Morris-Jumel Mansion

MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION

 

This Georgian country seat was built by Colonel Roger

Morris in 1765. Colonel Morris, a Loyalist, left the

house when he returned to England at the outbreak

of the American Revolutionary War. From September 14

through October 18, 1776, the house was used as General

George Washington's headquarters during the Battle

of Harlem Heights. Stephen Jumel, a wealthy Frenchman,

Purchased it in 1810, and after his death in 1832,

Madame Jumel became the wife of Aaron Burr. In 1903,

the City of New York bought the mansion for resto

ration by the Washington Headquarters Association.

It is now a museum.

 

Department of Parks and Recreation 1975

 

Submitted by @jeremysarna

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