HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY H ouses ————————————— Bronx Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum www.bpmm.com Edgar Allan Poe Cottage www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org Valentine-Varian House www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org Van Cortlandt House www.vancortlandhouse.org B r o o k ly n Lefferts Historic House www.prospectpark.org Hendrick I. Lott House www.lotthouse.org Old Stone House www.theoldstonehouse.org Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum www.wyckoffassociation.org The Historic House Trust gratefully acknowledges our 2009 supporters. $50,000 plus Carnegie Corporation of New York New York City Department of Parks & Recreation New York Community Trust / LuEsther T. Mertz Fund & Henry J. Stern and Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Fund Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust $25,000 - $49,999 Cynthia C. Wainwright & Stephen Berger Bloomberg Franny & David Eberhart Gerry Charitable Trust New York State Council on the Arts M a n h atta n Dyckman Farmhouse Museum www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org Gracie Mansion www.nyc.gov/gracie Little Red Lighthouse 212-304-2365 Merchant’s House Museum www.merchantshouse.org Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum www.morrisjumel.org Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre www.cityparksfoundation.org Queens Bowne House www.bownehouse.org King Manor Museum www.kingmanor.org Kingsland Homestead www.queenshistorical society.org Lewis H. Latimer House 718-961-8585 Queens County Farm Museum www.queensfarm.org Stat e n I s l a n d Alice Austen House www.aliceausten.org Conference House www.conferencehouse.org Historic Richmond Town www.historicrichmondtown.org Seguine Mansion 4 2009 annual report our supporters $20,000 - $24,999 Benjamin Moore & Co. Charina Endowment Fund Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. The Staten Island Foundation $15,000 - $19,999 The Coby Foundation, Ltd. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. United States Department of Education $10,000 - $14,999 Cramer-Krasselt Co. The Felicia Fund, Inc. Catherine Morrison Golden / Golden Family Foundation Francis C. Grant III Mary Beth & John C. Gustafsson The History Channel Deborah & Peter Krulewitch The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Foundation New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission New York Landmarks Conservancy Emergency Preservation Grant Program $5,000 - $9,999 American Express Company George H. Beane Catherine Cahill & William L. Bernhard Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America The Arthur Ross Foundation, Inc. Skanska USA Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner & Paul A. Wagner Patricia & Lawrence Weinbach $1,000 - $4,999 Lisa Ackerman Suzanne & Paul Ainslie Kay Allaire Joan F. Krupskas & Ted Barbour Myra & Charles Biblowit John D. Blondel Bernard Bloom Mario Buatta Walter Cain Diana D. Chapin Suzanne Clary The Cowles Charitable Trust Edna Craddock Susan & Greg Danilow James W. Davis Kevin Dieterich Helen & Bruce Dixon Jamie Drake / Drake Design Associates Elephant Rock Foundation Evonik Degussa Corporation Doris & Arthur Field Timothy C. Forbes The Frelinghuysen Foundation Thomas Gallagher Charlotte Pickman Gertz Ginger Schnaper & Henry P. Godfrey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goelet Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Gordon Gray Line New York Sightseeing Priscilla & Theodore S. Hammer Joan & John Jakobson Elizabeth Kahn-Ingleby The J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Lucy D. Kennedy Regina T. Kraft Linda & Steven Levy Judith R. MacDonald Carey Maloney & Hermes Mallea Terrell & Andrew Marks Ronay & Richard Menschel Gloria & Richard J. Moylan Hebe Dowling Murphy Cristyne L. Nicholas Wayne Nordberg Erik Oken Omya, Inc. Frederic S. Papert / 42nd Street Development Corporation Peter M. Pennoyer Betsy F. Perry The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. Warrie & James Price Paul R. Provost Encarnita & Robert C. Quinlan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rowan Anne Fairfax & Richard Franklin Sammons Pamela Schafler Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schubert Frederic Seegal Susan Kargman & Robert Siegel Richard W. Southwick David E. Stutzman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Swanson Lynn & Sy Syms Joan N. Taubner Elizabeth Martin & Stephen Tilly Barbara & Donald G. Tober Upstate History Alliance Arete & William Warren Gina Ingoglia Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Marc A. Weisman Susi & Peter Wunsch Wyndham Worldwide Corporation Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski & Tom Zoufaly $250 - $999 Frances Alexander Foundation Elizabeth Peale Allen Anonymous Aragon, LLC James Barclay Nancy M. Benbow Adrian Benepe and Charlotte Glasser Madalen & Bert Bertolini R.J. Bigler Henry C. Blackiston / Seyfarth Shaw Charitable Foundation Rachel Block Louis H. Blumengarten Glenn Boornazian Thérèse Braddick Amanda Brown Edwin G. Burrows Jane Cooke Tula Telfair & Spencer Davidson Decorative Arts Society Carrie Dyckman Constance A. Eagan Florence Fearrington Beth Fisher Kenneth K. Fisher H.S. FitzGibbon II Brian Fortune Alice C. Frelinghuysen Janet Gaffney Margaret Galligan David Gerson Nora Lynne Gibson Lorna de Wangen Graev & Lawrence Graev Cheryl S. Greene Jack D. Gunther Julia B. Hall Eugenie C. Havemeyer Elyse M. Hoelzer Margize Howell Ursla & Stephen Huff Anna B. Iacucci Professor & Mrs. Kenneth T. Jackson Nicholas Jakobson Christian Keesee Stephen Kirschenbaum Jack T. Linn Alice Linnehan Elizabeth & Paul Lisotta Jill Lord The Henry Luce Foundation Matching Gift Program Ann MacRae Michele D. Marincola Deborah McManus / DJ McManus Foundation Kellie Melinda Milner & Carr Conservation, LLC Annette & Stuart Mont Linda & Bill Musser Daria Myers-Schrage Nicholas & Lence Communications Kate B. Ottavino Jane & David Parshall Carter Peabody David Picerno Kathleen Longo & Bruce Pollack Quint, Miller & Company Andrew Rubinson Rodney Schiffer Patricia B. Sherwood Ruth Lande Shuman Barbara Wyckoff & Peter J. Siris SJP Properties Lorie Slutsky Audrey Smaltz Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP Jack Suter Jack Taylor F. Carlisle Towery United Way of New York City Walter F. Wientge Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Carey W. Winfrey Ed Wiseman George W. Young Philanthropy is the joining of individuals to support a common cause, and our supporters are essential in helping us fulfill our mission. Find your name in our family of supporters below. If it’s not there yet, please join us! $249 and under Special thanks to all of our members for your generosity. We would list you all if we could! Gifts received between January 1 and December 31, 2009. Every effort has been made to present an accurate and complete list of donors. Please contact the Historic House Trust with any corrections at (212) 360-8282. 2009 ANNUAL REPORT 2009 ANNUAL REPORT HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY Statement of Activities BOARD OF DIRECTORS ————————————— Franny Eberhart Chair Myra J. Biblowit Vice-Chair John C. Gustafsson Vice-Chair Lisa Ackerman Treasurer Richard Southwick Secretary Deborah Krulewitch Chair Emerita Suzanne Stirn Ainslie George H. Beane Adrian Benepe* William L. Bernhard Henry C. Blackiston Glenn Boornazian Thérèse Braddick* Bruce D. Dixon Murray B. Douglas Arthur Norman Field Timothy C. Forbes Charlotte Pickman Gertz Catherine Morrison Golden Francis C. Grant III, “T” Carolyn Grimstead Ted Hammer, FAIA Susan Kargman Kate D. Levin* Jack T. Linn* Judith MacDonald Paul R. Provost Richard Franklin Sammons Henry J. Stern Franklin D. Vagnone* Jeanette Wagner Cynthia C. Wainwright Patricia Weinbach *Ex-Officio HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY A note r from ou chair Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009) Illustrations by Joan Chiverton O n a breezy Saturday in April, HHT Board and Directors’ Council members travelled to Queens to visit all five of the Trust’s sites in that borough. We were greeted with stories of the most remarkable people, who told us about their roles in shaping the quintessentially American values of freedom and opportunity that we often take for granted. One of them stood up to the most powerful politician in town and won his case; another received a chilling death threat after speaking against slavery in the U.S. Senate. Standing on his shoulders is a third, an African-American whose success lights the lives of people around the world. And next to him is a tiny woman whose large voice spoke boldly for the education of poor women, especially African Americans. Supporting them all were heroically hardworking farmers, who fueled the American economy. These men and women are, of course, some of the people who built and lived in the five historic houses we visited—John Bowne, Rufus King, Louis Latimer, Mary King Murray, and the families of the Queens County Farm Museum. Now in its 21st year, with 23 sites spread across all five boroughs, the Historic House Trust is enormously proud to be able to tell such seminal histories in the precious and beautiful sites where they occurred. It’s an enormous team effort, succeeding only with the unqualified support of the City of New York, which owns the sites, and the local nonprofit organizations that independently operate them. We are also indebted to our many donors, whose generosity enables the Trust’s professional staff to support the historic sites’ varied needs. After 20 years of vigilant and diligent work, we can report with confidence that the houses are in sound physical shape. Increasingly the Trust is turning its attention to strengthening the organizations that run the sites, and enhancing the educational programs that are central to their missions. We also know that many of them are important cultural and open-space resources in otherwise underserved neighborhoods, and we want to highlight and build on those values. We invite you to join the HHT team and family with your support, which will reach communities from one end of the five boroughs to the other. 78.5% of every dollar contri buted goes to mission-related progr ams 2 Clockwise from top left: Drew 20,000 visitors to 2nd annual Historic House Festival, 33% more than last year. management policies for 6 houses to improve care of collections. Franny Eberhart, Chair Improved learning experiences for nearly 770,000 visitors and school children. Secured more than $2.5 million for capital restoration projects. The Bowne House joins our collection! 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ———-—————————— Kay Allaire Brian Andersson Mario Buatta Diana Chapin Alice B. Diamond Jamie Drake Kenneth K. Fisher Amy L. Freitag Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Donald Friedman Robin Harper Margize Howell Kenneth T. Jackson Susan Henshaw Jones Lucy Kennedy Regina T. Kraft Jonathan Kuhn Joseph Pell Lombardi Malcolm MacKay Joseph Pierson Dianne H. Pilgrim Nicholas Quennell Robert C. Quinlan Frances A. Resheske Gary Ross Connie R. Saienga Frank E. Sanchis III David Stutzman Joan N. Taubner Gina Ingoglia Weiner Anthony C. Wood T R U S T S TA F F ————————————— Created collections Historic House Trust 830 Fifth Avenue The Arsenal Room 203 NY, NY 10065 212 360-8282 f 212 360-8201 D irectors ’ C ounci l 2009 ANNUAL REPORT Rebecca Brainard Preservation Crew Member Sarah Brockett Manager of Grants and Public Programs Caroline R. Drabik Curatorial Associate David C. Mandel Director of Education & Interpretation Jonathan Mellon Resident Engineer Tara Kiernan Administrative Coordinator Meredith A. Sorin Deputy Director Mikel Travisano Architectural Conservator Nahn Tseng Senior Architectural Conservator Franklin D. Vagnone Executive Director 3