Seneca Village was a community established by African American landowners in 1825 and destroyed by the City of New York in 1857 for the construction of Central Park. This talk presents Envisioning Seneca Village, an interactive 3D model of what the village might have looked like in 1855.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Event | The Harlem African Burial Ground: History Beneath Our Feet on 2/12
Hosted by Dyckman FarmHouse Museum Alliance February 12, 2025 at 12:00 pm ETOnline REGISTER HERE As a cemetery for free and enslaved Africans from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, the Harlem African Burial Ground is a sacred site of New York City’s early history, and yet for decades the site was forgotten and disrespected. Through … Continue reading Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Event | The Harlem African Burial Ground: History Beneath Our Feet on 2/12