 Built 1808, restored in 1936, additional alterations in the 60s and 80s. Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of the City of New York since 1942, sits in Carl Schurz Park, which runs along the E. River from 84th to 90th Sts. Originally a remote country residence, renovations in the 60s and 80s provided amenities that allowed the house to function as an executive mansion. The house is open to the public on a restricted basis. 

&lt;p&gt;A compass design exploding on the floor. It was painted there in 1981, when resident Ed Koch (the City&amp;rsquo;s 105th&amp;nbsp;mayor), launched the namesake conservancy to speculatively authenticate the interior.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The experts engaged to create the compass design knew that the slave-empowered white upper class of that Federal era &amp;mdash; like the Gracies with their neoclassical taste &amp;mdash; always sought to decorate and thus conceal the plain pine planks of the actual floors. Options included mats, carpeting, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;trompe l&amp;rsquo;oiel:&lt;/em&gt; in this case, decorative painting disguised as marble tile. In that spirit, the Gracie Mansion compass rose as copied from surviving samples of such solutions in the late 1700s proved an ideal and far from merely decorative solution.&lt;/p&gt;  William Waldron

E. End Ave. opposite E. 88th St., at E. River

Gracie Mansion (Archibald Gracie House)

Jamie Drake of Drake Design Associates discusses his restoration and redecoration of the Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City. Jamie Drake focused on reestablishing both its original 18th Century Federal style and paying homage to the more recent renovations of the late 20th-century.

Susan Danilow, Executive Director of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy tells the history of the building.

 The fireplace mantle where Hamilton died in front of, was moved to Gracie Mansion as a centerpiece of the Susan B. Wagner Room where the mayor holds press conferences and social gatherings.  