<P> The residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations . As of 2016 it was located in a suite of rooms on the 42nd floor of the Waldorf - Astoria Hotel in New York City leased by the U.S. Department of State . Described in press reports as "palatial", the establishment of the current residence in 1947 marked the first time in history that an ambassadorial residence had been located in a hotel . </P> <P> Beginning in 1947, shortly after the siting of the United Nations secretariat in New York, the U.S. State Department took a long - term lease for occupancy of a suite of rooms by the U.S. ambassador at the Waldorf - Astoria, a luxury hotel constructed in 1931 . The establishment of the ambassador's residence at the Waldorf - Astoria made it the first hotel in history to house an ambassadorial residence . In 1960, a townhouse at Sutton Place, originally constructed by J.P. Morgan in 1921, was donated to the U.S. government by then owner Arthur Houghton with the intention it be used as a new ambassadorial residence . However, ambassador Adlai Stevenson II determined the home was not to his liking and the residence continued at the Waldorf - Astoria . (The Sutton Place townhouse was subsequently re-gifted by the United States to the United Nations and currently serves as the official residence of the Secretary - General of the United Nations .) </P>

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