- Hamilton Fish House
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name = Hamilton Fish House
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location = 21 Stuyvesant Street,Manhattan ,New York City ,New York
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 43 | lat_seconds = 49 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 59 | long_seconds = 20 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1804
architect =
architecture = Federal
designated =May 15 ,1975 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1294&ResourceType=Building
title=Hamilton Fish House|date=2007-09-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =July 31 ,1972 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 72001456 [Nrhp source1|NY|New+York|state4]
mpsub =
governing_body =Hamilton Fish House (also known as Nicholas and Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish House) is where
Hamilton Fish , future Governor and Senator of New York, was born and resided from 1808 - 1838. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/72001456.nl.pdf Hamilton Fish House, NHL Writeup] ] It is located at 21 Stuyvesant Street,Manhattan ,New York City ,New York . It was built by Peter Stuyvesant, the great-grandson ofPetrus Stuyvesant , around 1804 as a wedding present to his daughter, Elizabeth, and his son-in-law,Nicholas Fish , parents of Hamilton.Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; "Guide to New York City Landmarks", 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.61.] This is one of 5 houses owned by the family on their private lane.Petrus hosted General Lafayette as a dinner guest at the house in 1824.
It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1975.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72001456.pdf "Hamilton Fish House", September 1, 1974, by Cathy A. Alexander] |531 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1983|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72001456.pdf Hamilton Fish House--Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1963 and 1974.] |1.26 MB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory|date=1983|publisher=National Park Service]References
External links
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(NUMBER+@band(NY1278)) American Memory from the Library of Congress]
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