Preservation & restoration Projects Archives

September 23 – Classic Design Luncheon with Thomas Jayne & Pilar Viladas

September 5, 2021

“Tradition is now.” – Jayne Design Studio Just as the Jay Estate has adapted its buildings and landscape to serve a 21st-century… Read More

August 23, 2021

(Updated) RYE, New York, August 23, 2021 — The Covid-19 pandemic may have stalled capital projects at many museums, historic… Read More

September 19, 2020

The Jay Heritage Center is pleased to announce that it has completed the first phase of a major restoration project… Read More

June 25, 2020

JHC is thrilled to welcome Rachel Ericksen and Tom Rice, our inaugural 2020 summer Jay Fellows. Rachel and Tom are… Read More

June 9, 2020

Brent Leggs, an accomplished advocate for the preservation of African-American historical sites, will speak at JHC as part of a… Read More

May 29, 2020

The Jay Estate is in the news! The Journal News is highlighting the Jay Estate as part of their celebration… Read More

March 10, 2020

One of JHC’s newest board members, Jorge Otero-Pailos, views the Jay Estate as a rare hands-on laboratory for graduate students… Read More

January 26, 2020

Thanks to an extraordinarily generous challenge grant from the prestigious Gerry Charitable Trust, the Jay Estate is building a beautiful… Read More

October 2, 2019

On a sunny Saturday morning, more than 130 visitors poured into the African American Cemetery in Rye — the first… Read More