ref> measuring {{convert|46.5|by|50|ft}}.<ref name="p226092814" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> A piazza extends the whole widths of the left and right elevations, while the front and rear elevations each had a portico.<ref name="MW p. 90" /><ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /><ref name="Souder p. 1" />{{efn|name=directions}} The original main entrance on the front elevation was restored when the house was moved to St. Nicholas Park.<ref name="nyt-2008-02-18" />

=== Exterior ===

==== Facade ==== thumb|Right facade of the Grange at night When the Grange was at its original location, its foundation was made of ashlar sandstone.<ref name="MW p. 106; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|p=106}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref> A rubblestone foundation was built at Convent Avenue when the house was first relocated.<ref name="MW p. 106">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=106}}</ref> Another foundation with a basement was constructed in St. Nicholas Park when the house was moved a second time. The basement at St. Nicholas Park is at ground level.<ref name="Welch 2011 k601" /><ref name="AIA New York 2011 a008" />

On the first and second stories, the main facade uses flush siding, while the rear facade uses clapboard siding.<ref name="MW pp. 104–105; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|pp=104–105}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref> Flush siding is also used on the lower parts of the left and right elevations, and clapboard siding is used on the upper sections of these elevations. In addition, there are trim boards at each corner of the house, as well as sill boards on the front and rear elevations.<ref name="MW pp. 104–105">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=104–105}}</ref> Most of the windows in the house are double-hung sash windows. There are protruding triple-hung bay windows on the left and right elevations, sheltered by the piazzas,<ref name="MW p. 110; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|p=110}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref> as well as a tripartite window directly above the main facade's entrance.<ref name="MW pp. 110–111">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=110–111}}</ref> The windows are flanked by different types of shutters; the panels on the double-hung windows' shutters are flush with the facade, while those on the triple-hung windows' shutters are recessed.<ref name="MW pp. 112–113">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=112–113}}</ref> Above the second story, an entablature, designed with elements of the Doric order, runs across the entire facade of the main house.<ref name="MW pp. 100; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|p=100}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 1">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|ps=.|p=1}}</ref> Additional entablatures run horizontally across the tops of the piazzas.<ref name="MW p. 1002">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=100}}</ref>

The original front portico was flanked by two pairs of Doric columns and had Douglas fir floors and redwood balustrades.<ref name="MW pp. 108–109">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=108–109}}</ref> It was accessed by a wooden stair that originally ascended half a story;<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44" /> the stair had been rebuilt at least three times by the 1980s.<ref name="MW p. 109">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=109}}</ref> The front entrance door is designed in the Federal style, with sidelights on either side, and there is a semicircular transom window above the door.<ref name="NYCL p. 1" /><ref name="MW p. 116">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=116}}</ref> There are two pairs of pilasters on either side of the door.<ref name="MW pp. 108–109" /> When the building was relocated to 287 Convent Avenue, one of the side entrances was converted into the main entrance, while the original front door was sealed off.<ref name="nyt-1993-03-21" /><ref name="MW pp. 108–109" /> The rear portico was demolished at that time, and the front portico and entrance door were moved to the left elevation.<ref name="MW pp. 90; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|p=90}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref> The two porticos were restored to their original positions in 2011.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-14">{{Cite news |last=Magnet |first=Myron |date=September 14, 2011 |title=Hamilton Grange &#124; Alexander Hamilton's Shining House on a Hill &#124; By Myron Magnet |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904353504576567001260380950.html |access-date=November 6, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="Welch 2011 k601" />

The piazzas on the left and right elevations{{efn|name=directions}} are similar in design, with splined fir floorboards and Douglas fir balustrades. Each piazza is surrounded by six freestanding columns and two engaged columns, which are all designed in the Doric order and support a small roof.<ref name="MW pp. 107–108" /> When the house was located at 287 Convent Avenue, the main entrance was through the left elevation.<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /><ref name="MW p. 116" /> Because the site sloped down to the east, there was a lower gallery and a subbasement beneath the right piazza (which at the time faced east). The lower gallery was supported by square Idaho white-pine columns and had Douglas fir floorboards.<ref name="MW pp. 107–108" /> There were also brownstone blocks below the left piazza, which faced west.<ref name="MW p. 109" /> When the house was moved to St. Nicholas Park, both of the piazzas were elevated above the ground-level basement.<ref name="Welch 2011 k601" /><ref name="AIA New York 2011 a008" />

==== Roofs ==== The main section of the house is covered by a gently sloping hip roof.<ref name="Diamonstein-Spielvogel 2011 p. 90">{{cite landmarks|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=o8ym5NeiylkC&pg=PA90 90]}}</ref><ref name="MW p. 95">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=95}}</ref> The roof was surrounded by a carved wood balustrade, which was installed at an unknown date and removed by the 1930s.<ref name="MW pp. 98–99; NPS (1995) p. 44">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=|pp=98–99}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=44}}</ref> The roof is supported by four sets of rafters, which are divided into lower and upper portions. The lower portions of each rafter were likely built along with the rest of the house, while the upper portions were probably added in 1835 when the roof was raised. The 1980 architectural report indicates that the roof was originally topped by a flat deck.<ref name="MW p. 95" /> The main roof was likely covered by a solid-lead flashing, which was replaced in 1894 by a tinplate covering and in 1929 by a standing seam metal roof.<ref name="MW p. 96">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=96}}</ref> There are copper gutters at the edges of the roof.<ref name="MW pp. 101–102">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=101–102}}</ref>

The roof is topped by two non-functional wooden chimneys and two symmetrical brick chimneys that do work.<ref name="Diamonstein-Spielvogel 2011 p. 90" /><ref name="Souder p. 1" /><ref name="NYCL p. 1" /> The wooden chimneys are at the front of the house, while the brick chimneys at the rear. Both sets of chimneys were repaired in the late 1970s.<ref name="MW p. 1002"/> The placement of the chimneys influenced the interior design, as the fireplaces in the basement and on the first and second floors had to be built atop each other.<ref name="MW p. 32">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=32}}</ref>

The piazzas on either side of the house originally had nearly flat roofs with a slope of about 1:24,<ref name="MW p. 96" /> which were covered with red tinplate.<ref name="MW p. 98">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=98}}</ref> Hip roofs with steeper slopes were installed in the mid-19th century, likely to improve drainage.<ref name="MW pp. 96–97">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=96–97}}</ref> During the mid-19th-century modifications, the piazzas' ceilings were lowered and rebuilt out of plaster and wooden lath.<ref name="MW p. 98" /> When St. Luke's Church was built in the 1890s, the front part of the left-hand piazza (facing the church to the south) was removed.<ref name="MW p. 96" /> The roofs were covered with sheet copper in 1929.<ref name="MW p. 98" /> Carved wood balustrades also surrounded the piazza roofs but were removed by the 1930s.<ref name="MW pp. 98–99; NPS (1995) p. 44" /> When the original roofs were restored in the late 1970s, the roofs of the piazzas were covered with stainless steel. In addition, Douglas fir boards were installed on the piazzas' ceilings, matching the design of the original piazzas' ceilings.<ref name="MW p. 98" /> There are stainless steel gutters at the edges of the piazzas' and portico's roofs.<ref name="MW pp. 101–102" />

=== Interior === The house was built with 18 rooms.<ref name="p306195373" /><ref name="p390294997" /> The first floor included the house's "public rooms", where guests were entertained, while the second floor had private living areas such as bedrooms.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44" /> Both floors had five rooms plus a hallway, and the first floor also has a passageway.<ref name="Souder p. 2">{{harvnb|Souder|1964|ps=.|p=2}}</ref> The first and second stories are connected by a staircase, which was originally on the left side of the house but was moved to the front when the Grange was first relocated.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 44" /><ref name="MW pp. 124–125">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=124–125}}</ref> There is also a staircase from the second floor to the attic, and there may have been a stair from the first floor to the basement (although no evidence of the latter exists).<ref name="MW pp. 124–125" /> The house was first equipped with running water in 1845, electricity in 1933, and security systems in 1980. It was heated by a coal-fired boiler between 1933 and 1967, when gas heating was introduced.<ref name="MW pp. 158–159">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=158–159}}</ref>

Throughout the house are decorations with Adam style influences.<ref name="MW p. 28" /><ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 44–45">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|pp=44–45}}</ref> The Grange's first floor, second floor, and attic are supported by a wood frame with interior partitions, joists, and studs. Brick nogging and plaster coating were used to insulate the house.<ref name="MW pp. 120–121-2">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=120–121}}</ref> Ceiling joists and studs were covered with lath that was then coated with plaster.<ref name="MW pp. 120–121-2"/> Six types of plaster cornices were installed around the house,<ref name="MW pp. 122–123">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=122–123}}</ref> though most of the cornices are plain.<ref name="MW pp. 120–121-2" /> Doors, window frames, and baseboards have a wide variety of millwork decorations,<ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 44–45" /><ref name="MW pp. 122–123" /> while the floor is generally made of spruce planks.<ref name="MW pp. 122–123" /> There are several fireplaces with marble or wooden mantels.<ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 44–45" /><ref name="MW pp. 123–124">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=123–124}}</ref> Three types of doors and four types of windows were used throughout the house.<ref name="MW pp. 125–126">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=125–126}}</ref> Except for the fireplaces and an arch on the first floor, the interior has a plain design.<ref name="MW p. 342"/>

==== Basement ==== An account from the mid-19th century indicated that the original basement was used "for culinary purposes",<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64" /> with a kitchen and two fireplaces.<ref name="MW pp. 124–125" /> This basement was demolished after the house was first relocated.<ref name="MW pp. 124–125" />

When the house was moved to Convent Avenue, a basement was built beneath the original house, with four windows facing east. The basement included a stair hall at the southwest (front left) corner, storage rooms at the southeast and northeast corners, a kitchen under the center of the west facade, a bathroom and electrical closet at the northwest corner.<ref name="MW p. 128">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=128}}</ref> By the 1990s, the basement had an information desk, a meeting and theater space, an exhibition space, restrooms, and a bookstore.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 48">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1995|ps=.|p=48}}</ref> There was also a sub-basement with a boiler, a heater, and storage space.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 48" /><ref name="MW p. 129" /> Though the sub-basement was at the same height as the ground at the eastern end of the site, there were no doors leading outside, and all the windows were sealed before 1978.<ref name="MW p. 129">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|p=129}}</ref>

The modern-day basement has a theater and exhibition space.<ref name="Welch 2011 k601" /> There is also a visitor center, which occupies space that corresponds to the original basement's ironing room and kitchen.<ref name="nyt 20110916" />

==== First floor ==== thumb|View of the pentagonal foyer The original main stairway was to the left of the main entrance.<ref name="MW pp. 31–32">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=31–32}}</ref> The stair led up to the second floor and down to the basement.<ref name="MW pp. 133–135">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=133–135}}</ref> When the house was moved to Convent Avenue, the entry and stair hall were moved to the southwest (front left) corner of the first floor,<ref name="MW pp. 131–132">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=131–132}}</ref> measuring {{convert|12.67|by|23.75|ft|0}} wide.<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> At Convent Avenue, part of the ceiling was removed to make way for a staircase, which blocked the original front entrance.<ref name="NPS (1995) pp. 44–45" /><ref name="MW pp. 131–132" /> The entry and stair halls have three archways with floral bas-reliefs; two lead to octagonal rooms behind them, while the third leads to Hamilton's study to the right.<ref name="MW pp. 131–132" /> A pentagonal apse or foyer connects the stair hall to the two octagonal rooms.<ref name="MW pp. 131–132" /><ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout">{{cite web |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Hamilton Grange Virtual Tour |url=https://www.nps.gov/hagr/learn/historyculture/hamilton-grange-virtual-tour.htm |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Hamilton Grange National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref> The modern-day stair is to the left of the foyer, but the staircase has been relocated so it does not block the original front entrance.<ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout" />

At the front right corner of the house is Hamilton's study,<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64" /><ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout" /> also known as the southeast room.{{Efn|Compass directions of rooms, such as "southeast" and "southwest", are described in relation to the orientation of the house when it was at 287 Convent Avenue. After being relocated to St. Nicholas Park, the southeast corner was reoriented to the north, the southwest corner was reoriented to face west, etc.|name=first-floor}}<ref name="MW pp. 135–136">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=135–136}}</ref> This room measures about {{convert|12.67|by|12.67|ft|0}} across;<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> it was relatively small because Hamilton maintained a larger office downtown.<ref name="Cook 2016 l282">{{cite news |last=Cook |first=Lauren |date=January 12, 2017 |title=Hamilton Grange in Harlem: A Tour Through the Founding Father's Home |work=amNewYork |id={{ProQuest|1857575463}}}}</ref> The study retains almost all of its original ornament such as cornices, baseboards, door frames, and floorboards.<ref name="MW pp. 135–136" /> The walls are painted bright green.<ref name="Hamilton Grange Study">{{cite web |date=August 16, 2022 |title=Hamilton Grange Study (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/hamilton-grange-study.htm |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref><ref name="Fierberg 2016 e806">{{cite web |last=Fierberg |first=Ruthie |date=October 22, 2016 |title=21 Things We Learned From Hamilton's America |url=https://playbill.com/article/21-things-we-learned-from-hamiltons-america |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref> Sources disagree on whether the color was meant to represent nature<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> or was used because of its associations with the wealthy.<ref name="HA p. 69">{{harvnb|Halpern|Appelbaum|2013|ps=.|p=69}}</ref> There are a desk and bookshelves,<ref name="Hamilton Grange Study" /> stocked with five books from Hamilton's own collection.<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" />

There are two identical octagonal rooms behind the entry and stair halls, which span the entire width of the house<ref name="Souder p. 2" /><ref name="HS p. 282">{{harvnb|Howard|Straus|2012|ps=.|p=282}}</ref> and measure {{Convert|18|by|24|ft}} across.<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> The one on the left (formerly the west octagon room) was likely used as a drawing room<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64" /><ref name="MW pp. 136–137">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=136–137}}</ref> and is known as the parlor.<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /><ref name="HS p. 282" /><ref name="Hamilton Grange Parlor">{{cite web |date=August 16, 2022 |title=Hamilton Grange Parlor |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/hamilton-grange-parlor.htm |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref> The room includes three floor-to-ceiling triple-hung windows and a fireplace with a marble mantel.<ref name="MW pp. 136–137" /> The walls are painted yellow.<ref name="HA p. 69" /> The octagonal room to the right (the east octagon room) was the dining room.<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64" /><ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout" /><ref name="HS p. 282" /> It has very similar walls, ceilings, cornices, baseboards, door frames, floorboards, fireplace, and floor-to-ceiling triple-hung windows as the drawing room/parlor.<ref name="MW pp. 138–140">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=138–140}}</ref> Between the west and east octagon rooms was an ornate four-paneled wooden door,<ref name="MW pp. 138–140" /> which in the 19th century was likely clad with mirrors.<ref name="Carter pp. 244–246; MW pp. 63–64" /> The rooms had views of the Hudson River to the west and the Harlem River to the east.<ref name="MW p. 32" />

A pentagonal hallway, measuring {{convert|13|by|5.67|ft|0}},<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> extends from the octagonal rooms to the rear of the house.<ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout" /><ref name="MW pp. 141–142">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=141–142}}</ref> The hallway has four interior doorways. During the 20th century, the space occupied by the rear doorway became a window, and a bathroom was installed.<ref name="MW pp. 141–142" /> The original purpose of the room at the rear left corner (the northwest room) is not known, but it may have been a bedroom. Although the room lacks a cornice, it has a baseboard design unique to the house, and there is a doorway leading to the rear hall. The windows in the first-floor northwest room have plain frames, and there was originally a fireplace in the room, although the fireplace was likely sealed in 1933.<ref name="MW pp. 140–141">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=140–141}}</ref> The original use of the rear-right room (the northeast room) is also not known but may have also been a bedroom. The decorations are similar to that of the northwest room, and there is also a baseboard and marble fireplace mantel.<ref name="MW pp. 143–144">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=143–144}}</ref>

==== Second floor ==== Originally, the second floor had separate bedrooms for Hamilton, his wife, their daughters, and their two eldest sons.<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> The second floor is closed to the public. A 1995 NPS report cited the second floor as being too weak to support visitors;<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 48" /> after the house was restored in 2011, the second floor was used as staff space.<ref name="wsj-2011-09-142" /> It is bisected by a hallway which runs from front to back, with three rooms each to the left and right.<ref name="ASHPS p. 25" /> At the center of the house's front elevation is the front hall, which was modified in 1889 when the main stair was relocated. It retains many of its original decorations, such as woodwork, plasterwork, and moldings.<ref name="MW pp. 146–148">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=146–148}}</ref> Extending behind the front hall to the rear of the house is a central passageway which also retains many of its original decorations.<ref name="MW pp. 150–151">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=150–151}}</ref>

The southwest room at the front left corner of the second floor, dating from the 1889 renovation, occupied the site of the original stairwell;<ref name="MW pp. 146–147">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=146–147}}</ref> this room has since been replaced with a stairwell.<ref name="Hamilton Grange National Memorial Layout" /> The southeast room at the front right is similar to the southwest room, but it contains evidence of a former closet and stairs to the attic.<ref name="MW pp. 149–150">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=149–150}}</ref> The west center room and east center room respectively adjoin the left and right walls of the center hall and were originally very similar in design, with fireplaces and doorways; the west center room also had a closet, while the east center room had a stair to the attic (accessible from the center hall).<ref name="MW pp. 151–153">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=151–153}}</ref> At the rear of the house are the northwest room, northeast room, and a central bathroom, all accessed by a rear hall at the end of the central second-story passageway. Originally, the rooms in the rear comprised a single space, but the rooms were subdivided before 1820, likely to provide a bedroom for each Hamilton child. The rooms at either corner have fireplaces, and the northwest room also had a closet.<ref name="MW pp. 154–156">{{harvnb|Mongin|Whidden|1980|ps=.|pp=154–156}}</ref>

==Operation== Most of Hamilton's original belongings were sold after his death to other American institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution, New York Public Library, New-York Historical Society, and Museum of the City of New York.<ref name="NPS (1995) p. 43" /> When the house first became a museum in the 1930s, its collection included portraits of Alexander and Eliza Hamilton painted by Works Progress Administration artists,<ref name="p1329082075">{{cite news |date=October 30, 1934 |title=William W. Niles Honored for Work On Bronx Parkway: Louisville Editor Also Gets Scenic Society Medal at Hamilton Grange |page=19 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1329082075}}}}</ref> as well as a pair of guns that Hamilton brought to his duel with Burr.<ref name="nyt-1936-08-13">{{Cite news |date=August 13, 1936 |title=Gets Hamilton Relics; Grange Here Receives Collection Including Dueling Pistols. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/08/13/archives/gets-hamilton-relics-grange-here-receives-collection-ncluding.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the mid-20th century, the house exhibited various objects such as a bust of Alexander Hamilton by Giuseppe Ceracchi; a dress worn by Eliza Hamilton; and a collection of books from the Hamiltons' family library.<ref name="p226092814" /><ref name="nyt-1949-04-30" /> Other artifacts included a four-poster bed, cribs, and bed warmers from Hamilton's lifetime.<ref name="nyt-1949-04-30" />

Many of the current objects in the house are replicas.<ref name="nyt-2011-09-01" /><ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> Among the few surviving original artifacts are a mourning scarf from 1804 and a piano imported from Britain in the 1790s;<ref name="nyt-2011-09-01" /> the piano was made by Muzio Clementi.<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> Just before the house's relocation to St. Nicholas Park, the house displayed items such as the piano, chairs, and a wine cooler.<ref name="p426555733" /><ref name="n134696215">{{Cite news |last=Gouveia |first=Georgette |date=August 31, 2003 |title=Following Hamilton in Life and Death |pages=64 |work=The Journal News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-following-hamilton-in-l/134696215/ |access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref> The modern-day exhibits include some of Hamilton's old books, papers, and furniture, as well as drawings and diagrams of the house created as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.<ref name="NPS p. 7">{{harvnb|National Park Service|2018|ps=.|p=12}}</ref> In the dining room are late-18th-century teacups with wooden handles, a replica of a wine cooler given by George Washington,<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> and plates arranged for a meal.<ref name="HA p. 69" /> The parlor features five original chairs.<ref name="HA p. 69" /><ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> There is also a bust of Hamilton in the entrance hall.<ref name="nyt 20110916" /><ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> Some of the objects in the collection are stored by the Gateway National Recreation Area.<ref name="NPS p. 7" />

The house's first floor and basement are open Wednesdays through Sundays. The NPS hosts guided tours with up to 15 people, although visitors can also tour the house on their own.<ref name="NPS p. 14" /><ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> Only four rooms are typically open to the public;<ref name="Frommers x724">{{cite web |title=Hamilton Grange National Memorial |url=https://www.frommers.com/destinations/new-york-city/attractions/hamilton-grange-national-memorial |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=Frommer's}}</ref> the second floor is used only by staff.<ref name="NPS p. 14" /> The NPS also operates a junior ranger program at the monument.<ref name="Hamilton Grange 2023 e380">{{cite web |date=September 1, 2023 |title=Be A Junior Ranger |url=https://www.nps.gov/hagr/learn/kidsyouth/beajuniorranger.htm |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=Hamilton Grange National Memorial}}</ref>

== Critical reception == Architecturally, the ''New York Sun'' called the house "a good example of the comfortable country house" of the early 19th century,<ref name="p145092334">{{cite news |date=January 25, 1911 |title=Famous Hamilton Home.: Still Standing, But the Thirteen Gum Trees Are Gone |page=6 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|145092334}}}}</ref> and ''The New York Times'' described the house as "substantial rather than elegant".<ref name="nyt-1950-05-23">{{Cite news |date=May 23, 1950 |title=Topics of The Times; Three Early Republican Houses |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/05/23/archives/topics-of-the-times-three-early-republican-houses.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By 1926, the writer Chesla Sherlock lamented that "so little of the home he loved so well has been preserved to us", citing the fact that the house had been moved and all its furniture dispersed.<ref name="Sherlock p. 15" /> A writer for the ''New York Amsterdam News'' said in 1962 that, despite the house's deterioration, its decorated floors, ceilings, and fireplace mantels "still speak of the era when it was the country home" of Hamilton.<ref name="p2292987567">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Poppy Cannon |date=March 17, 1962 |title=Was Alex Hamilton Passing? |page=11 |work=New York Amsterdam News |id={{proQuest|2292987567}}}}</ref> When the Grange was located at Convent Avenue, the historian Hugh Howard described the house as being hemmed in and forgotten about, akin to "a misplaced book on a library shelf".<ref name="HS p. 291">{{harvnb|Howard|Straus|2012|ps=.|p=291}}</ref>

Upon the house's reopening in 2011, ''The Wall Street Journal'' said that the house "at long last is a fitting monument to one of America's greatest Founding Fathers".<ref name="wsj-2011-09-14" /> A critic for the same newspaper described the relocation as successful both from a historical and architectural point of view, saying that the design "suggests a rationality that isn't accidental".<ref name="wsj-2011-12-12" /> ''The New York Times'' said the design gave "a kind of gracious pleasure taken in what was being made possible" and that the St. Nicholas Park site was an appropriate setting for the house.<ref name="nyt 20110916" /> A writer for ''AM New York'' described the home in 2016 as nondescript but "something every New Yorker can enjoy",<ref name="Cook 2016 l282" /> and the ''Chicago Tribune'' said the same year: "As impressive as the house is, its odd history is equally compelling."<ref name="Tribune 2020 d241">{{cite news |last=Nevius |first=James |date=September 18, 2016 |title=Hamilton's Haunts: Take the Show on the Road to Visit Founding Father's Sites on East Coast |page=5 |url=https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=48afdca6-3e21-409b-8aa0-843fa41ae7d5 |access-date=November 13, 2023 |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|1820413117}}}}</ref> Frommer's guidebook gave the house one star out of three, criticizing the lack of original furniture and the small number of rooms on display.<ref name="Frommers x724" />

The house's name inspired the monikers of two apartment buildings erected in the area,<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 11">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|p=11}}</ref>{{Efn|Specifically the structures at 476 West 144th Street and at 310 Convent Avenue<ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|pp=46, 72}}</ref>}} as well as the name of the Hamilton Grange Library on 145th Street.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 14">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2000|ps=.|p=14}}</ref> The surrounding neighborhood was also known as Hamilton Grange until the 1930s, when it became known as Hamilton Heights.<ref name="NYCL (2000) p. 14" /> Additionally, in 1934, a model of the Grange was created for the Museum of the City of New York.<ref name="nyt-1934-03-17">{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1934 |title=City Museum Gets Models of 4 Landmarks Made by Group of Unemployed Architects |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/17/archives/city-museum-gets-models-of-4-landmarks-made-by-group-of-unemployed.html |access-date=November 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==See also== * List of national memorials of the United States * List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan above 110th Street * National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street

==References==

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==External links== {{commons category|Hamilton Grange National Memorial}} * {{official website|https://www.nps.gov/hagr/index.htm}}

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