Author: BLACK, MARY
Title: New York City's Gracie Mansion: A History of the Mayor's House 1646-1942
Description: New York: Pub Center Cultural Resources, 1984. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0961372907. B&W Illustrations; 9 X 8.40 X 0.60 inches; x, 93 pages; Hard cover is black with some rubbing. Scuffing, bumping. Black spine with gold lettering. Birthday gift inscription in green felt tip on a front, blank page. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, bumping; price clipped front flap; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Blue end papers. Lavishly illustrated with b/w pictures and a 4 page fold out of manhattan, at rear of book. "An account of the years 1646 to 1942 based on Gracie Mansion, an historic structures report by Joan R. Olshansky ... And on the unpublished manuscript by Susan E. Lyman, Archibald Gracie and his mansion." Archibald Gracie then built another building, now known as Gracie Mansion, on the site in 1799, and used it as a country home until 1823, when he had to sell it to pay debts. In 1942, Robert Moses convinced Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia to appropriate the house as a mayoral residence. Its main two floors are open to the public on a limited basis for guided tours and serve as a small museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Index.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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