Love him or hate him, those who make themselves informed about Alexander Hamilton know that he was so dedicated to whatever business he had taken up, the modern term “workaholic” would unambiguously apply.

But what do we know about his activities during hours of leisure, even if he only allowed himself a miserly measure of them?

Family members later characterized him as a lover of art (although he could not afford to purchase fine paintings), theater, and music.

And it was music that, we know, drew him to Swan’s Hotel at 69 Broadway (later Judson’s Hotel), just south of Trinity Church. It was here that he attended meetings of the Philharmonic Society, according to his grandson Allan McClane Hamilton.

Snow’s Hotel also was a venue for auctions of property seized or condemned by the mayor’s court; dancing schools such as that of one Mr. Berault in 1804, and a waxworks exhibit where viewers could see lifelike mannequins of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Columbus, and scenes from Othello and Tom Jones.

Today, the site of Snow’s Hotel is in the heart of New York’s Financial District. In 1916, the 33-story Adams Express Building skyscraper was completed on the site, originally home to an express package delivery company that thrived in the late 19th/early 20th Centuries. The building was purchased by Metropolitan Life Insurance in 1988.