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Alice Austen House
- 718-816-4506
- 2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY, USA
The Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island recalls the world of an exceptional woman, photographer Alice Austen. Austen's quaint,… Read More
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
- 718-885-1461
- 895 Shore Road, The Bronx, Westchester County, NY, USA
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, with its splendid Greek Revival interiors, is tucked away in a lovely, quiet corner of Pelham Bay… Read More
Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum
- 607-642-9516
- 9241 State Route 38, Newark Valley, NY, USA
The Bement-Billings Farmstead features the Federal style house built in 1794 by Revolutionary War veteran Asa Bement, on land that… Read More
Boscobel House and Gardens
- 845-265-3638
- 1601 Route 9D, Garrison, NY, USA
Built between 1804 and 1808 on a 250-acre river front site in Montrose, New York, Boscobel is considered to be… Read More
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
- 716-689-1440
- 3755 Tonawanda Creek Road, East Amherst, Amherst, NY, USA
Tour historical homes, a rural church and one-room schoolhouses from the Buffalo Niagara region. Read More
Cherry Hill
- 518-434-4791
- Historic Cherry Hill, 2 S Pearl St, Albany, NY 12202, USA
Historic Cherry Hill tells a story of America through the lives and experiences of five generations of an Albany, New… Read More
Clermont
- 518-537-6622
- 87 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, NY, USA
Clermont was built between 1740 and 1750, by Robert Livingston, Jr., on land acquired in 1686 by his father, just… Read More
Crailo State Historic Site
- 518-463-8368
- 9 1/2 Riverside Avenue, Rensselaer, NY, USA
Crailo was built in the early 18th century by Hendrick Van Rensselaer, grandson of the First Patroon. Hendrick died in… Read More
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
- 212-304-9422
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, West 204th Street, New York, NY, USA
The Dyckman family sold the prosperous farm in 1868 and moved to a more fashionable mansion on Broadway. In 1915,… Read More
Edna St. Vincent Millay Society at Steepletop
- 518-392-3362
- 436 East Hill Road, Austerlitz, NY, USA
Steepletop is the former estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay. It encompasses a wonderfully preserved home with… Read More
Fraunces Tavern Museum
- 212-425-1778
- 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY, USA
Built in 1719 as an elegant residence for the merchant Stephan Delancey and his family, in 1762 the home was… Read More
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
- 718-442-1608
- 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA
This historic house is preserved as a memorial to the lives of Antonio Meucci and Giuseppe Garibaldi. Antonio Meucci, a… Read More
George Eastman House
- 585-271-3361
- 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film combines the world's leading collections of photography and film with the… Read More
Gracie Mansion
- 212-570-4751
- East End Ave & East 88th Street, New York, NY, USA
Gracie Mansion stands in Carl Schurz Park above Hell Gate, a roaring stretch of water where the Harlem and East… Read More
Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum
- 585-394-1472
- 295 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY, USA
Travel back in time as one of our knowledgeable docents leads you through the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum. Listen… Read More
Hart-Cluett House
- 518-272-7232
- 59 2nd Street, Troy, NY, USA
Amid the 19th century rowhouses in the Second Street Historic District in downtown Troy sits a white marble house, completed… Read More
Historic Richmond Town
- 718-351-1611
- 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA
The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes and commercial and… Read More
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS
- 845-229-9115
- 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, USA
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site contains "Springwood", the lifelong home of America's only 4-term President. Also… Read More
Hyde Hall
- 607-547-5098
- 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown, NY, USA
Hyde Hall is one of the finest representations of romantic classicism in America. The three parts of the house-the family… Read More
Kent-Delord House Museum
- 518-561-1035
- 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY, USA
The Kent-Delord House Museum, on the shore of Lake Champlain and near the heart of historic downtown Plattsburgh, New York,… Read More
King Manor Museum
- 718-206-545
- 150th Street & Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA
King Manor, the oldest house in Jamaica, Queens, is the focal point of the historic 11-acre King Park. The house… Read More
Kingsland Homestead
- 718-939-647
- 143-35 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY, USA
Built between 1774 and 1785, the Kingsland Homestead is one of the earliest surviving examples of residential style construction common… Read More
Kykuit
- 914-631-9491
- Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA
This hilltop paradise was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family, beginning with the philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder… Read More
Lefferts Historic House
- 718-965-8951
- Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Built by a Dutch family in the 18th century farming village of Flatbush, Lefferts Historic House interprets the history of… Read More
Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site
- 845-454-4500
- 2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Overlooking the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY, the 150 acre estate of Samuel F.B. Morse includes an Italianate villa designed… Read More
Lyndhurst
- 914-631-4481
- 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, USA
Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic Revival mansions. The architectural brilliance of… Read More
Mabee Farm Historic Site
- 518-887-5073
- 1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY, USA
In a storybook setting of productive fields and a matchless Mohawk River landscape sits the Jan Mabee Farm - the… Read More
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- 518-758-9689
- 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, NY, USA
Martin Van Buren purchased this house and farm while he was president and grew the estate to eventually include 226… Read More
Merchant’s House Museum
- 212-777-1089
- 29 East 4th Street, New York, NY, USA
The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact inside and out from the 19th century.… Read More
Montgomery Place
- 845-752-5000
- Montgomery Place Historic Estate, River Road, Red Hook, NY, USA
Montgomery Place, a serene reflection of nearly 200 years of continuous family stewardship, is best known as a landscape influenced… Read More
Morris-Jumel Mansion
- 212-923-8008
- 65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY, USA
Manhattan's oldest surviving house, the Morris-Jumel Mansion atop Harlem Heights, is a monument to colonial grandeur. Built about 1765 as… Read More
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
- 212-838-6878
- 421 East 61st Street
Constructed in 1799 as a carriage house for a 23-acre estate, and converted into the Mount Vernon Hotel in 1826,… Read More
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
- 585-235-6124
- 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, USA
Home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site… Read More
Olana: Frederic E. Church House
- 518-828-135
- Olana Visitor Center and Museum Store, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY, USA
Olana State Historic Site was the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), one of the major figures in the Hudson… Read More
Phelps Mansion Museum
- 607-722-4872
- 191 Court Street, Binghamton, NY, USA
The Phelps Mansion Museum was built in 1870 for Sherman D. Phelps, a local Binghamton businessman, by architect, Isaac G.… Read More
Philipsburg Manor
- 914-631-8200
- 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA
Philipsburg Manor is a historic site of great historical importance. Once the headquarters of an enormous Hudson Valley manor, the… Read More
Poe Cottage
- 718-881-8900
- 2640 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY, USA
Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life, from 1846 to 1849, in The Bronx at Poe Cottage,… Read More
Prouty-Chew House
- 315-789-5151
- 543 S Main St, Geneva, NY, USA
Charles Butler, a Geneva attorney, built the Prouty-Chew House as a Federal style home in 1829. Phineas Prouty, a local… Read More
Queens County Farm Museum
- 718-347-3276
- Queens County Farm Museum, Little Neck Parkway, Queens, NY, USA
This 47-acre tract of farmland exemplifies the 300-year history of agriculture and farming as a way of life and livelihood… Read More
Raynham Hall
- 516-922-6808
- 20 West Main Street, Oyster Bay, NY, USA
Heavily remodeled over the years, the house has been restored to its 1740s appearance. Read More
Rose Hill Manor
- 315-789-3848
- 3373 New York 96A, Geneva, NY, USA
Considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States, Rose Hill Mansion was restored in… Read More
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- 516-922-4792
- 12 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY, USA
Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in… Read More
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
- 518-434-834
- 32 Catherine Street, Albany, NY, USA
The Georgian structure, reflecting Schuyler's English tastes - was built on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River. Originally situated on… Read More
Seward House
- 315-252-1283
- 33 South Street, Auburn, NY, USA
The historic home of William Henry Seward and his family. Serving as a New York State Senator, Governor of New… Read More
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion
- 585-394-4922
- 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, NY, USA
A beautiful Victorian mansion and gardens, located at the north end of Canandaigua Lake was ormerly the summer home of… Read More
Southampton Historical Museum
- 631-283-2492
- 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY, USA
The Rogers Mansion was built by Captain Albert Rogers in 1843, at the peak of the whaling industry. The property… Read More
Sunnyside
- 914-631-8200
- 3 West Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY, USA
Sunnyside, a National Historic Landmark, is the meticulously restored and charmingly picturesque home of renowned author Washington Irving. America's first… Read More
Ten Broeck Mansion
- 518-436-9826
- 9 Ten Broeck Place, Albany, NY, USA
House constructed 1797-98 for Abraham Ten Broeck and his family; remodelled c.1836 and operated as a house museum since 1948… Read More
The 1890 House Museum
- 607-756-7551
- 37 Tompkins Street, Cortland, NY, USA
Explore 15,000 square feet of four floors within the Wickwire Residence in Downtown Cortland, NY. The grand limestone Chateauesque style mansion,… Read More
The Bundy Museum of History and Art
- 607-772-9179
- 129 Main St, Binghamton, NY, USA
The house is an 1892 Queen Anne designed by Elfred Bartoo and was the first home of Harlow E. Bundy,… Read More
The Captain David Crawford House
- 845-561-2585
- 189 Montgomery St, Newburgh, New York, USA
This majestic house, architecturally unique in the Hudson Valley, is remarkably intact, having been little changed over the years. There… Read More
The Cobblestone Society Museum
- 585-589-9013
- 14389 Ridge Road, Albion, NY, USA
The Cobblestone Museum is an open-air museum that promotes the study and exploration of cobblestone construction methods from 1825 to… Read More
The Conference House
- 718-984-6046
- 298 Satterlee St, Staten Island, NY, USA
Built by English immigrant Captain Christopher Billopp, in or around the year 1680, this handsome stately manor was a wheat… Read More
The Harriet Tubman Home
- 315-252-2081
- 180 South Street, Auburn, NY, USA
The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "The Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and… Read More
The Oliver House Museum
- 315-536-7318
- 200 Main Street, Penn Yan, NY, USA
In 1852, Dr. Andrew Oliver built a large brick Italianate style house on Main Street in Penn Yan. This 18… Read More
The Seguine Mansion
- 212-360-8282
- 440 Seguine Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA
The impressive Greek Revival structure stands on the south shore of Staten Island; among its chief glories is a panoramic… Read More
The Stone-Tolan House Historic Site
- 585-546-7029
- 2370 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA
Based on the family life of pioneers Orringh and Elizabeth Stone, the Stone-Tolan House Museum represents the private and the… Read More
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS
- 212-260-1616
- 28 East 20th Street, New York, NY, USA
Roosevelt's original birthplace was demolished in 1916. After Roosevelt's death in 1919, the site was purchased by the Women's Roosevelt… Read More
Valentine – Varian House
- 718-881-8900
- The Museum of Bronx History (MBH) at the Valentine-Varian House, 3266 Bainbridge Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Blacksmith Isaac Valentine built this four-level fieldstone farm house in 1758 near the Boston Post Road. His property included a… Read More
Van Cortlandt House
- 718-543-3344
- Van Cortlandt House Museum, Broadway, Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx, NY, USA
Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx is a fine example of an 18th-century vernacular Georgian home, set in a wide… Read More
Van Cortlandt Manor
- 914-631-8200
- Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA
At Van Cortlandt Manor, explore the stone manor house and brick ferry house, wander through the heritage gardens, and stroll… Read More
Vanderbilt Mansion
- 845-229-7770
- 119 Vanderbilt Park Road, Hyde Park, NY, USA
Historically known as Hyde Park, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is one of the region's oldest Hudson River estates. For… Read More
Wilder Homestead
- 518-483-1207
- 177 Stacy Road, Malone, NY, USA
Boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder, husband of author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read More
Wilderstein Historic Site
- 845-876-4818
- 330 Morton Road, Rhinebeck, NY, USA
The original Italianate villa designed by John Warren Ritch was remodeled and enlarged in 1888 by Thomas's son Robert Bowne… Read More
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
- 718-629-5400
- 5816 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Once a stone's throw from salt marshes and clam beds, the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum is probably the oldest… Read More
































































