Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site was authorized in 1978 to protect Saint Paul's Church from increasing industrialization of the surrounding area. Saint Paul's Church was one of New York's oldest parishes and was used as a military hospital after the...

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology is the only museum in New York City dedicated solely to the art of fashion. Come and see our award-winning exhibitions, which have been described by Roberta Smith in The New York Times as "ravishing."

The Marble Schoolhouse is a Greek Revival style schoolhouse in Eastchester, New York that was built in 1835. The schoolhouse features exhibits of local history and is open by appointment with the Eastchester Historical Society.

Collection of original artifacts and works of Thomas Paine, father of the American Revolution and creator of the human rights movement. The Paine monument stands outside the building.

Located on the last two acres of the original 320 given to Thomas Paine by New York State in 1784, you will find Thomas Paine's second cottage (rebuilt after a fire claimed the first one in 1793), and the Sophia Brewster One-Room Schoolhouse. The Thomas Paine Cottage...

Sherwood House is one of the few remaining pre-Revolutionary War tenant farmhouses in the New York Metropolitan area. It was built about 1740 by Thomas Sherwood on land leased from Frederick Philipse and was purchased in 1801 by Yonkers’ first physician, Doctor...

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, with its splendid Greek Revival interiors, is tucked away in a lovely, quiet corner of Pelham Bay Park – an area that was once home to more than 20 elegant country estates. As the only grand country house still in existence on Pelham...

The Van Cortlandt House Museum, also known as Frederick Van Cortlandt House or Van Cortlandt House, is the oldest building in The Bronx, New York City. The house was built by Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699 - 1749) in 1748 as a mansion for the Van Cortlandt family. It...

The Valentine-Varian House was built in 1758, when carriages traveled the nearby Boston Post Road through a Bronx that was still mostly farmland. The second oldest house in the borough stands today inside a wrought-iron fence in a small park in the Norwood...

Philipse Manor Hall is a state historic site and museum. We span centuries of both regional and international history, and offer regular house tours, public programming, and educational opportunities. We are open to the public and available for research queries. Come...