he Morris-Jumel Mansion, located at the top of Manhattan in Washington Heights, is the borough’s oldest home. It was built in 1765, by British military officer Roger Morris. Morris and his family fled the home once the American Revolution started, as they were British loyalists. Some years later, in 1810, a French merchant named Stephen Jumel purchased the mansion
Manhattan’s Morris-Jumel Mansion and the Angry Ghost of Eliza Jumel
Her body may be buried in the family tomb, but Eliza's troubled spirit never left her stately home.
