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The Thomas Paine Cottage Museum and Sophia Brewster One-room Schoolhouse are owned and administrated by the Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association. Our mission is to preserve and perpetuate the history of the City of New Rochelle, with particular emphasis on its original Huguenot settlers and founding father Thomas Paine. The Thomas Paine Cottage is the last building in North America that was owned by Thomas Paine and is open to the public.
With these warm weather days it’s hard to believe Halloween is right around the corner and with it comes our Annual Little Ghouls & Goblins Haunted Event (see our Schedule of Events page). This year our entire grounds will be occupied by friendly pirates sharing their tales, songs, games and food in a pirate carnival atmosphere. They’ve taken up residence in our museum as well for a truly Haunted Pirates House! So bring your little lads & lassies to our Haunted Pirates Fest and have a jolly good time! Avoid the lines and buy entrance early starting Oct. 19th at The Thomas Paine Cottage Museum, 20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle, NY during museum hours. Online sales will be available through PayPal (see below). Details of our festival with times for certain events will be posted on our Facebook page @thomaspainecottagemuseum. This is a costume friendly event!
We are always looking for a few good people who have pirate blood in them to join our festival. Volunteer spots are still available. Keeping this a volunteer-run event helps keep our costs to the community down so all can come and partake in the fun. See our volunteer posting at VolunteerNewYork.org under Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association.
We are always looking for a few good people who have pirate blood in them to join our festival. Volunteer spots are still available. Keeping this a volunteer-run event helps keep our costs to the community down so all can come and partake in the fun. See our volunteer posting at VolunteerNewYork.org under Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
— Thomas Paine
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