African Meeting House, Nantucket
29 York Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Tel: (508) 228-9833
Website: www.afroammuseum.org
The only public building constructed and occupied by African
Americans in the 19th century still standing on Nantucket Island.
The small post-and-beam building dates from about 1827, when it
was a church, a school for African children, and a meeting house.
Although Nantucket public schools were racially integrated in 1846,
the meeting house continued to be used well into the 20th century
as a social center. The building is owned by the Museum of African
American History and National Trust members receive a discount on
entry fee.
Open: Jun to Oct, Mon-Fri 11am-3pm, Sat 11am-1pm, Sun 1pm-
3pm. Other months by appointment.

African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, Boston
46 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Tel: (617) 720-2991
Website: http://www.afroammuseum.org
On a hill named Beacon, on a street named Joy, stand the African
Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School. Here, William Lloyd
Garrison founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society and
Frederick Douglass recruited troops for the 54th Massachusetts
Regiment. The African Meeting House (1806), the oldest existing
black church building in the country built primarily by black
artisans, was the center of community activity for almost a century.
The Abiel Smith School (1835), the nation's first building
constructed for the sole purpose of housing a black public
school, played a key role in making equal access to education the
law of the land. Both properties are owned by the Museum of
African American History.
Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm. Close Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Year’s Day.

Chesterwood
4 Williamsville Rd, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Tel: (413) 298-3579
Fax: (413) 298-3973
Email: mailto:chesterwood@nthp.org
Sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, the "Minute Man" at Concord,
Massachusetts, and many familiar public monuments, Daniel
Chester French was a leading turn-of-the-century sculptor. His
studio, nestled in the Berkshire Mountains, provided a retreat from
New York's urban life. Models, studies and full-size sculptures of his
famous works are displayed in the studio, museum gallery, summer
home and gardens.
Open: daily, 29 May to 11 Oct 10am - 5pm.

Cliveden
6401 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144
Tel: (215) 848-1777
Fax: (215) 438-2892
Email: mailto:info@cliveden.org
Website: http://www.cliveden.org
Built as a summer house by Benjamin Chew, colonial Chief Justice
of Pennsylvania, Cliveden was maintained by his family for over 200
years. In 1777 the house was the scene of the Battle of
Germantown, a pivotal action between George Washington’s troops
and the British.
Open: Apr to Dec, Thurs-Sun 12noon-4pm.

Kykuit
Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, New York 10591
Tel: (914) 631-8200 (Mon-Fri) (914) 631 3992 (weekends)
Website: http://www.hudsonvalley.org
Completed in 1913 for John D. Rockefeller, Kykuit has been home
to four generations of Rockefeller family members. Visitors will see
collections of Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings,
galleries of 20th-century art, landscaped terraces and gardens with
fountains, pavilions and classical sculpture. In the coach barn are
horse drawn vehicles and classic automobiles.
Open: 9 May to 1 Nov, daily except Tues. Visitor Center opens 9am.
Tours depart from Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Visitors' Center, 108 Orchard Street, New York 10002
Tel: (212) 982 8420
Fax: (212) 431 0402
Email: mailto:lestm@tenement.org
Website: http://www.tenement.org
Beginning in the 1840s, millions of immigrants poured into New
York City. Once home to 7000 of these intrepid pioneers between
1863 and 1935, 97 Orchard Street now provides a unique look into
the lives of its former residents and the history of New York’s Lower
East Side as the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Today, the
Museum offers guided tours of restored and unrestored tenement
apartments through a number of programs. Museum Shop open
daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day,
10am-6pm.

Lyndhurst
635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591
Tel: (914) 631-4481
Email: mailto:Lyndhurst@nthp.org
Website: http://www.lyndhurst.org
Designed in the Gothic Revival style overlooking the natural beauty
of the Hudson River, this mansion is one of the most influential
romantic structures built in America.
Open: Mid Apr to Oct, Tue to Sun and holiday Mondays, 10:00am-
5pm; April 15–October, Nov to mid Apr, weekends and holiday
Mondays only, 10am-4pm.

Philip Johnson’s Glass House
199 Elm Street, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
Tel: (866) 811-4111
Website: http://www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
Philip Johnson’s Glass House was completed in 1949 and inspired by
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Its exterior walls are of
glass and there are no interior walls. Over 50 years of architectural
experimentation there were many new additions – Guest House,
Lake Pavilion, Painting Gallery, Sculpture Gallery, Ghost House,
Studio and Visitors Pavilion with the landscaping of the 40 acre
surrounds.
Open: Closed for Winter. See website for opening hours. Tours by
prior booking only. NT members offered 50% discount on ticket
prices.

Touro Synagogue
85 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840
Tel: (401) 847-4794
Website: http://www.tourosynagogue.org
Dedicated in 1763, Touro Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the
United States. The simple brick facade conceals a dramatic twostory
Palladian interior; it skillfully combines classical Italian
architecture with the functions of the Sephardic Jewish ritual.
Open: Tours available – see website. Closed Saturdays, Jewish
holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.