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Friendship Hill -- Gallatin's Wilderness Home
Albert Gallatin bought this land in 1786 when this area was known as the "western country." Three years later he constructed a two-story brick house at Friendship Hill for his new bride, Sophia. After Sophia died, Gallatin built additions to the house in 1798 and 1823 for his second wife, Hannah, and their children.
By the end of Gallatin's ownership, Friendship Hill included a barn, a well, vegetable and pleasure gardens, an orchard, and a gardener's cottage. However, since Gallatin's political posts kept him from living at Friendship Hill for years at a time, he finally sold his isolated estate in 1832, settling in New York City. |