The Jay Estate in Rye was home to one of our nation's greatest peacemakers, John Jay...
...and today, it is YOUR park
Our nonprofit, the Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to transforming the 23-acre Jay Estate into a vibrant educational campus, hosting innovative and inclusive programs about American History, Historic Preservation, Social Justice, and Environmental Stewardship.
New Trustee and New Auxiliary Board!
Please Welcome Tom McDermott, Eliza Fraser and Katy McCrory
JHC is delighted to welcome Tom McDermott to the JHC Board of Trustees! Tom began his work at The Rye Record as a Life & Style columnist and in 2013 he was named Editor, beginning a decade of reporting on every facet of community life, including local government and political campaigns, education, high school sports, non-profit organizations, and sustainability. Prior to that, he was an administrative executive at Time Inc./Time Warner for 20 years. He brings a wealth of community outreach expertise and marketing savvy to his new trustee position. READ TOM’S FULL BIO HERE.
We also welcome Eliza Fraser and Katy McCrory in their roles as Co-Presidents of the new JHC Auxiliary Board. Eliza is a second-generation Rye native who attended Rye High School before graduating from Wake Forest University and earning her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. She is a partner at Cohen, Soloway, and Wooldridge and a mother of two. Katy is a branding executive and mother of four. Born and raised in Rye, she attended Rye High School before graduating from Vanderbilt University. She built her career in marketing and branding at several premier financial services institutions, including Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs, and Millennium Management. They are both excited to help expand awareness about the Jay Heritage Center and all it has to offer to new and existing residents of Rye.
June 17th, 11:30am - 2pm
Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown
Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of “Beyond Blue and White.”
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like Barbara Rotteveel to Gilded Age collectors like Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500 Read more about Ms. Wheeler-Brown here.
Now at the Jay Estate Gardens Thru November 1, 2026
Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos
On view now through – November 1, 2026
Thursdays: 10 AM – 2 PM
Sundays: 10 AM – 5 PM
PLUS Join us for a very special reception with the artist on June 24th at 4pm in the Jay Estate Gardens
It is deeply meaningful to share these sculptures at the Jay Heritage Center, a place rooted in the history of American diplomacy. Here, they connect the story of our modern embassies abroad with John Jay’s legacy as a statesman at home and diplomat abroad. — Jorge Otero-Pailos
About the Work
Analogue Sites is a series of steel sculptures by Spanish-American artist and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos, created in 2019 from fencing salvaged during the preservation of the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, designed by Finnish-American modernist master Eero Saarinen. Otero-Pailos transformed this material as a way of preserving its layered history and drawing attention to the U.S. Embassy Program—an unprecedented Cold War–era initiative by the State Department that made modernist architecture and the arts central to American diplomacy abroad. READ MORE HERE
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