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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden Review
Built in 1799, this former carriage house (i.e., stable) became a day hotel (a sort of country club) in 1826. Now restored and owned by the Colonial Dames of America, it provides a glimpse of the days when the city ended at 14th Street and this area was a country escape for New Yorkers. The 45-minute tour passes through the eight rooms that display furniture and artifacts of the Federal and Empire periods. Many rooms have real artifacts such as clothes, hats, and fans that children can handle. There is a lovely adjoining garden, designed in an 18th-century style.
- Address: 421 E. 61st St., between York and 1st Aves., Upper East Side, New York, NY, 10065 | Map It
- Phone: 212/838-6878
- Cost: $8
- Hours: Tues.-Sun. 11-4
- Website: www.mvhm.org
- Subway: 4, 5, 6, F, N, R to 59th St./Lexington Ave.
- Location: Upper East Side
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