New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network

Welcome ...we focus on adding some history to your vacations!

New York offers a wide range of historical interest, some of the areas include:
• Art Museums, Galleries, Theatre, Arts & Crafts
• Erie Canalway
• Native Americans
• Heritage Museums, Sites, Markers, Freethought Trail & Religious Revitalization
• Underground Railroad - African American Heritage
• Women's Rights
• Agriculture including wineries
• Miscellaneous Tourism Industry

The next Member Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday June 6, 2012. Please contact the Network office for your reservation
George Barnes, a young English immigrant, grows up to be an abolitionist, philanthropist, industrialist and community leader in Syracuse. He and his wife, Rebecca, built the first house on James Street in 1853, and it is the only one remaining from that era. They hosted meetings in their home with such notables as Rev. Samuel May, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her husband Henry. Later, their daughter (Bessie) and her husband, Judge Frank H. Hiscock hosted president Taft at the house. ...visit us for more.