Musical

Hamilton Walking Tour
New York

Walk in Alexander Hamilton's footsteps across New York City, from his revolutionary beginnings at the Battery to his final resting place on Broadway.

11 stops · 10.5 miles

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Every Stop Has a Story

The Battery

In the summer of 1775, a young Hamilton dropped out of King's College to raid this fort, hauling twenty-one cannons out from under British fire in one of his first tastes of combat.

The Site of Public Unrest

In 1776, after a public reading of the Declaration of Independence, a mob toppled the gilded statue of King George III in this park, and you can still see the rough edges on the surrounding iron fence where patriots sawed off its crowns for ammunition.

A Revolutionary Meeting Place

Built in 1719 as a private house, this tavern hosted the Sons of Liberty's plotting against the crown before George Washington bid an emotional farewell to his officers here in 1783.

The Final Resting Place

Alexander Hamilton is buried in this churchyard beneath a white marble monument, and his wife Eliza, who spent her long widowhood ensuring his contributions were never forgotten, was laid to rest beside him fifty years later.

The Seat of Government

George Washington was inaugurated as the first president here in 1789, and as the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton worked within these walls to build the nation's financial foundations while grappling with his political rivals.

The Room Where It Happened

A modern office building now stands where Thomas Jefferson once rented a home, and it was here that Hamilton struck a dinner-table deal with Jefferson and Madison, trading the location of the nation's capital for passage of his plan to have the federal government assume $25 million in state debts left over from the revolution.

Park Theatre

Philip Hamilton confronted George Eacker in a private box here during a performance, and when the argument spilled into the lobby, Eacker's insult, calling them damned rascals, prompted the formal challenge that led to their fatal duel.

King's College

Hamilton enrolled at King's College here in 1774, and when the school reopened after the Revolutionary War in 1784, it was renamed Columbia to distance itself from its royal origins.

Bayard House

After being rowed back across the Hudson following his fatal duel, Hamilton spent his final hours in this home, surrounded by his wife Eliza and their children, before he died on the afternoon of July 12.

The Grange

Hamilton designed this country home, the only house he ever owned, as a peaceful family retreat and named it the Grange after his father's ancestral home in Scotland, though he lived here for just two years before his death.

Washington's Headquarters

George Washington used this hilltop mansion as his headquarters in the desperate autumn of 1776, and decades later it became the home of Aaron Burr, Hamilton's greatest rival, after he married the wealthy widow Eliza Jumel.

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