Mount Vernon Hotel Museum

Abigail Adams Smith Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	421 East 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Built	1799
Architectural style	Federal, or American Colonial
NRHP reference No.	73001223
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1973

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, also known as Abigail Adams Smith Museum or Stable of "Mount Vernon", is a former carriage house located at 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Built in 1799, it was turned into a day hotel in 1826. It closed the hotel in 1833. Formerly known as the Abigail Adams Smith Museum, it has been run as a museum by the Colonial Dames organization since 1939.

Smith and her husband William Stephens Smith never lived here, though they did own the land.

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

It is open to the public for tours with 8 restored rooms. The museum focuses on a time when the hotel's location offered a respite from the dirt, noise and bustle of city life. In the early part of the 19th century, New York City extended only as far as 14th Street and it was common for members of the upper- and middle-classes to take day trips to "the country"--that is, the rural setting of what is now Midtown Manhattan. At such day hotels, guests would enjoy boating trips, carriage rides, social events such as balls, and other leisure activities.

The Museum also features a children's show every spring, Fare for All at the Mount Vernon Hotel, that depicts the concerns and lifestyle of the actual family who lived here and operated the hotel, the Woodhulls. The show's composer is Tony Award winner Mark Hollman.

The Hotel is featured in the Woody Allen movie Hannah and Her Sisters as one of the characters' favorite examples of historical New York City architecture.

External links

• Official Site
• Description of museum at ny.com