Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site

Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site Welcome to the official page of Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. Located in Albany, NY, the site was home to Philip J.
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Schuyler, the Revolutionary War Major General, US Senator, agrarian, and businessman. Located in Albany, NY, Schuyler Mansion was home to Philip J. He and his wife, Catharine Van Rensselaer, descended from affluent and powerful Dutch families. Together they raised eight children in this home. The home was built in a Georgian style, reflecting Schuyler's English tastes, on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River. Originally situated on an 80-acre tract of land, the grounds once included an orchard, formal gardens, and a working farm. Throughout the Schuyler family occupancy from 1763-1804, the mansion was the site of military strategizing, political hobnobbing, elegant social affairs, and an active family life. It was also home to more than fifty enslaved laborers, servants, and artisans over that span. From mid-May through October, visitors can enjoy guided tours of the mansion, as well as an orientation exhibition in the Visitor Center focusing on the 18th century history of the site and its inhabitants. Temporary exhibitions and public programs are scheduled year-round. Tours for school and adult groups, as well as outreach programs, are also available. All tours, public and private, are by reservation. Please call (518) 434-0834 to make a reservation.

On this day in 1793, Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton were stopped in Greenbush on the opposi...
09/23/2026

On this day in 1793, Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton were stopped in Greenbush on the opposite side of the Hudson River from Albany and were prevented from entering into the city.

Due to the deadly yellow fever epidemic tearing through Philadelphia where the Hamiltons were residing, the Hamiltons sent their children to Albany to stay with their grandparents where the outbreak was less severe. After Alexander and Elizabeth recovered from yellow fever themselves, they went to Albany to be reunited with their children, but they were not permitted entry, as they had come from one of the epicenters of the disease.

Philip Schuyler was able to convince Albany Mayor Abraham Yates to let the Hamiltons into Albany if they promised to quarantine themselves at the Schuyler home.

Image: Albany From Greenbush by John Hill, 1834. Courtesy of Albany Institute of History and Art.

On this day in 1782, Philip Schuyler wrote to his oldest daughter Angelica, regarding her and her husband’s recent illne...
09/20/2026

On this day in 1782, Philip Schuyler wrote to his oldest daughter Angelica, regarding her and her husband’s recent illness.

“You wrote for our Dear Little Caty, who is in perfect health, before you were Indisposed but we cannot send her until we have the happiness to learn that you are perfectly recovered, besides we still hope there will be no occasion to let the little cherub undergo so long a Journey, and that you will afford us the happiness of your company for the winter, our house altho commodious before, I have expressly made still more so by some additions for your reception comes then any [illegible] to our [illegible] army provided you do not risk that health which is so dear to us.”

Six weeks later, Schuyler wrote to his daughter Elizabeth that Angelica was still ill, but he had hopes that complete recovery was near.

On this day in 1758, Margaret “Peggy” Schuyler was born to Catharine and Philip Schuyler. Margaret went on to marry Step...
09/19/2026

On this day in 1758, Margaret “Peggy” Schuyler was born to Catharine and Philip Schuyler. Margaret went on to marry Stephen van Renselaer III, the patroon of the Rensselaerwyck manor.

Although few letters from Margaret herself survive, she was spoken about by others as witty and politically engaged. In her memoirs, French aristocrat Madame de la Tour du Pin wrote of Margaret,

"She was blessed with a superior mind and a rare accuracy of judgement for both men and things… From the newspapers she had learned the state of the parties in France, the blunders which had caused the Revolution, the voices of the upper classes and the follies of the middle classes. With extraordinary insight, she grasped the causes and effects of the disorders in [France] better than we had ourselves."

On this day in 1781 Philip Schuyler wrote to his son-in-law Alexander Hamilton regarding the birth of Angelica Schuyler ...
09/16/2026

On this day in 1781 Philip Schuyler wrote to his son-in-law Alexander Hamilton regarding the birth of Angelica Schuyler Church’s third child, John Barker Church II, at the Schuyler family home in Albany.

“My Dear daughter [Elizabeth] is in good health but was so sensibly affected by your removal to the southward that I apprehended consequences; she is now at ease. Mrs. Carter [Angelica] was yesterday delivered of a fine boy I hope her sister will give me another.”

Reminder that next Saturday, September 19th Schuyler Mansion will be CLOSED (including grounds and visitors center). Ins...
09/14/2026

Reminder that next Saturday, September 19th Schuyler Mansion will be CLOSED (including grounds and visitors center). Instead, join as at Crailo State Historic Site for their annual Harvest Faire! Enjoy a day of fun activities while learning about Albany's Dutch colonial past at the site of Catharine van Rensselaer Schuyler's childhood home.

This event will take place 11am-4pm and is free and open to the public.

For further questions, call Crailo at (518) 463-8738.

It's back to school season! Education was important for all the children in the Schuyler family, as Philip Schuyler writ...
09/13/2026

It's back to school season! Education was important for all the children in the Schuyler family, as Philip Schuyler writes an update on their studies to his oldest daughter, Angelica, in 1788.

"Johnnys attention affords me hopes that he will prosper, since he has taken to business his mind seems to expand, and although he is not a man of bright genius but I have reason to think he will evince a sound Judgement – Philip is indeed a very handsome Young man, but he has mortified and disappointed me exceedingly by neglecting his studies of late he became enamored of a Miss Sally Rutson, a young woman without Beauty and totally void of any of those accomplishments which are so necessary to render a man happy. I hope the affair is at an end and that he will return to his studies, Rensselaer with all his wit and vivacity has been slow in learning, he is now coming on well. Cornelia is assiduous as ever and reads [illegible], she is already a good historian and little sweet tempered Caty promises well she reads prettily and hopes in six months to write you a letter..."

Schuyler Mansion will be CLOSED on Saturday September 19th. Instead, join us across the river at Crailo State Historic S...
09/08/2026

Schuyler Mansion will be CLOSED on Saturday September 19th. Instead, join us across the river at Crailo State Historic Site's annual Harvest Faire! Experience a day of Dutch colonial history, activities, and games at the site of the childhood home of Catharine van Rensselaer Schuyler.

This event is free and open to the public. For further questions, call Crailo at (518) 463-8738.

On this day in 1755, Catharine van Rensselaer married Philip Schuyler. This marriage was expedited as Catharine was four...
09/07/2026

On this day in 1755, Catharine van Rensselaer married Philip Schuyler. This marriage was expedited as Catharine was four months pregnant at the time, and as Schuyler was a captain in the French and Indian War, they did not want to risk him dying without legitimizing the child. Five months later, on February 20th, their first child, Angelica, would be born.

(Image of the Schuyler family bible. The entry regarding their marriage is on the top left-hand corner.)

On this day in 1775, Major General Philip Schuyler wrote an address to the inhabitants of Canada. The Northern Departmen...
09/05/2026

On this day in 1775, Major General Philip Schuyler wrote an address to the inhabitants of Canada. The Northern Department, under Schuyler, was in the process of organizing a two-pronged invasion of Canada- one through Montreal lead by Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, and another through the Maine wilderness led by Colonel Benedict Arnold. Schuyler appealed to the inhabitants of Canada to join the side of the Patriots and unite in their struggle to overthrow monarchical power in the colonies.

“…the Grand Congress have ordered an Army Into Canada to Expell from thence if possible those British troops which now acting under the order of a despotic Ministry would wish to Enslave their Countrymen. This measure Necessary as it is. The Congress would not have Entered on. But in the fullest Confidence that it would be perfectably agreeable to you, for judging of your feelings by their own they could not Conceive that any thing but the force of Necessity Could Induce you tamely to bear the Insult and Ignominy that is daily imposed on you, or that you could calmly sit by and see those chains forging which are Intended to bind you, your posterity and ours in one Common and Eternal Slavery.”

Address

32 Catherine Street
Albany, NY
12202

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Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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+15184340834

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