Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hamilton Grange National Memorial
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Memorial
Hamilton Grange
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Location	Upper Manhattan, New York City, NY
Coordinates	40°49′17″N 73°56′50″W / 40.82139°N 73.94722°W / 40.82139; -73.94722Coordinates: 40°49′17″N 73°56′50″W / 40.82139°N 73.94722°W / 40.82139; -73.94722
Built	1802
Architect	John McComb Jr.
Architectural style	Federal style
Website	Hamilton Grange National Memorial
NRHP Reference #	66000097
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960

Hamilton Grange National Memorial, also known as The Grange or the Hamilton Grange Mansion, is a National Park Service site in St. Nicholas Park, Manhattan, New York City, that preserves the relocated home of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The mansion holds a restoration of the interior rooms and an interactive exhibit on the newly constructed ground floor for visitors. The Hamilton Heights subsection of Harlem derived its name from Hamilton's 32 acre estate there.

Alexander Hamilton was born and raised in the West Indies and came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study at King's College (now Columbia University). During his career, Hamilton was a military officer, lawyer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, American political philosopher, war hero, initiator and author of the majority of the pivotal and influential The Federalist Papers, and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Hamilton commissioned architect John McComb Jr. to design a country home on Hamilton's 32 acres (13 ha) estate in upper Manhattan. The two-story frame Federal style house was completed in 1802, just two years before Hamilton's death resulting from his duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804. The house was named "The Grange" after Hamilton's grandfather's estate in Scotland. The Grange was the only home ever owned by Hamilton and it remained in his family for 30 years after his death. The Grange might have also been Hamilton’s rivalrous answer to Jefferson's Monticello.