Samuel J. Tilden House

The Samuel J. Tilden House is a historic townhouse pair at 14-15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan, New York City.

Built in 1845, it was the home of Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886), former governor of New York, a fierce opponent of the Tweed Ring and Tammany Hall, and the losing presidential candidate in the disputed 1876 election.

[4][5] From 1881 to 1884,[6] Calvert Vaux combined it with the row house next door, also built in 1845, to make the building that now stands,[7] which has been described as "the height of Victorian Gothic in residential architecture" with Italian Renaissance style elements.

The building interior retains many Victorian features dating to the Vaux redesign, including parquet floors and floor-to-ceiling wood paneling.

He ran for president in 1876, winning the popular vote, but losing the electoral college to Rutherford B. Hayes in a politically controversial process.