Historic House Trust of New York City

New year, new look! We are super excited to unveil our newly redesigned website! Get to know #HHTNYC and explore our 23 partner historic house museums! historichousetrust.org

Happy 175th birthday, Lewis Latimer! Latimer was the son of slaves who became a trailblazer in science. He innovated how to make the lightbulb last longer, worked with Thomas Edison, and corresponded with Frederick Douglass. The @LatimerHouse in #Queens is an @NYCParks treasure!

Thank you, @AAMers for this recognition. We are honored to be reaccredited and to be recognized among such esteemed organizations. Congratulations to all of the other institutions on this list! @hhtnyc #NYC #historichouses #historichomes

Lights! Camera! Lighthouse! 🎬 @HRMMdotorg needs your help to tell the story of the last seven lighthouses guarding the Hudson River in their documentary... including our partner, Little Red! igg.me/at/seven-senti…

It may be a little late for Halloween scares, but @BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural explored the halls of @MorrisJumel Mansion. Ready for some historic haunts? 👻 youtube.com/watch?v=96BhTy…

Morris-Jumel Mansion and HHT announced a new $2.7M design and construction project. #RestorationCelebration🌟 Read @GusSaltonstall's article on Patch ↓ patch.com/new-york/washi…

Celebrate #Halloween with us on Saturday, 10/30! 🎸Starting at 11:30 am with Rolie Polie Guacamole #concert at President St & 5th Ave 👻#Parade down 5th Ave to the Park at Noon 👐At 1 pm enjoy a giant #puppet pageant 🧛#CostumeContest starting at 2 pm.

THIS SATURDAY: Join us for a special presentation at Decker Farm! Drew Shuptar-Rayvis returns to Staten Island for a presentation of indigenous people's history.

#TriviaTuesday In the Aug. 31, 1889 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine, Morris-Jumel Mansion was listed among 10 historic New York houses. Take a closer look: how many of these 10 houses are still standing today? #historichomes #historichouses #NYC @hhtnyc #historicpreservation

Please RT and join if you can!: @VCHMNYC @HHValley @KingManorMuseum @OSHBklyn @RichmondTownNYC @edgecombeavenue @Bartow_Pell @MountVernon @hhtnyc

THURS 9/2 @4PM: The Overlook returns to the Mansion for a free outdoor concert that surveys four centuries of #stringquartet music by Black composers from 1700-present incl. Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Florence Price & Eleanor Alberga. 🎟️: ow.ly/X54850FZ1iF 📸: J Drummond

Looking for something to do this Labor Day Weekend? The Richmond County Fair is the place to be! You can save some $ and some time by PURCHASING YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLINE! See you this SEPT. 4-6, 12-6pm! qoo.ly/3dsmw6

TODAY @4PM-Join us for Day 2 of the #OmnipresentMusicFestival! There will be a #free pop-up concert w/ the #FranklinRankin Jazz Combo held on the porch. The public is welcome to bring picnic blankets & listen from other areas in #RogerMorrisPark. More: omnipresentmusicfestival.org

This SATURDAY, August 14, at 12:30pm at the Christopher House, Historic Richmond Town is delighted to welcome living historian Drew Shuptar-Rayvis, who will present a special program on native life in the Northeast region.

It's a wrap on our first week of the Summer Apprentice Program! The program continues until the beginning of August, and will welcome local kids and teens alike to learn an historic trade at NYC’s only living history village! qoo.ly/3d3k54

DFM & the I WAS HERE project are examining the history of important sites in our neighborhood. The project is a synthesis of what is known & what will never be known – what is lost forever. This combination acts to revoke a mythology created to keep a broken citizenship in place.

Embark on a virtual path with @hhtnyc's Connecting Culture: A Virtual Path through Dutch Heritage at NYC’s Historic Houses. Learn about HHT partner sites and how the NLs have made a lasting impact on NY throughout the centuries. historichousetrust.org/visit/dutch-he… 🏠 @RichmondTownNYC

So glad you could make it for our last @GatherNewYork concert yesterday with guest musicians from @nyphil! We've got some exciting events in July too; check out morrisjumel.org for details! @hhtnyc @NoMAAarts #UptownArtsStroll

Join our friends #TheOverlookStringQuartet as they play this evening at our fellow #HistoricHouse @DyckmanFarm ! We look forward to hosting them again soon @MorrisJumel! #livemusic #concerts #classicalmusic @hhtnyc

6.18.21 #Drawing: The one and only @MerchantsHouse Museum part of the @hhtnyc and considered one of the finest surviving examples of domestic architecture from the period, the 1832 late-Federal and Greek Revival Townhouse is a designated landmark! Revisiting it in watercolor.