Join the New Haven Preservation Trust and the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for a crash course on the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit (HHRTC) program! Recent changes to state law in effect for 2024 have simplified the tax credit voucher process, so prior participants may still want to get a refresher. This free workshop, led by architectural preservationist Erin Fink, will cover all four parts of the HHRTC program including the initial project submissions and the post-rehabilitation documentation of completed work.

 Attendees of the session will:

•  Learn how homeowners and non-profit housing corporations can use the HHRTC program to help defray the costs of preservation projects.

• Discover SHPO resources such as ConnCRIS that help document a structure’s eligibility covered in the Part 1 submission.

• Identify eligible rehabilitation projects and costs covered under the Part 2 submission.

• Understand how the approved tax credit reservation relates to documentation of completed work in the Part 3 submission.

• Review how the tax credit voucher issued in Part 4 is earned and applied to tax liabilities through CT Department of Revenue Services.

This session will be recorded and posted on the Trust’s website for future viewing! Thanks to the magic of Zoom, we are not limited on the number of seats available in the room either. Please feel free to share this program with preservation-minded friends and neighbors who can apply this information to historic districts located anywhere in Connecticut.

Built by the prolific New York architecture firm Carrère and Hastings to commemorate Yale’s two-hundredth anniversary in 1901, the Bicentennial Buildings have recently reopened to the public as the Schwarzman Center, having undergone a dramatic restoration and transformation by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Join Melissa DelVecchio, RAMSA partner in charge of the project, and Christian Ponce, YSC Visitor Services Manager, for a special New Haven Preservation Trust tour of the Center, which will highlight its history, the process of its revitalization, and its active role in university life today. Following the tour, participants will be invited to enjoy a drink at the Well, the basement bar of the Schwarzman Center.

Melissa DelVecchio is a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects and is the design lead for many of the firm’s most complex academic and institutional projects. Building upon her education that included an intensive study of classical architecture and a subsequent immersion into contemporary design, her work synthesizes tradition and invention, reinforcing the many visual, social, environmental, and cultural influences that give places identity and meaning. In addition to the Schwarzman Center, Melissa’s projects include two new residential colleges at Yale University, the first LEED Gold-certified academic building in China, and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, the anchor for the University of Notre Dame’s new arts district. She is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects as well as a jury member for the Richard H. Driehaus Prize and the Rafael Manzano Martos Prize. Melissa also recently served as the Robert A.M. Stern Visiting Professor of Classical Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture and as the Visiting Critic in Classical Architecture and Urbanism at Catholic University of America.

 This NHPT members only tour is free, but space is limited to the first 25 registrants.

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL

Join New Haven Preservation Trust and MakeHaven for another installment of the Houseparts Hospital, a recurring program series helping New Haven residents learn how to restore historic buildings. This session will explore the topic of architectural salvage as it pertains to sustainability and historical context. Joe DeRisi of Urban Miners in Hamden will share why he doesn’t give up on the materials coming from a renovation or demolition — and the economic and environmental benefits of doing so.

Attendees of the session will:

• Learn how a historic building can be saved rather than demolished by deconstruction.

• Identify the mechanics of material recovery and how they can be made available again for use.

• Discover opportunities for repurposing historic building materials in renovation projects.

• Understand design challenges involved when working with architectural salvage materials.

• Review historic preservation ordinances and how they can be improved to encourage deconstruction when appropriate.

There will be time at the end of the presentation for Q&A. Due to limited seating availability, pre-registration is required (no walk-ins). In the event that you register and are unable to attend this session, please kindly notify administration@nhpt.org as soon as possible so that we can make your spot to somebody else.

Free and open to the public; reservations are required. 

See slides from the presentation →

Co-sponsored with MakeHaven.

Please join us for the New Haven Preservation Trust 2023 Awards, an annual recognition of longstanding and creatively renovated architecture in our diverse and sophisticated city.

This year, the Trust celebrates a landmark building on the New Haven Green, the creative adaptation of two factory buildings in the Dixwell neighborhood, and a renovated Italianate house on Dixwell Avenue.

For over 60 years, the New Haven Preservation Trust has given Landmark, Merit, and House awards to over 250 structures, a remarkable tradition that demonstrates the City’s rich architectural heritage.

The event will take place in the former banking hall.

Free and open to the public. Advance registration is appreciated, but not required. Everyone welcome!

Event made possible through the valued support of:

Wooster Square is one of New Haven’s most fascinating neighborhoods, a maritime area that became a fashionable upper-class enclave then a gritty industrial/immigrant neighborhood. In the 1960s, Wooster Square’s urban renewal program was one of the first to renovate, rather than replace, deteriorated buildings on a wide scale. This tour will explore how renewal changed the neighborhood, demolishing some structures and scattering their inhabitants while renovating other buildings and adding new ones designed by leading Modernist architects or local practitioners.

This tour will be led by Christopher Wigren, Deputy Director of Preservation Connecticut, and a volunteer for NHPT.

Registration for this event is now filled.

Join thousands of participants in cities across the U.S. throughout the month of October for Docomomo Tour Day, an annual celebration of modern architecture and design. Tours will explore the multifaceted theme of urban renewal — seeking to revisit and better understand the complexity of the projects that were built, their significance, positive and negative impacts, and their legacy today.

Learn more about Docomomo Tour Day across the country →

See the evolution of New Haven’s urban planning from large-scale, sweeping urban renewal to the reactive response of adaptive renovations and historically-sensitive contextual projects. This walking tour will cover several prominent buildings and spaces of the 1970s and ’80s along the New Haven Green and the Arts District of Audubon Street. Unbuilt projects such as I.M. Pei’s and Paul Rudolph’s City Hall visions will be shared.

The Audubon Arts District features a pedestrian-friendly street of visual, music and performing arts schools, theaters, studios, non-profits and the Community Foundation, mixed with a variety of retail shops, residences and small businesses.

Covering five blocks, the tour will see about 15 notable buildings and plazas by such architects as Cesar Pelli, Herbert S. Newman, William F. Pederson, Frank Winder, Roth & Moore, and others.

This tour will be led by NHPT board member Channing Harris.

Registration for this event is now filled.

Join thousands of participants in cities across the U.S. throughout the month of October for Docomomo Tour Day, an annual celebration of modern architecture and design. Tours will explore the multifaceted theme of urban renewal — seeking to revisit and better understand the complexity of the projects that were built, their significance, positive and negative impacts, and their legacy today.

Learn more about Docomomo Tour Day across the country →

Join New Haven Preservation Trust and MakeHaven for the Houseparts Hospital, a recurring program series helping New Haven residents learn how to restore historic building materials. This first session will feature builder’s hardware including door knobs, hinges, latches, mail slots, and lock sets within historic homes. NHPT board member Oliver Gaffney will showcase physical samples made by Sargent, P&F Corbin, Lockwood, and other prominent manufacturers and discuss strategies for bringing them back into good repair using the tools available at MakeHaven. 

Attendees of the session will:

• Learn how to identify the age and manufacturer of builder’s hardware based on elements of style

• Gain familiarity with major Connecticut hardware firms and their contributions to American decorative arts

•  Understand common hardware finishes and tips for identification

• Review common terminology for hardware pieces and parts

• Discover strategies for cleaning, repairing, and polishing hardware

There will be time at the end of the presentation for Q&A. Please feel free to bring any questions (or physical hardware) for discussion! Due to limited seating availability, pre-registration is required (no walk-ins). In the event that you register and are unable to attend this session, please kindly notify administration@nhpt.org as soon as possible so that we can give your spot to somebody else.

Free and open to the public; reservations are required. 

See slides from the presentation →

Co-sponsored with MakeHaven.

Join New Haven Preservation Trust and MakeHaven for a free event exploring the many different building styles that define New Haven’s neighborhoods. Architectural historian Michael Waters will share examples of Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Arts & Crafts, Colonial Revival, and Midcentury Modern homes from across the city — and how to identify the key architectural features of each style.

Attendees of the session will:

• Learn about a home’s “thesis statement” and how the architectural style reinforces it

• Gain familiarity with architectural vocabulary used to describe parts of a structure

• Understand the signature architectural elements that define a given style

• Review strategies for sensitive rehabilitation

• Discover additional architectural resources

There will be time at the end of the presentation for Q&A. Please feel free to bring any questions about your home or potential restoration projects!

Free and open to the public; reservations are required.

Co-sponsored with MakeHaven.

Join us for a FREE community event to learn more about the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church and urban renewal in the Dixwell area.

The open house will be held at Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church, designed by John Johansen. Exhibits will be on display to browse. At 5:00 pm Charles Warner Jr., historian, educator, and community influencer, will discuss the church’s history and architecture and its connection to the 1960 Dixwell Redevelopment and Renewal Plan.

We are delighted that architect Edward E. Cherry will also be present at the event to talk to visitors. Mr. Cherry played a leading role in designing Modernist buildings that characterized the redevelopment of the neighborhood.

Handouts will be available for a local self-guided walking tour through which visitors can learn more about the surrounding Modernist Dixwell area buildings, including several by Mr. Cherry.

Free and open to the public. Advance registration is appreciated, but not required.

Download a PDF of the walking tour brochure →

This event is co-sponsored by Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ and the New Haven Preservation Trust as part of the DOCOMOMO US National Symposium.

The Fair Haven neighborhood was once a small village whose residents depended upon the tidal river nearby — the Quinnipiac — for their livelihood as oystermen, coastal traders, sailors, and shipbuilders. Over time, Fair Haven became ever more closely integrated into the city of New Haven, but even today, many of the historic homes and other buildings along the river recall the area’s maritime heritage. This walking tour will be led by Bruce Clouette, longtime Connecticut historian and historic preservationist.

New Haven Preservation Trust is pleased to present this walking tour in collaboration with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Free; reservations are required. Space is limited. Find out more and sign up on the International Festival of Arts & Ideas website.

Download a PDF of the tour handout →

All Members and Friends of the Preservation Trust are warmly invited to join us for this year’s Annual Meeting, which will be held on Zoom so that many supporters can attend.

The Trust’s activities, future initiatives, and board updates will be discussed. The Annual Meeting is open to everyone, and all Preservation Trust Members are entitled to vote.

Please click the button below to register and receive a link for the meeting.

View the program and schedule →

View the 2022 Annual Report →

The New Haven Museum will celebrate National Preservation Month with a presentation by co-authors Susan Godshall and Jack Tripp about their new book, The Builder Book: Carpenters, Masons and Contractors in Historic New Haven, published by the New Haven Preservation Trust.

Godshall and Tripp will highlight the biographies and show colorful illustrations of some of the Elm City’s notable architecture. The presentation will celebrate the often-unknown men, and one woman, who built houses, commercial and academic buildings, monuments, and other structures in New Haven between 1810 and 1930.

Susan Godshall has worked at four major New Haven institutions including City Hall and Yale University. Most recently, she retired as Senior Vice President of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce where she worked on economic development, state and local government affairs, and transportation investment. Susan holds degrees from Yale Law School and Yale School of Architecture. She is a long-time board member of the New Haven Preservation Trust. 

Jack Tripp is a senior at Yale College from Westport, Massachusetts. His studies focus on English and political science, concentrating on the Romantic poets and political philosophy. Besides research for the Preservation Trust's Builder Book, he has also spent time writing for the Yale Daily News and The New Journal, serving on the executive board of the Yale Dramatic Association, and working as a President’s Public Service Fellow at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. 

Free and open to the public. Space is limited.

Presented by the New Haven Museum

A conversation: Barbara Lamb and Rona Johnston

Join Barbara Lamb, coordinator for the year-long Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Celebration, in conversation with Rona Johnston, president of the board of the New Haven Preservation Trust, as Donald Grant Mitchell’s 201st birthday approaches and his bicentennial year comes to a close. 

Learn more about the past year-long celebration and future plans to memorialize him as they talk about Mitchell’s long life and his numerous contributions to our city. New Haven’s own, a famous bestselling author for whom the Westville Library branch is named, farmer and naturalist, he designed many of New Haven’s beautiful public parks. This Yale grad was a true Renaissance man, scholar and teacher, inveterate cartographer and diplomat, who made his home at a 200-acre farm in Westville in 1855, remaining there until his death in 1906. Don’t miss it!

Free and open to the public. Advance registration is appreciated, but not required.

Check out the website for more information about DGM and the months long celebration: DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

DGM Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: New Haven Free Public Library

Join Barbara Lamb, coordinator for the year-long Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Celebration, as Mitchell’s 101st birthday approaches and his Bicentennial year comes to a close. She will talk about the many facets in the life of Donald Grant Mitchell: best-selling author, farmer and naturalist, scholar and teacher, lecturer, inveterate cartographer and diplomat. He is, however, most remembered for his landscape designs for the creation of East Rock and Edgewood Parks.

Free and open to the public.

Check out the website for more information about DGM and the months long celebration: DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: Institute Library

Join Susan Godshall and Jack Tripp for a presentation of their new book published by the New Haven Preservation Trust. This unique take on New Haven focuses on the often unknown men — and one woman — who built houses, commercial and academic buildings, monuments and other historic structures.

Susan Godshall has worked at four major New Haven institutions including City Hall and Yale University. Most recently, she retired as Senior Vice President of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce where she worked on economic development, state and local government affairs, and transportation investment. Susan holds degrees from Yale Law School and Yale School of Architecture. She is a long-time board member of the New Haven Preservation Trust.

Jack Tripp is a senior at Yale College from Westport, Massachusetts. His studies focus on English and political science, concentrating on the Romantic poets and political philosophy. Besides research for the Preservation Trust's Builder Book, he has also spent time writing for the Yale Daily News and The New Journal, serving on the executive board of the Yale Dramatic Association, and working as a President’s Public Service Fellow at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.

Free and open to the public. Space is limited. Advance registration is recommended.

UPDATE — This event is currently full. You may sign up to be put on the waiting list and will be contacted if a space opens.

Presented by: New Haven Free Public Library

If the English Puritans who colonized New England in the 1630s had an enemy they could all agree on, it was Spain and Spain’s enormous New World empire. Yet the town that some of these Puritans founded near the place where the Quinnipiac River meets Long Island Sound looked nothing like the other English towns of New England. It looked like Spanish towns in the New World. This talk will explore this and other mysteries about New Haven’s founding, including the question of where its English name came from, and why its colonists imagined they were entering a “wilderness.”

Speaker: Mark Peterson is Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale and has worked extensively on Puritan New England. His most recent book, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865 (2019), has been called ‘breathtaking’ and ‘ingenious.’ Prof. Peterson lives in New Haven.

Entry: $10 until November 9 and $15 at the door. All proceeds to support the work of the New Haven Preservation Trust.

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Lecture made possible through the valued support of Bruce R. Peabody, Esq. and the Herzan Lecture Fund.

The Donald Grant Mitchell Historic Walking Tour is a 2-mile loop through the park that will be led by Stephanie FitzGerald, Friends of Edgewood Park.

Meet at Donald Grant Mitchell’s original park entrance at the corner of Stanley Street and Ella Grasso Blvd. Street parking is available on Ella Grasso Blvd. and on Edgewood Avenue. Heavy rain cancels.

Check out the website for more information about Donald Grant Mitchell and the months long celebration: DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: Friends of Edgewood Park

Please join the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven and New Haven Preservation Trust for a joint members-only tour of the chapel in Congregation Mishkan Israel Cemetery, located in Westville at the corner of Whalley Avenue and Jewell Street. Peter Alpert, chair of the Congregation Mishkan Israel Cemetery Committee, will speak about the architecture and history of the chapel and highlights of the cemetery.

Created in 1843, this cemetery was the first Jewish cemetery in Connecticut and is still in active use. Designed by Ferdinand Von Beren, the chapel was built in 1910 and restored in 2015. The building, its furnishings, and unique stained-glass windows are almost entirely original. It is built of brownstone quarried at West Rock and contains mid-19th century wood furniture brought from Bavaria by congregants. It is still used for funerals, but is not open to the public.

This tour is open to Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven and New Haven Preservation Trust MEMBERS ONLY. Attendance is limited to the first 25 registrants from each organization.

The cemetery has entrances on Whalley Avenue, Jewell Street, and Blake Street. Please park on the street or along the paved drives inside the cemetery, ensuring that other cars can pass.

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Co-sponsored with the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven.

“Who was Donald Grant Mitchell (and why should I care)???” presented by Barbara Lamb.

New to Pecha Kucha? Learn all about it at pechakuchanewhaven.org. And learn more information about Donald Grant Mitchell and the months long celebration at DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

Must be 21 years or older, or accompanied by an adult, to attend.

Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: East Rock Brewing Company

Architect Paul Rudolph believed ‘we have still to learn how to add to the evolving city without tearing down everything in sight’. It is a curious proclamation from someone so intimately involved in re-envisioning the 'Elm City' as the 'Model City.' No where is this more apparent than at New Haven's gateway, and specifically, his work surrounding the Chapel Square Mall. Sean Khorsandi will present background on Rudolph, his role and intentions with the Downtown Renewal. The tour will share insights to unrealized plans, design intentions, material choices, and discuss the longevity of this mammoth utilitarian structure in a restless — and evolving City of New Haven.

The tour will be led by Sean Khorsandi, Board Member at the Paul Rudolph Foundation.

Free and open to the public. Numbers for this tour are limited and advance registration is required. Meeting place will be provided upon registration.

Join thousands of participants in cities across the U.S. throughout the month of October for Docomomo Tour Day, an annual celebration of modern architecture and design. This year’s theme is Shopping Malls. As we pivot away from these massive structures, it is critical that we begin to analyze what is left, what is historic and what we should save, who malls were built for, and their role in promoting both segregation and assimilation in American society.

Learn more about Docomomo Tour Day across the country →

Join the New Haven Preservation Trust for a walking tour of the exterior of four buildings — now all residences — from Donald Grant Mitchell’s farm in the Forest Road/Edgewood Way area of Westville. Learn more about Mitchell’s search for the perfect farm, his farm design and evolution, and his architectural designs and construction. In addition to the main homestead, the exterior of the tenant farmer’s house, the barn, and a transformed stable will be on view.

The tour will be led by Barbara Lamb and Aaron Helfand, AIA.

Numbers for this tour are limited and advance registration is required. Meeting place will be provided upon registration.

View the tour handout →

DGM Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.
DonaldGrantMitchell.com

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Of over 2,600 National Historic Landmarks in the United States, New Haven has just nine. The Preservation Trust is delighted to offer its members the opportunity to tour one of these prominent sites as it undergoes extensive restoration. This ‘before’ tour will be led by preservation project manager Leland Torrance and property owner Marshall Ruben. We hope an ‘after’ tour will be available when the project is complete.

The Russell Henry Chittenden House is named for its first owner, a leading American biochemist and a force behind the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale as one of the leading scientific institutes in the United States in its time. Chittenden, who was born in New Haven in 1856, lived in the arresting Queen-Anne-style house at 83 Trumbull Street for over fifty-five years, up until his death in 1943.

The large and irregularly shaped brick building, with its gables, turret, and high chimneys, is currently being methodically and precisely restored. Work on the exterior is almost complete; the interior remains a work-in-progress.

During this 90-minute lunchtime tour, visitors will be able to examine the house both inside and out and learn how the restoration is being undertaken. We are particularly grateful to Marshall Ruben for inviting members of the Preservation Trust to tour this striking preservation project.

This tour is open to NHPT MEMBERS ONLY.
To register, please click below. Places are limited by the nature of the tour and will be allocated on a first-come basis.
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Please join us for the New Haven Preservation Trust 2022 Awards celebrating Fair Haven. Multiple generations from diverse origins have been drawn to the scenic setting of Fair Haven with successive chapters of building, renewal and rediscovery. Surrounded by water on three sides, the handcrafted buildings and engineered bridges have defined a special place for native Americans, oystermen and shipbuilders, merchants and manufacturers, educators and civic leaders.

New Haven Preservation Trust celebrates this past as we honor three representative examples of preservation projects: a 19th century shipbuilder’s house on Perkins Street, two houses reinvented and joined as classroom space for the Cold Spring School, and a gateway to Fair Haven, the Grand Avenue Bridge.

Everyone welcome!

Read more about the Preservation Award winners →

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Presenting Sponsor

Event Sponsors

Made possible through the valued support of presenting sponsor Newman Architects; and event sponsors Fair Haven Furniture, G.L. Capasso, Inc., and Patriquin Architects.

Celebrate 200 years of history at the Farmington Canal, which dates back to the early 19th century. Learn about the carriage industry in Newhallville, the workers at the Winchester gun factory, and more on this 2- to 3-mile excursion along the canal.

New Haven Preservation Trust is pleased to present this walking tour in collaboration with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Free; reservations are required. Space is limited.

Sign up on the International Festival of Arts & Ideas website →

Trace the City Point Historic District’s evolution from a 19th-century oystering village to a hidden beauty packed with charm on New Haven’s modern waterfront.

New Haven Preservation Trust is pleased to present this walking tour in collaboration with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Free; reservations are required. Space is limited.

Sign up on the International Festival of Arts & Ideas website →

The Friends of East Rock Park will host a Donald Grant Mitchell celebration featuring an informative talk by Channing Harris about the key design features of the Park Plan created by Mitchell for East Rock Park. Channing and volunteers from the Friends group will then lead a relatively flat terrain walk from the Trowbridge Center down along the white trail to the foot bridge, and back across the Mill River and along other trails to College Woods.

Light refreshments will be provided before the talk and after the walk.

Meet at East Rock Park’s Trowbridge Environmental Center at the Corner of Orange and Cold Spring Streets.

Check out the website for more information about DGM and the months long celebration: DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

DGM Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: Friends of East Rock Park

Please join the New Haven Preservation Trust and the James Blackstone Memorial Library in celebrating Connecticut’s landscape heritage. This event is part of Olmsted 200, a nationwide initiative built upon the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, who is known as the founder of American landscape architecture. Olmsted 200 promotes landscape stewardship and access to outdoor spaces, among other themes. Connecticut has a unique association with the Olmsted legacy, as the place of Olmsted’s birth, early inspiration, education, and numerous Olmsted firm commissions.

In the spirit of Olmsted 200, Preservation Connecticut and the State Historic Preservation Office teamed up to complete a statewide survey and history of the Olmsted firm’s work and influence in Connecticut. Jenny Scofield, National Register Coordinator at the State Historic Preservation Office, and Christopher Wigren, Deputy Director of Preservation Connecticut, will talk about the importance of recognizing historic landscapes, Olmsted firm design philosophies, and the results of the survey in New Haven County—including parks and city plans, university campuses and grounds of public buildings, great estates, and residential subdivisions.

Free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend.

Watch the lecture video →

Co-sponsored with the James Blackstone Memorial Library as part of Olmsted 200.

All Members and Friends of the Preservation Trust are warmly invited to join us for this year’s Annual Meeting, which will be held on Zoom so that many supporters can attend.

In an illustrated talk, Board President Rona Johnston will discuss the Trust’s activities in 2021 and look to future directions for preservation in New Haven. We will also learn about the financial wellbeing of the Trust.  We will thank Board Members who are stepping down, and a slate of new Directors will be presented.

The Annual Meeting is open to everyone, and all Preservation Trust Members are entitled to vote.

Please click the button below to register and receive a link for the meeting.

View the program and schedule →

View the 2021 Annual Report →

Watch Board President Rona Johnston’s discussion from the event →