schuyler mansion

Well-preserved, superb staff, and a wonderful all-round visit. Incredible how the family owned so much of the area and then lost it all.

fantastic pre-Revolutionar War mansion owned by one of the colony's leading families. Never very crowded, not well known, but worth the visit for history buffs.

Very nice tour, interesting and informative guide for the tour. Well worth the visit. Wish I had more time to visit other sites she told me about.

The guide was excellent. He was enthused and knowledgable about the history of the family that built the house, the property and the city. He was charged up about history...very refreshing! The house had an interesting story and well preserved. It has been an historical site for 100 years!

I was lucky enough to get a tour all to myself from a very knowledgeable guide. The house is well preserved but it is the information from the guide that makes it come alive.There is an interesting small exhibit in the Visitor centre. Plenty of off street parking.

The people working this site are very knowledgeable and friendly. Ian actually greeted us in the parking lot. We knew we were early and planned to walk around a little but he let us in the visitor's center early. This mansion is a little chunk of history. The colors of some of the rooms (which have been verified for accuracy) are hysterical! But it tells us a lot of what life was like for a family of their wealth. The house has been restored as much as possible to its' early condition. But it would have been nice to have a little epilogue about the house after the family owned it. Who knew Millard Fillmore was an owner (by marriage)?

This was on my to-do list because I'm intrigued by old buildings/houses/mansions, etc. I was not disappointed! It's smaller than I expected, but completely worth the visit if you appreciate historic buildings. The building is quaint and charming, and even though many of the pieces in the home are not original, they've done well with replication. Our tour group was very small, just my family of four and another family of three. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, and she answered all of our questions. Tour took about an hour. When we left, my children, 13 and 8, admitted that they loved this visit, as well!

I have lived in the Albany area for many years, but just visited the Schuyler Mansion this week. As others have noted, we had a private tour of the house as we were the only visitors on a weekday. What that tells me is that the mansion is not well advertised, but it should be. The Schuyler's hosted George and Martha Washington in the home, as well as General John Burgoyne after he surrendered his troops in 1777, which was a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. Our tour guide, Debbie, was very personable and answered all our questions. There are only some original pieces of the Schuyler's furniture in the mansion but I don't think that detracts from how the house is being restored. There is off-street parking in the rear of the building. If you are within the Upper Hudson Library System, you can borrow a pass from a local library and get in for free.

we were in time for the last tour. we are seasoned rev war visitors. we were so happy to see this home. Alexander Hamilton was married to elizabeth schuyler in this home. We were on our way to a wedding which made the visit all the more meaningful.

The only remnants of the estate is the main house, built Georgian style. It's located on the west bank of the Hudson River on Catherine St. in Albany. We took the self guided tour for $3 each. However there were informative volunteers to answers any questions we had. The actual structure would have been massive compared to other dwellings during the colonial period. For some reason we expected more. It's probably because it's called Schuyler Mansion. All of the out buildings, kitchen, ice house, etc. have long since been gone.

We went to visit this mansion in April and it was closed. A kind worker told us that the mansion and other like attractions are closed until some time in May. Check hours and availability before visiting.

We scheduled a trip months in advance for a university history club trip. We called the weekend of to confirm, and then waited a half hour for the tour guide to arrive and nobody ever showed up. We called several times and left messages as well. Nobody ever got back to us. We're very disappointed

Well maintained historic site. The docent provided an excellent background on the history of the site and regional happenings during the time the original owners built and lived in the mansion.

Like others have mentioned we had a personal tour of the mansion. We also had a well-educated guide who was great. I think her name was Dannielle. The tour lasted about an hour and it was very interesting.

We stopped by the mansion at 11am on a Sunday and found ourselves with a personal tour of the Schuyler mansion because there were no other visitors. Our tour guide was absolutely wonderful - I wish I had caught her name to thank her here. She spent about an hour with us in the mansion telling us all about Philip Schuyler and his very interesting family, walking through the rooms that most of the major Revolutionary war players would have also walked through.The mansion is located in one of Albany's not-so-great neighborhoods; don't let that discourage you from visiting. There is a parking lot and it's very easy to find - I just wouldn't plan on wandering around the neighborhood after. There is a small exhibit in the visitor's center (it'll take you maybe 5-10 minutes), including a model of what they think the grounds looked like in Schuyler's day - definitely try to check that out before or after your tour.