Morris-Jumel Mansion

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The Morris-Jumel Mansion, located in historic Washington Heights, is the oldest house in Manhattan. It was built by Roger Morris in 1765 and reflects the Palladian style of architecture. It served as the residence and office of George Washington in the autumn of 1776 during the New York Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The Morris-Jumel Mansion later hosted many other distinguished visitors, including dinner guests John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and John Quincy Adams. The controversial ex-vice president Aaron Burr lived at the house briefly in the 1830s, while married to Eliza Jumel (who soon divorced him). Today, the house is lavishly decorated with period furnishings and careful reproductions of period carpets and wallpaper.

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