HHT In the News

“This groundbreaking is more than just a construction milestone. It is a celebration of history, community, and the belief that every New Yorker deserves a meaningful connection to our shared past.”

Giulietta Fiore, HHT Executive Director
Patch: Manhattan’s Oldest House Kicks Off $10M Restoration

“This is an opportunity to create a museum from scratch. We’re talking about wallpaper, paint. We’re talking about the ceilings. You can actually walk in and see the layers of building here at the Lott House.”

Giulietta Fiore, HHT Executive Director
CBS News: Brooklyn’s historic Hendrick I. Lott House getting long-overdue restoration

“Once you get people in the door, then you are engaging with the ‘housiness’ of these places: this is where people entertained, this is where people ate, this is where enslaved people lived, this is the fireplace that they fed all night long.”

Meredith Horsford, HHT Director Emerita
Urban Omnibus: This Old House

“In preserving Dutch historic sites, I think it’s important that we’re not just telling the story of the Dutch who came here and built these houses. It’s really important for us to tell a more complete and robust story of history and think about other groups who were a part of that period of time.”

Meredith Horsford, HHT Director Emerita
The Art Newspaper: A glimpse into New York City’s Dutch heritage 400 years later

Our Partners In the News

“Lewis Latimer was one of the very first African Americans to break the corporate glass ceiling… He was an early trailblazer for the traditionally marginalized by demonstrating that qualified people who all too often are victims of discrimination and denied opportunity can compete and excel, produce and perform, create and contribute as capably as anyone else.”

Hugh B. Price, Lewis Latimer House Chairman
New York Times: Long in the Shadows, the Latimer House Museum Gets a Glow-Up

“I wanted it to be a very safe place to talk about queer history and celebrate queer identity today.”

Victoria Munro, Alice Austen House Executive Director
New York Times: At This Staten Island Garden, the Plants Are All Queer

“Our ongoing mission is to educate the public about the Bowne-Parsons family and their history of activism, including John Bowne’s fight for religious freedom and the participation of family members in the Underground Railroad.”

Elise Helmers, Bowne House Executive Director
Queens Tribune: Flushing’s Bowne House hosts Underground Railroad event, landmark tour in celebration of Black History Month

“Historic Richmond Town is a brilliant resource for all Staten Islanders and all New Yorkers. Never more than now have we needed to understand our history, support each other, and move forward together. The experiential history lessons offered by Richmond Town on-line today, and in person soon, provide the rich opportunity to learn, grow, and celebrate our neighbors and ourselves.”

Laura Gentile, Historic Richmond Town President
SILive: Historic Richmond Town names new president of the living village

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