The Historic House Festival Family Friendly Highlights:

Sweet and Savory-Culinary Delights from Mrs. Leffert’s Cookbook:  Get a taste of history! Visit one of the oldest houses in Brooklyn located in the Children’s Corner of Prospect Park while they are cooking up dishes from the Leffert family matriarch’s own handwritten cookbook dating back to the 1800s.  As always, visiting the Leffert’s Historic House is free, but there is a suggested donation of $1 per treat.
Saturday, September 25 – Sunday, September 26, 2010
Noon to 5:00 pm

Visit the Hendrick I Lott House:  Purchased by the city in 2002 this pre-revolutionary Dutch farmhouse is currently going through massive restorations and closed to the public. Now is your chance to step inside the nearly 300 year old structure to see the renovations first hand plus check out ancient farming tools, Lott family relics and archeological finds. FREE
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Noon to 4:00

Watch a Vintage Baseball Game:  Forget about the Yankees and the Mets; sit in the stand as the Flemington Neshanooks take on the New York Gothams - 1864 style! The game will take place at The Old Stone House in Park Slope and historic ballpark eats will be on sale, too. FREE
Saturday, September 26, 2010
11:00 am

Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum Apple Festival:  Visit one of the oldest structures in the entire country and celebrate NYC’s namesake: The Apple. Fun for all with fresh pressed cider, apple fritters made the old fashioned way, storytelling and a live jug band.  $5 for adults, $3 for kids
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Noon to 4:00 pm

Tour the Dyckman Farmhouse:  Nestled in Inwood Hill Park, the farmhouse can trace it’s roots back to when New York City was mostly farmland.  Visit the house and see what a typical NYer was like and how they lived in the 18th Century.  FREE
Tours: Friday, September 24 – Sunday, September 26, 2010
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

More fun at the farmhouse:
Apple Cider Pressing - Try out the cider press and taste the fruits of your labor.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

History Play Date: Harvest Story Time-Harvest and autumn themed story time FREE (Reservations recommended)
Sunday September 26, 2010
11:00 am

History Play Date: Green Thumb- Planting seeds harvested from the kitchen garden to grow at home! $1
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Noon – 1:00 pm

Little Red Lighthouse Festival: Whether or not kids know the classic children’s storybook The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, everyone loves to see the diminutive lighthouse on the Hudson River and the organizers usually have at least one reading of the story at the festival.  Along with food, fishing and hayrides, they often conduct tours of the lighthouse. If you would like to tour it get their early because the tickets go fast!
Saturday September 25, 2010
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
FREE

28th Annual Queens County Fair:  A traditional county fair, with blue ribbon competitions and everything, held at the historic Queens County Farm Museum, the city’s only working farm. Fall fun on the farm includes the Amazing Maize Maze, pie-eating and corn-husking contests, Big Apple Circus Variety Acts, make-your-own-scarecrow, hayrides, petting zoo, and carnival rides. $7 for adults, $4 for kids (corn maze, rides, games and other activities extra)
Saturday, September 25 –Sunday, September, 26, 2010
11:00 am to 6:00pm

Tour the Morris-Jumel Mansion:  See where George Washington headquartered during the Battle of Harlem Heights. The oldest house in Manhattan will be offering tours and scavenger hunts in the mansion.  $5 for adults, kids under 12 free.
Saturday September 25, 2010
Noon to 4:00 pm

Sleeping Beauty Puppet Show:  The Swedish Marionette Theater will be presenting Sleeping Beauty on the lawn outside the theater followed by a fun puppet making workshop.  $8 for adults and $5 for kids.  Reservations required.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
2:00 pm


 

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