Existing comment:
Friendship Hill is Christened:
February 1, 1788 -- Gallatin received formal title from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the property. He named the property Friendship Hill after the men whom he admired and counted among his compatriots: Henri Serre, Jean Savary de Valcoulon and Jean Badollet, a schoolmate from Geneva and Gallatin's closest friend. It is probably that Gallatin began construction of the Brick House soon after he received ownership of the land. |