House contains a complete collection of furniture, ceramics, fine art, textiles and family documents. Guided tours presented hourly. Official governor's residence since 1883. Located on Eagle Street in downtown Albany, this historic house has been home to New York's governors and their families since 1875. Special cuirriculum-based tours for school groups are also available at these times and at 10 and 11am on Thursdays.
All tours are free of charge.
Herb garden, perennial garden, concerts and dancing are some of the special events and features. Schuyler began his military career in 1755 during the French and Indian War, when, at twenty-two, he received a captain's commission. Catharine Van Rensselaer, whose family home, Crailo, still stands across the river from Albany. By 1760 Schuyler planned a home for his family and chose a site in the southern area of the city of Albany on a bluff overlooking the Dutch Church pasture. Schuyler selected an large English Georgian brick house design, but was unable to oversee the first two years of its construction because he sailed to England in 1761.