Category: History

Guest Column by Suzanne Clary, President, Board of Trustees – Jay Heritage History repeats itself. Or does it? In 1918, local Westchester papers anxiously tracked the incidence of the misnamed […]

Happy President's Day. If you don't know – Rye is teaming with American history. Back in the day George Washington stayed at The Square House, at that time an inn. Have […]

Jay Heritage has a nice write-up of the recent open tour of Rye's African American Cemetery:  (PHOTO: The open tour at Rye's African American Cemetery. Courtesy: Jay Heritage via Facebook.)  […]

Jay Heritage has a nice write-up of the recent open tour of Rye's African American Cemetery:  (PHOTO: The open tour at Rye's African American Cemetery. Courtesy: Jay Heritage via Facebook.)  […]

(PHOTO: Veteran's service in 2016 organized by FOAAC – Friends of the African American Cemetery.) Beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2019, the Westchester County African American Advisory […]

Did you know there are two designated National Park Service areas in Rye? Neither did we… Both Rye Playland and the 23 acre Jay Estate and non profit Jay Heritage […]

Kirklawn Inn Rye, NY Circa 1914

Rye Episcopal Church Postcard Circa 1910