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Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion
Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion\r\n\r\nJune 2, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm\r\n \r\n
The Jay Estate in Rye is where one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, John Jay (1745-1829) grew up as a young man. Thanks to the efforts of its subsequent owners who cherished it and community advocates who saved it, this sylvan and historic 23 acre oasis, once part of an expansive 400 acre farm, still boasts a magnificent 10,000 year old view to Long Island Sound and is now open to the public. For visitors, it provides a rare and truly breathtaking window into our past and a glimpse of the horizons and opportunities that Jay and his descendants saw for our new country.
Join us for a docent led tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion. See the ongoing restoration efforts of this Greek Revival masterpiece, the only one of its kind open to the public in the lower Hudson Valley. Built by Jay’s eldest son, Peter Augustus, it sits atop the footprint of John Jay's childhood home and reincorporated into it are the original timbers, shutters and nails from the 1745 farmhouse called “The Locusts.” Visitors can literally see the layers of history being uncovered here by artisans in the preservation process.
This landmark place on New York State’s Path Through History is the crucible where the character of a patriot was forged. Jay served his country in every branch of government - as a spymaster during the Revolutionary War; as a diplomat and Minister to Spain; as a negotiator of the Treaty of Paris and the Jay Treaty; as an architect of our state’s constitution; as an author of the Federalist Papers; as our first United States Chief Justice; as Governor of New York State; and as an anti-slavery advocate who founded the New York Society for the Manumission of Slaves and signed the Gradual Emancipation Act into law. Jay’s accomplishments are many and his legacy to future generations is immeasurable. But so too are the legacies of all the men and women who lived or worked here and left their imprints on this very same quintessentially American landscape.
Our role is to trace and examine the paths that led them all to this place so you can follow. Hear stories about famous figures like telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse or American novelist James Fenimore Cooper who walked these grounds and depicted the Jay home and household in his first popular tale “The Spy.” Imagine Triangle Shirtwaist Factory heroine Daisy Lopez here in Rye escaping the city’s oppression in the early 1900s. Learn about the Paleo-Indians who harvested oysters and paddled in Milton Harbor and left behind traces of their campsites. Who were Mary, Plato, Sylvia, Venus and Caesar Valentine? They were enslaved individuals who labored here but were also freed and buried here; new scholarship surfaces every day and helps us retrace their steps so you can too. From the immigrant Irish and Italian servants who stocked the pantries and icehouse, to the gardeners who groomed boxwood parterres, to the farmhands and coachmen that made this place function - you will discover their stories here. We welcome you to help us learn more. www.jayheritagecenter.org
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CLOSED FOR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY
CLOSED FOR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY\r\n\r\nJune 5, 2019 - June 7, 2019 @ \r\n Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580, USA\r\n
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CLOSED FOR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY\r\n\r\nJune 5, 2019 - June 7, 2019 @ \r\n Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580, USA\r\n
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CLOSED FOR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY
CLOSED FOR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY\r\n\r\nJune 5, 2019 - June 7, 2019 @ \r\n Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580, USA\r\n
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Dwellings of the Enslaved and Freed
Dwellings of the Enslaved and Freed\r\n\r\nJune 9, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm\r\n Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580, USA\r\n
Dwellings of the Enslaved and Freed in the City and Town of Rye
With Joseph McGill, Jr., The Slave Dwelling Project & Historian Dr. Larry Spruill
Learn more about the places where enslaved men, women and children lived, worked, slept and died in the City and Town of Rye before and after emancipation. We'll study the original Jay Estate on the Post Road with special focus on the recent archaeological discovery of a Dutch brick building on the property by Prof. Eugene Boesch. We’ll also discuss strategies for preserving and interpreting slave quarters at the Bush Lyon Homestead in Port Chester which may be the oldest such structures in Westchester County. With special guest speaker Joseph McGill, Jr., members of The Slave Dwelling Project and panelists including noted Westchester historian Dr. Larry Spruill, Professor at Morehouse College.
Hosted by the non-profit Jay Heritage Center.
FREE and open to the Public
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Joseph McGill, Jr., is the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and a history consultant for Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC. By arranging for people to sleep in extant slave dwellings, the Slave Dwelling Project has brought much needed attention to these often-neglected structures that are vitally important to the American built environment.
As of the beginning of 2019, Mr. McGill has conducted over 150 overnights in approximately 100 different sites in 23 states and the District of Columbia. He has interacted with the descendants of both the enslaved communities and of the enslavers associated with historic plantations. He speaks with school children and college students, with historical societies, community groups, and members of the general public.
Prior to his current position, Mr. McGill was a field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, working to revitalize the Sweet Auburn commercial district in Atlanta, GA and to develop a management plan for the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. Mr. McGill also served as the Executive Director of the African American Museum located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Slave Dwelling Project raises national awareness of extant structures related to the stories of enslaved men and women and brings together scholars, preservationists, students and educators to preserve and interpret these significant structures and places.
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No one has disseminated knowledge of Westchester County’s African American history in as lasting a manner as Dr. Larry Spruill, lead consultant for the African American Heritage Trail with its 13 significant designations unveiled in 2004. He is a champion of important black cultural sites and stories that are powerful, tragic, inspiring and ennobling and have gone untold in history books. He is a 2019 recipient of the Westchester County Historical Society’s Sy Schulman History Award.
Dr. Spruill has distinguished himself as a lifetime educator and mentor. Apart from his teaching career, he served as Mount Vernon’s City Historian beginning in 1988, the first African American to hold such a post in New York; he helped advise on the preservation of the John Stevens House and historical site. In 2001, he was honored by then County Executive Andrew Spano with the John Harmon Award at the inaugural Westchester County Trailblazers Ceremony.
His two decades of research about black Eastchester residents, Rebecca and Benjamin Turner culminated in the renaming of two local Mount Vernon schools in 2014 in recognition of these two local heroes, plus an exceptional paper, “Benjamin and Rebecca Turner – Their Heritage Uncovered: The Case for Long Term Local African American History” which is the keystone for a study guide that is used by the National Park Service at St. Paul’s Church, a National Historic Site.
He will share his research about the trail sites especially the extant slave quarters at the Bush Lyon Homestead in Port Chester.
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OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 12, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 13, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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CLOSED FOR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND
CLOSED FOR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND\r\n\r\nJune 14, 2019\r\n \r\n
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OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 19, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 20, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 21, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion
Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion\r\n\r\nJune 23, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm\r\n \r\n
The Jay Estate in Rye is where one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, John Jay (1745-1829) grew up as a young man. Thanks to the efforts of its subsequent owners who cherished it and community advocates who saved it, this sylvan and historic 23 acre oasis, once part of an expansive 400 acre farm, still boasts a magnificent 10,000 year old view to Long Island Sound and is now open to the public. For visitors, it provides a rare and truly breathtaking window into our past and a glimpse of the horizons and opportunities that Jay and his descendants saw for our new country.
Join us for a docent led tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion. See the ongoing restoration efforts of this Greek Revival masterpiece, the only one of its kind open to the public in the lower Hudson Valley. Built by Jay’s eldest son, Peter Augustus, it sits atop the footprint of John Jay's childhood home and reincorporated into it are the original timbers, shutters and nails from the 1745 farmhouse called “The Locusts.” Visitors can literally see the layers of history being uncovered here by artisans in the preservation process.
This landmark place on New York State’s Path Through History is the crucible where the character of a patriot was forged. Jay served his country in every branch of government - as a spymaster during the Revolutionary War; as a diplomat and Minister to Spain; as a negotiator of the Treaty of Paris and the Jay Treaty; as an architect of our state’s constitution; as an author of the Federalist Papers; as our first United States Chief Justice; as Governor of New York State; and as an anti-slavery advocate who founded the New York Society for the Manumission of Slaves and signed the Gradual Emancipation Act into law. Jay’s accomplishments are many and his legacy to future generations is immeasurable. But so too are the legacies of all the men and women who lived or worked here and left their imprints on this very same quintessentially American landscape.
Our role is to trace and examine the paths that led them all to this place so you can follow. Hear stories about famous figures like telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse or American novelist James Fenimore Cooper who walked these grounds and depicted the Jay home and household in his first popular tale “The Spy.” Imagine Triangle Shirtwaist Factory heroine Daisy Lopez here in Rye escaping the city’s oppression in the early 1900s. Learn about the Paleo-Indians who harvested oysters and paddled in Milton Harbor and left behind traces of their campsites. Who were Mary, Plato, Sylvia, Venus and Caesar Valentine? They were enslaved individuals who labored here but were also freed and buried here; new scholarship surfaces every day and helps us retrace their steps so you can too. From the immigrant Irish and Italian servants who stocked the pantries and icehouse, to the gardeners who groomed boxwood parterres, to the farmhands and coachmen that made this place function - you will discover their stories here. We welcome you to help us learn more. www.jayheritagecenter.org
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OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
OPEN- JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 26, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 27, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
JHC Visitors Center at the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House\r\n\r\nJune 28, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\r\n \r\n
Two small exhibits are currently on display at the Carriage House. The first, "The Design of Providence," is a narrative of the Jay Estate and its residents accompanied by a display of artifacts discovered over many years of archaeological probes.
The second is titled "Home Green Home - A Sustainable Dollhouse" which is appropriate for children and their parents or caregivers - this kid sized model home engages kids in an "I Spy" energy and resource savings activity and was created by the Rye Garden Club. Additional materials for this exhibit were generously funded by Con Edison.Admission to the Carriage House is Free.
To arrange a tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion on a weekday please call (914) 698-9275 at least 24 hours in advance to make your appointment for a docent. Docent led tours of the Jay House - suggested donation $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and free for students and children up to age 12 as well as JHC members and their guests.
For educators: ask us about scheduling a performance of "Striving for Freedom" - our signature play about the abolition of slavery - for your school group. Ideal for 4th through 7th Grade Social Studies and History classes. Available year round and are FREE. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv83-Iecsk
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Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion
Sunday Tours of the 1838 Jay Mansion\r\n\r\nJune 30, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm\r\n \r\n
The Jay Estate in Rye is where one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, John Jay (1745-1829) grew up as a young man. Thanks to the efforts of its subsequent owners who cherished it and community advocates who saved it, this sylvan and historic 23 acre oasis, once part of an expansive 400 acre farm, still boasts a magnificent 10,000 year old view to Long Island Sound and is now open to the public. For visitors, it provides a rare and truly breathtaking window into our past and a glimpse of the horizons and opportunities that Jay and his descendants saw for our new country.
Join us for a docent led tour of the 1838 Jay Mansion. See the ongoing restoration efforts of this Greek Revival masterpiece, the only one of its kind open to the public in the lower Hudson Valley. Built by Jay’s eldest son, Peter Augustus, it sits atop the footprint of John Jay's childhood home and reincorporated into it are the original timbers, shutters and nails from the 1745 farmhouse called “The Locusts.” Visitors can literally see the layers of history being uncovered here by artisans in the preservation process.
This landmark place on New York State’s Path Through History is the crucible where the character of a patriot was forged. Jay served his country in every branch of government - as a spymaster during the Revolutionary War; as a diplomat and Minister to Spain; as a negotiator of the Treaty of Paris and the Jay Treaty; as an architect of our state’s constitution; as an author of the Federalist Papers; as our first United States Chief Justice; as Governor of New York State; and as an anti-slavery advocate who founded the New York Society for the Manumission of Slaves and signed the Gradual Emancipation Act into law. Jay’s accomplishments are many and his legacy to future generations is immeasurable. But so too are the legacies of all the men and women who lived or worked here and left their imprints on this very same quintessentially American landscape.
Our role is to trace and examine the paths that led them all to this place so you can follow. Hear stories about famous figures like telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse or American novelist James Fenimore Cooper who walked these grounds and depicted the Jay home and household in his first popular tale “The Spy.” Imagine Triangle Shirtwaist Factory heroine Daisy Lopez here in Rye escaping the city’s oppression in the early 1900s. Learn about the Paleo-Indians who harvested oysters and paddled in Milton Harbor and left behind traces of their campsites. Who were Mary, Plato, Sylvia, Venus and Caesar Valentine? They were enslaved individuals who labored here but were also freed and buried here; new scholarship surfaces every day and helps us retrace their steps so you can too. From the immigrant Irish and Italian servants who stocked the pantries and icehouse, to the gardeners who groomed boxwood parterres, to the farmhands and coachmen that made this place function - you will discover their stories here. We welcome you to help us learn more. www.jayheritagecenter.org
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