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Following his April 1789 inauguration, President [[George Washington]] occupied two private houses in | Following his April 1789 inauguration, President [[George Washington]] occupied two private houses in New York City, which served as the executive mansion. He lived at the first, the [[Samuel Osgood House|Walter Franklin House]], which was owned by Treasury Commissioner [[Samuel Osgood]], at 3{{nbs}}Cherry Street, through late February 1790.{{r|Baker1897}}{{r|mvorg}} The executive mansion moved to the larger quarters at [[Alexander Macomb House]] at 39–41 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]],{{r|mvorg}} where Washington stayed with his wife [[Martha Washington|Martha]] and a small staff until August 1790. In May 1790, construction began on a new official residence in [[Manhattan]] called [[Government House (New York City)|Government House]]. | ||
Washington never lived at Government House since the national capital was moved to [[Philadelphia]] in 1790, where it remained through 1800.<ref>''[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388214 The Government House, New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521221921/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388214 |date=May 21, 2022 }}'', Currier & Ives, Met Collection, Catalog Entry, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed May 21, 2022.</ref>{{r|Stokes}} The July 1790 [[Residence Act]] designated the capital be permanently located in the new [[Washington, D.C.|Federal District]], and temporarily in Philadelphia for ten years while the permanent capital was built.{{r|6ylva}} Philadelphia rented the mansion of [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]], a merchant, at 190 High Street, now 524–30 [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]], as the [[President's House (Philadelphia)|President's House]], which Washington occupied from November 1790 to March 1797.{{r|ushist}} Since the house was too small to accommodate the 30 people who then made up the presidential family, staff, and servants, Washington had it enlarged.{{r|ushist}} | Washington never lived at Government House since the national capital was moved to [[Philadelphia]] in 1790, where it remained through 1800.<ref>''[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388214 The Government House, New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521221921/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388214 |date=May 21, 2022 }}'', Currier & Ives, Met Collection, Catalog Entry, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed May 21, 2022.</ref>{{r|Stokes}} The July 1790 [[Residence Act]] designated the capital be permanently located in the new [[Washington, D.C.|Federal District]], and temporarily in Philadelphia for ten years while the permanent capital was built.{{r|6ylva}} Philadelphia rented the mansion of [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]], a merchant, at 190 High Street, now 524–30 [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]], as the [[President's House (Philadelphia)|President's House]], which Washington occupied from November 1790 to March 1797.{{r|ushist}} Since the house was too small to accommodate the 30 people who then made up the presidential family, staff, and servants, Washington had it enlarged.{{r|ushist}} | ||