Historic House Trust of City #2012 Annual Report

Values What’s Inside #Historic Building Conservation and Property Management #Organizational Development Support Messages from our Board Chair and p. 2-3 #Community Engagement Executive Director, Innovative Programming #Education and Public Programs at our Houses #Diverse Material Culture

p. 4 Preserve

p. 5 Sustain

p. 6 Engage

p. 7 Educate

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Follow Us p. 9 Spotlight: Advocacy Online www.historichousetrust.org

Facebook p. 10-11 FY12 Statement of Activities and Supporters www.facebook.com/hhtnyc

Twitter @hhtnyc Mission The Historic House Trust of (HHT) is a nonprofit organization that operates in tandem with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to aid in and insure the preservation of 23 city-owned historic properties located in parks in all five boroughs. We believe historic sites are not static antiquities © 2013 – they are living institutions uniquely poised to address current issues while retaining their connections to Historic House Trust the past. HHT is therefore dedicated to preserving our sites, protecting their collections, engaging diverse of New York City audiences, educating visitors and sustaining the nonprofit organizations that operate our houses. HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY

BOARD OF INVIGORATING OUR WORLD INNOVATION AT OUR HOUSES DIRECTORS’ DIRECTORS COUNCIL

John C. Gustafsson Brian G. Andersson Chair A MESSAGE FROM JOHN C. GUSTAFSSON, BOARD CHAIR A MESSAGE FROM FRANKLIN D. VAGNONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR George H. Beane Deborah Krulewitch eople think of history- that’s such the understatement. We have been n this Annual Report, the communities and expanding their programming. William L. Bernhard Chair Emerita based organizations as studying and re-studying the historic house world. Historic House Trust is Taking a cue from the work of our member Susan Berotti Myra J. Biblowit things that remain very When we’re done, we’re going to incorporate our proud to feature innovative houses, HHT has also been focusing on expanding Mario Buatta Vice Chair P I Diana Chapin much the same for long periods learning into the innovative programming that programs that the houses in our innovation in historic house . As always, Franny Eberhart of time, much as they think of distinguishes our houses, pushing the boundaries of collection have initiated we love to hear what our supporters think about Wanda Chin Vice Chair Alice B. Diamond our stock in trade, the historic what is expected and acceptable. We are already independently. Located in our work and what they would like to see and Bruce D. Dixon Lisa Ackerman house. The more it stays the starting to get the attention of new audiences diverse neighborhoods experience. We invite you to join our conversations Treasurer Murray B. Douglas same, the better it is, yes? Well, no. Not anymore. around the world, and of new funding sources throughout the five boroughs, these organizations about the future of historic house museums on Richard W. Southwick Jamie Drake Secretary Fiscal 2011-2012 was a time not merely for HHT previously unavailable to us. The core of our work have succeeded in attracting diverse audiences Twitter (@hhtnyc) and Facebook (www.facebook. Ivy Fairchild to contemplate change but also to redefine our remains the same: we continue to provide through imaginative programs and educational com/hhtnyc). Don’t be shy -- tell us what you Amy L. Freitag Cynthia Wainwright Board Development future and re-vision our ability to survive and to conservation, curatorial and financial resources to offerings. From naturalization ceremonies and yoga really think! Together, we can continue to forge Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen remain relevant. Here at HHT, and previously as our individual houses and their staffs and boards classes, to contemporary art pursuits and historic an inclusive, exciting path to engagement for Donald Friedman George Haitsch Veronica White* chair of the Historical Society, I have of directors. But we’re moving into something preservation workshops, HHT sites are actively New York City’s storied historic houses. Commissioner, NYC Department developed a little bit of experience with historic completely new. We have begun to provide responding to community needs and interests Dr. Robin Harper of Parks & Recreation houses and the economic, cultural, educational and management resources -- helping the smaller, local through exciting, participatory programs and Margize Howell Kate Levin* social environment in which they operate. Of this boards of directors to develop themselves, to experiences. Despite difficult realities facing historic Kenneth T. Jackson Commissioner, NYC Department I can be sure: the times, they are a changin’. And improve themselves and to grow themselves. To house museums -- including a dwindling fundraising Susan Henshaw Jones of Cultural Affairs Lucy Kennedy even though our ilk has been known for staying follow up on these targeted efforts, we have created base, a perceived lack of relevance and interest from Thérèse Braddick* Jonathan Kuhn the course, staying the course has to mean our first brand new Board committee in many the public, and demographic shifts -- HHT houses Deputy Commissioner of Jack T. Linn Capital Projects, NYC something new today. years, an Oversight and Management Committee, are thriving by forging connections with local Franklin D. Vagnone, Executive Director Department of Parks & Recreation Joseph Pell Lombardi Our Executive Director, Franklin Vagnone, whose mission it is to survey on a global and Judith MacDonald has spent this past year creating, developing hands-on level the functioning of our constituent J.C. Mills Suzanne Stirn Ainslie and refining a new concept in historic house boards, and then to marshal the appropriate human SPOTLIGHT: INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING Joseph Pierson Adrian Benepe management, preservation and presentation. If you and other resources to help them to help themselves. Dianne H. Pilgrim HHT applauds the success of its member houses in creating adaptive and evolutionary programming Glenn Boornazian have not had a chance to hear his thoughts, and you When our houses have stronger boards, they have a Nicholas Quennell that creatively engages the community and inspires discussion and thought. These innovative programs Arthur Norman Field have as much of a deep love of our past as we broader reach into their communities; they market Robert C. Quinlan Timothy C. Forbes are positioning the houses as centers in their communities and places for exploration, entertainment share here, let us know, and we’ll arrange for you better; they fundraise better; and they communicate Frank E. Sanchis III Charlotte Pickman Gertz and performance. A few of the emerging programs are below. to learn more. Frank’s fundamental concept is better with those they are there to serve. Scott L. Sanders Catherine Morrison Golden new for historic house museums -- second guess A few months into my tenure, I’m seeing the Joan N. Taubner Francis C. Grant III, “T” Gina Ingoglia Weiner Carolyn Grimstead everything that you think is fundamental to the upcoming years not as a time of belt-tightening Ted Hammer, FAIA historic house world. Do not assume that you can’t (which, of course, it will be!), but as a time for Regina T. Kraft reach a new audience. Do not assume that you have learning how to deploy our human resources and Paul R. Provost to keep people “at bay” when they are on your site. our intellectual resources in new and different ways Renee Ring Do not assume that the story of your house ended a to improve our houses contact with, and the Gary Ross hundred years ago. Open your mind. Create. services they provide to, their local communities Richard Franklin Sammons Cooperate. Communicate. Frank’s thoughts have and the city-at-large. Henry J. Stern made HHT into an emerging leader for new historic If you invigorate it, they will come. We’re David E. Stutzman house museum management and ideas. counting on it! FOLLOW US Franklin D. Vagnone* Immersive theatre experiences (courtesy of Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum) So where have we been during the past year? We ONLINE! *Ex-Officio have been analyzing the historic house world. But John C. Gustafsson, Board Chair

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Urban Gardening (courtesy of Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum) County fair (courtesy of Historic Richmond Town) Yoga classes (courtesy of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum) Naturalization Ceremony at Museum (courtesy of Kathy Forrestal)

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United States Gypsum

2012 Founders Award Dinner Honoree for the use of their plaster in the “Poe Plaster Party”

2012 Founders Award Dinner THE FUND AT WORK: PRESERVE SUSTAIN Honoree for Latino HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT History Project Installation of a tarp on the Merchant’s House wall and parapet, in order to prevent AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT nce the buildings are stabilized, HHT provides resources to the leadership at the houses to help moisture infiltration from them operate efficiently. Community-based nonprofit organizations, with budgets ranging from THE FUND AT WORK: damaging the recently HT’s main effort is ensuring the successful preservation of the irreplaceable historic houses in its $42,000 to $2.9 million annually, operate the historic houses as museums. HHT works to completed plaster work care. HHT’s Architectural Conservator consults on and manages restoration projects at the sites O Offering capacity building and interior finishes. strengthen these organizations through annual financial support and capacity building opportunities opportunities for the House ranging from small repairs to large-scale capital projects. As of November 2012, there are 19 including Board Governance workshops, quarterly roundtable meetings with House Directors, and Directors Repair of the fiber optic H capital projects, in design or in construction, throughout the five boroughs of New York City. In 2012, oversight on strategic planning and fiscal management. There are over 600 volunteer Board members lighting system at the Dyckman there were five “emergency” repairs – projects that supplement HHT’s capital work and are funded Farmhouse Museum in order involved in the stewardship of HHT and its member houses. to allow for the viewing of through private support for HHT. HHT’s dedicated Preservation Crew also undertakes small restoration exhibits on the lower level. projects at the sites to stave off larger architectural issues.

Provided general operating support funds to the houses 2012 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2012 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Completed the $340,000 Collaborated on the Continued the partnership Partnered with the Arts & Worked with the Conference Distributed general operating INSIDE STORY exterior restoration at development of the plan with the World Monuments Business Council of New York House Association in Staten support funds to the houses, 1 Kingsland Homestead which 2 for the new $4,475,000 3 Fund and the Williamsburg 1 and the Financial Women’s 2 Island to review Board roles 3as well as a stipend for the 11 staff members and INSIDE STORY included the restoration of the Education Center at the Wyckoff High School for Architecture & Association to host a Board and responsibilities, best practices Historic House Festival. General 15 Board members from wood cornices and windows, Farmhouse Museum, which Design with a 3-day field school recruitment event to pair the for nonprofit organizations and operating support is fundamental 14 houses attended the HHT Board Recruitment The archaeology work for as well as the replacement of received unanimous approval from at Lefferts Historic House where nonprofit organizations that mission statements. to the operation of the house event to network with the upcoming Bowne House the leaders, gutters and downspouts the New York City Landmarks students learned about proper care operate the houses with potential museums. These funds supported professionals in the fields restoration project uncovered (with support designated by Preservation Commission (with and maintenance of a historic new Board members. Old Stone House as it underwent of nonprofit organizations, some notable findings, including Borough President Hon. support designated by Mayor house including the cleaning of rebranding with design services historic preservation, the remnants of a cobblestone Helen Marshall). Michael R. Bloomberg, the historic shutters. provided pro-bono by Beardwood education and museums. pathway. Borough President Marty & Co. Markowitz and City Council After the success of the Removing graffiti from the Member Lewis Fidler). 2011 Strategic Planning masonry on the east wall and Workshop led by HHT Board stoop at the Merchant’s House Proposed Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum 1776 Peace Conference event Education Center (courtesy of N Architects) (photo courtesy of Conference House) Vice Chair Franny Eberhart Museum prompted the repainting and the hard work of the of the ornamental ironwork in Dyckman Farmhouse Museum a historically appropriate peale Alliance and staff, the Dyckman green color after it was Farmhouse has recently received discovered via paint analysis. 501c(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. In 2012, the Preservation Crew continued to address needed repair work at the houses in all five boroughs, including the floor at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum.

THE EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE FUND THE ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FUND provides support for immediate structural concerns and repairs that arise at the historic houses in HHT’s provides unrestricted support to the nonprofit organizations that operate the historic houses in HHT’s collection. The Fund is separate from the public dollars that fund our capital projects. Projects covered collection. The Fund also assists with professional development and capacity building initiatives for the by the Emergency Maintenance Fund can include small repairs that, if left untreated, may weaken the houses. building’s architectural fabric, or larger problems that pose an immediate threat to the structure as a public venue.

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2012 Founders Award Dinner 2012 Founders Award Dinner Honoree for helping HHT run its Honoree for smartphone “Poe Plaster Party” contest. applications for all HHT houses.

THE FUND AT WORK: ENGAGE EDUCATE MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS SIGNATURE In partnership with Benjamin EDUCATION Moore, provided sponsorship for ith the buildings secure, HHT works to increase the relevance and visibility of the individual n December 2010, The New York Community Trust generously awarded a grant of $100,000 to the the Little Red Lighthouse Festival PROGRAM: and commissioned signage in sites and to promote visitation to the collection as a whole. Through city-wide events and Historic House Trust to fund the development of a series of signature education programs at its historic Spanish. programs, HHT oversees activities that encourage public engagement in local communities houses. In 2012, HHT worked with the substantial majority of its sites to develop these programs and Edgar Allan Poe Cottage— W I The Bronx Latino History and invite visitors to explore the City’s history. HHT actively updates its lively Facebook, Twitter and successfully launched eight of them. Thanks to the support of The New York Community Trust, to date Project: English/Spanish YouTube pages and has expanded its community engagement through multilingual publications and audio over 25,000 people in all five boroughs have had the chance to experience New York City and its history Audio Interpretation and the \ tours. Through its Roof Raisers Brigade and Edward I. Koch Intern and Fellow program, community in exciting ways—whether through the lens of a pinhole camera, with Bronx Latino History Project members can volunteer their time and talents with HHT and its houses. Currently, there are over one a bilingual audioguide, by planting and cultivating vegetables, in an Historic Houses of the Bronx Map Brochure. thousand volunteers involved with the 23 member sites. online Revolutionary War game, and through other interactive educational initiatives. Gracie Mansion—“A Student Guide to the People’s House” Brochure.

2012 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST’S SIGNATURE EDUCATION PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Participated in Respect For All Welcomed more than 800,000 Prioritized community Forged a new partnership with Bartow-Pell Mansion Alice Austen House Lefferts Historic House— Week. For this initiative, HHT visitors to the historic houses engagement during Hurricane Art Beyond Sight to create Museum—Native American Museum—Pinhole Camera Interactive Kitchen Exhibit. created and posted a special for tours, school programs, Sandy response. HHT used audio descriptions of the Garden Project. This project Program. By creating an The interactive kitchen online lesson plan for educators. 1 2 3 1 2 3 and family activities. 2012 also Twitter to actively communicate houses, helping to further engage expanded their most popular enhanced pinhole camera program, exhibit corrected the historical COURTESY OF THE GRACIE MANSION CONSERVANCY The plan included an interactive marked the 20th anniversary of the with its houses, receive information visitors with visual impairments. education program and enhanced the Alice Austen House Museum inaccuracies of the previous activity teaching themes of Little Red Lighthouse Festival, from community members, Pictured is David Mandel, HHT’s it with a nutrition-based tied their site to a national kitchen and granted visitors the King Manor Museum—King Respect for All through the lens Library Interpretation/ of New York City History. drawing hundreds to the beloved and reach out to other cultural Director of Interpretation & curriculum. event—Worldwide Pinhole freedom to handle historic landmark. institutions. HHT Tweeted this Education, recording an audio Photography Day. reproductions of kitchen items. Commonplace Book picture, taken by Lewis H. Latimer description of Conference House. Activities. House caretaker Joel Holub, and many other photos to keep constituents apprised of conditions at the houses. INSIDE STORY

HHT connections could be found throughout the performing arts in NYC this year – performances of Poe’s poetry set to salsa music, an Alice Austen Morris-Jumel Mansion Off-Broadway musical, and Museum—The Mansion a children’s musical about and the Revolutionary War the Little Red Lighthouse E-Field Trip. (commissioned by HHT). Old Stone House—Battle of At HHT’s food-themed fall festival, Courtesy of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Courtesy of Paul Moakley Courtesy of Lefferts Historic House Museum Brooklyn: Online Activity. the Cool Haus truck, pictured below, was on hand with a Little Red Lighthouse inspired ice- cream sandwich of red velvet THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FUND THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS FUND cookies and Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream. YUM! promotes visitation to the collection as a whole and supports public engagement initiatives at HHT provides support to the sites in HHT’s collection to help develop and strengthen their public and houses. The Fund aids HHT’s Edward I. Koch Intern and Fellow program, sponsors citywide events educational programs. It offers assistance with identifying needs and enables the implementation of

and underwrites communication strategies. programs that increase capacity and engage new audiences. COURTESY OF OLD STONE HOUSE

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Rebecca Brainard 2012 Founders Award Dinner Preservation Crew Member Honoree for assistance in Poe Mirror conservation. Olivia Cothren Development Associate THE FUND AT WORK: Caroline Drabik PROTECT Curator Sponsored house curators to DIVERSE MATERIAL CULTURE Sheri Durkee attend a disaster management Development Director seminar at Lower East Side o help protect and conserve the collections of the houses for the enjoyment of future audiences, Tenement Museum Courtesy of Ann Stewart Meredith Horsford HHT provides curatorial assistance to the sites in its collection. Many HHT member sites lack the Deputy Director Supplied funds for Poe Mirror resources to employ a curator; the HHT Curator fills this void by providing curatorial expertise and conservation David Mandel T Director of Interpretation & resources to staff and volunteers at the houses. Currently, HHT assists in the preservation and interpretation Education INSIDE STORY of over 90,000 house collections and artifacts. From a fragment of General Lafayette’s sash at Kingsland Homestead to a piano music book used by the Tredwell sisters at the Merchant’s House Museum to Jonathan Mellon Executive Director Franklin Vagnone and Deputy Director Meredith Horsford teach a professional seminar at the Cooperstown GraduateCOURTESY Program. OF ANN STEWART Senior Architectural Conservator HHT Curator attended the AAM a collar worn by Rufus King’s dog, HHT provides support for these collections and enables Annual Meeting and Expo in Sara Meyer Minneapolis, returning with the houses to introduce their visitors to the stories told by these diverse objects. SPOTLIGHT: ADVOCACY Development Assistant information and experiences Matthew Rizzo to share with HHT site curators The Historic House Trust strongly believes in action! Through its efforts overseeing a diverse network Edward I. Koch Fellow and volunteers, like this Poe of historic house museums, HHT has developed innovative strategies for museum management Cottage volunteer. Franklin Vagnone and nonprofit administration. Throughout the year, HHT devotes time to not only implementing these Executive Director successful strategies but teaching them to others. Over the past few years, HHT staff members have 2012 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: spoken at a variety of venues including: • Brooklyn College Student project from HHT Secured funds from the Provided consultation and Provided funds and oversight • Columbia University professional seminar at Rockefeller Brothers Fund to guidance to Morris-Jumel of conservation for Edgar Cooperstown Graduate Program establish HHT’s Roof Raisers Mansion Museum for their Allan Poe’s gilt framed 19th • Cooperstown Graduate Program 1 2 3 • Cosmopolitan Club of New York City Curatorial Brigade, a training contemporary art installations. century mirror. program that will prepare • Fashion Institute of Technology volunteers to perform curatorial • Great Camp Sagamore duties at HHT houses. • Greater Hudson Heritage Network • Parsons The New School for Design HHT Curator talked with New York University (NYU) public • Metropolitan Museum of Art history class to discuss • Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums administrative challenges in (2012 Annual Museum Conference) our program areas. • Museum Association of New York An Archival Intern from NYU • Museum of the City of New York completed a project at the • Museumwise SPECIAL THANKS TO Swedish Cottage Marionette • New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Theatre archiving nearly • New York School of Interior Design 50 years of documents UNCC Student project for Van related to the theatre’s • New York University Cortlandt House Museum marionette shows. • University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Williamsburg High School for Architecture & Design

City of New York TOPICS HAVE INCLUDED: Parks & Recreation Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor • Interactive Design for Museums Veronica M. White, Commissioner • Old House, New Art: Revitalizing the Historic House Museum with Site-specific Art PRINTING OF THIS ANNUAL THE COLLECTIONS FUND • Thoughts on Houses: The Anarchist REPORT IS GENEROUSLY provides basic but essential collections care to the houses in HHT’s collection. The Collections Fund UNDERWRITTEN BY FORBES HHT Curator and the Guide to Historic House Museums Contemporary Art Partnerships offers assistance with collections management and curatorial needs. • Quantitative Analysis for Nonprofits No part of this report may Committee enjoyed a trip to the be printed without the Brooklyn Museum to view the • Successful Sustainability for Museums permission of The Historic House “Playing House” contemporary Housed in Historic Structures Trust of New York City, Inc. art activations in the museum’s Student project from Columbia University graduate course “The Future ISSN 1083-379x. period rooms. of House Museums: Real Problems, Real Solutions”

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BRONX QUEENS

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Bowne House (718) 885-1461 STATEMENT OF (718) 359-0528 www.bpmm.org OUR FY12 SUPPORTERS THE HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES OUR 2012 SUPPORTERS King Manor Museum Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (718) 206-0545 (718) 881-8900 ACTIVITIES www.kingmanor.org www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org $50,000 plus Jay E. Cantor Thérèse Braddick Joseph S. Piropato Benjamin Moore Carlin B. Vickery & James F. Capalino Cynthia Brown Platt Byard Dovell White Architects Kingsland Homestead Valentine-Varian House FISCAL YEAR 2012 Bloomberg Philanthropies Diana D. Chapin Rita G. Buckholtz Jane Quappe (718) 939-0647 Museum of Bronx History www.queenshistoricalsociety.org (718) 881-8900 (JULY 1, 2011 TO JUNE 30, 2012) The Charina Endowment Fund Kathleen Coumou Wanda Chin Nicholas Quennell www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org New York City Department of Parks Susan & Greg Danilow Margize Howell & Jeremy Johnston / Quint, Miller & Company Lewis H. Latimer House & Recreation Tula Telfair & Spencer Davidson Classical American Homes William Rainford (718) 961-8585 Van Cortlandt House Museum The New York Community Trust Helen & Bruce Dixon Preservation Trust Janet Ross (718) 543-3344 Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust Jamie Drake / Drake Design Associates Jane Cooke Frank E. Sanchis III Queens County Farm Museum www.vancortlandthouse.org (718) 347-FARM (3276) Elephant Rock Foundation Joan P. Cordy Pamela Schafler www.queensfarm.org $25,000 - $49,999 Ivelisse Fairchild Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Edward D. Schmidt BROOKLYN Bloomberg Doris & Arthur Field Bank Arthur L. Scinta STATEN ISLAND Franny & David Eberhart Derek Flanagan Kevin Dieterich Theodore W. Scull Lefferts Historic House Museum History Channel (718) 789-2822 Timothy C. Forbes DLZHP LLC Ruth Lande Shuman Alice Austen House Museum www.prospectpark.org The Frelinghuysen Foundation Marilyn Durkee Lisa M. Somar (718) 816-4506 $15,000 - $24,999 Andrew S. Gaffney Foundation The Dyer Family Fund Richard W. Southwick www.aliceausten.org Hendrick I. Lott House Bank of America Charlotte Pickman Gertz Ferris Foundation Margaret Keller Sperling (718) 375-2681 Cynthia C. Wainwright & Stephen Berger Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gordon H. S. Fitzgibbon II Jack Taylor Conference House www.lotthouse.org (718) 984-6046 The Bodman Foundation Jack D. Gunther Kristin Gamble Flood United Way of New York City www.conferencehouse.org Old Stone House Con Edison Horace Havemeyer Thomas Gallagher Walter F. Wientge, Jr. (718) 768-3195 The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Integrated Conservation Contracting, Inc. Gaylord Bros., Inc. Warren Wilford Historic Richmond Town www.theoldstonehouse.org The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Joan & John Jakobson David Gerson Sarah Winkler (718) 351-1611 Foundation Susan & Gordon Kaye Nora L. Gibson George W. Young www.historicrichmondtown.org Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum MetLife Foundation Lucy D. Kennedy William A. Glaser (718) 629-5400 Seguine Mansion www.wyckoffassociation.org The New York City Landmarks Valery Komissarov Ginger Schnaper & Henry P. Godfrey $249 AND UNDER (718) 390-8012 Preservation Commission Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski & Tom Zoufaly Lorna de Wangen Graev & Lawrence Graev Special thanks to all of our supporters May & Samuel Rudin Family Linda & Steven Levy Cheryl Greene for your generosity. We would list you For more information on these Foundation, Inc. Jay Lewis Stephen Gullo all if we could! sites please visit our website Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Nancy Lynn Benjamin K. Haavik at www.historichousetrust.org. (212) 304-9422 $10,000 - $14,999 Judith R. MacDonald Judith P. Hadlock Gifts received between July 1, 2011 www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org American Express Hermes Mallea & Carey Maloney George J. Haitsch and June 30, 2012. Every effort has Joan Krupskas & Ted Barbour Jason & Deborah McManus Robin Harper been made to present an accurate Gracie Mansion (212) 570-4751 New York State Council on the Arts Richard & Ronay Menschel Elyse M. Hoelzer and complete list of donors. Please www.nyc.gov/gracie The Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation Joseph Mizzi Hunter College President Jennifer contact the Historic House Trust with Peter M. Pennoyer J. Raab in honor of Deborah any corrections at (212) 360-8282. Little Red Lighthouse $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Pierson Krulewitch (212) 304-2365 George H. Beane Warrie & James David Price Professor & Mrs. Kenneth T. Jackson Merchant’s House Museum Catherine Morrison Golden / Golden Paul R. Provost Kaese & Lynch Architecture and (212) 777-1089 Family Foundation Queens Borough President’s Office Engineering LLP www.merchantshouse.org Francis C. Grant III Encarnita & Robert C. Quinlan David I. Karabell Mary Beth & John C. Gustafsson Sara & Gary Ross Shahnaz Batmanghelidj & Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum Deborah & Peter Krulewitch Anne Fairfax & Richard F. Sammons Radford W. Klotz (212) 923-8008 www.morrisjumel.org Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Schrage Regina & Warren Kraft Novak Charitable Trust The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Jack T. Linn Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre 80% Renee Ring & Paul Zofnass Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Swanson Elizabeth & Paul Lisotta (212) 988-9093 OF EVERY DOLLAR Skanska USA Joan N. Taubner Kathleen Longo & Bruce Pollack www.cityparksfoundation.org David E. Stutzman Barbara & Donald G. Tober Henry Luce Foundation CONTRIBUTED GOES TD Bank Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner & Nora W. Mazur TO MISSION-RELATED The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors Paul A. Wagner Louise Middleton PROGRAMS in America Earl D. & Gina Ingoglia Weiner Henry B. Middleton Giulia & Marc Weisman Maria Mongelli $1,000 - $4,999 Wyndham Worldwide Corporation Barbara F. Moore A.T.J. Electrical Co., Inc. The Donald & Barbara Zucker Family Gloria & Richard J. Moylan Mark Abel Foundation Museumwise 20% Lisa Ackerman Linda & Bill Musser Suzanne & Paul Ainslie $250 - $999 Libby & Matt O’Connell Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard Kay Allaire The Cozen O’Connor Foundation Inc. Beyer Blinder Belle Timothy Allanbrook Jeffrey Oppenheim Myra & Charles Biblowit Elizabeth Peale Allen Kate B. Ottavino 80% Rochelle & Bernard Bloom Anonymous Otis & Nancy Pearsall Glenn Boornazian Adrian Benepe & Charlotte Glasser Daniel Pesce Mario Buatta The Arun I & Asmita Bhatia Family David C. Picerno David C. Burger Foundation Dianne H. Pilgrim A model of Poe Cottage at HHT’s Annual Founders Award Dinner (courtesy of Daniel Avila) Elizabeth Cabot Robert J. Bigler Aaron Pine

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ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2012 MISSION: The Historic House Trust of New York City (HHT) is a nonprofit organization that operates in tandem with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to aid in and insure the preservation of 23 city-owned historic properties located in parks in all five boroughs. We believe historic sites are not static antiquities – they are living institutions uniquely poised to address current issues while retaining their connections to the past. HHT is therefore dedicated to preserving our sites, protecting their collections, engaging diverse audiences, educating visitors and sustaining the nonprofit organizations that operate our houses.

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Courtesy of Queens County Farm Museum A 1950s Christmas at Merchant’s House Museum “Jazz At the Mansion” at Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum