Public Outreach

Events & Venues

Public Outreach Programs
Presented by the Yorktown Heritage Preservation Commission*
January 1, 2016 through Present

Year	Date	Name/Venue	Purpose	Press Release or Presentation
2016	Feb 6	Homes of Historic Distinction Press Conference / One Room Schoolhouse, 1200 Baldwin Road	Launch new program, alternative to traditional landmarking	Press Release
	Feb 13	One Room School Houses / District 6 One Room Schoolhouse / Yorktown Community & Cultural Center	Create awareness to the evolution of education in Yorktown and the history of one room schoolhouses, with a focus on District 6 schoolhouse / sponsored by the Yorktown Historical Society	Presentation
2017	Jun 30	Town of Yorktown YLPC Link – Story Maps	Create awareness	Website
2018	May 23	Small Business & Employment Opportunities / Mercy College, Yorktown	Create awareness, fund raise and seek volunteers	Presentation
	Jun 8	National Preservation Month / Hallock House, Mill-Post Office / 2255 Sawmill Road	Celebrate Yorktown’s first ever National Preservation Month and post office designation as Home of Historic Distinction	Press Release Presentation
	Sep 12-16	Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro	Create awareness to our historic and fund raise	N/A
	Jun 20	Rotary Club / Yorktown Restaurant	Create awareness to our historic legacy and fund raise	Presentation
	Oct 7	Yorktown Festival & Street Fair / Commerce Street	Create awareness to our historic legacy and fund raise	N/A
	Oct 16	Yorktown Government Public Hearing / Town Hall, Yorktown Television Channel	Recommend that the Yorktown Community & Cultural Center be landmarked	Presentation
	Nov 12	Boy Scouts, Troop 273 / Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Meeting Room, Shrub Oak	Create awareness to our historic legacy; instill community participation; earn merit badge credit	Presentation
2019	May 10	Preservation Symposium: Yorktown’s Disappearing Architectural Legacy: A Call to Action / Hilltop Hanover Farm	Create awareness to our historic legacy, leverage best practices and formulate preservation plans and programs	Presentation Video
	Aug 26	Croton Heights Bus Tour, in conjunction with Town Celebration of 230th Birthday / Croton Heights Hamlet Landmarks and Homes of Historic Distinction	Provided bus tours of this hamlet educating the public about our landmarks and homes of historic distinction; also fund raise Created video recreation of the Davenport House and the Mckeel Birdsalll house tours	Press Release Video
	Sep 19	Yorktown’s Architectural Legacy, Terry Naumann, member / Hart Library, Shrub Oak	Create awareness to Yorktown’s disappearing architectural legacy / hosted by the Yorktown Historical Society	Presentation
	Sep 11-15	Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro / Railroad Park, Hamlet of Yorktown	Create awareness to our historic legacy and fund raise	N/A
	Oct 10	Community Conversation with Westchester Revolutionary 250 / Shrub Oak International School, Mohegan Lake	Kick off joint planning efforts with Revolutionary Westchester 250 to commemorate our nation’s 250th birthday in 2026	Presentation
2020	Jul 28	Shrub Oak International School Student Intern Program / Town Board Work Session / Yorktown Municipal Television Channel	Provide student progress report, describe grave marker cleaning update	Press Release Presentation
	Jul 28	Landmarks Marker Replacement Program / Town Board Work Session: Yorktown Municipal Television Channel	Create awareness	Presentation
	Oct 31 & Nov 7	Enslow Musical Duo Recreation of Revolutionary War Music / Community Church of Yorktown, 1675 Baptist Church Road	Create awareness to the Revolutionary War and role played by Westchester County and Yorktown	Video

*Formerly known as the Yorktown Landmarks Preservation Commission

Clio

What is Clio?

Clio is an educational website and mobile application that guides the public to thousands of historical and cultural sites throughout the United States.
Named after the Greek muse of history, simply put, Clio puts history at your fingertips. Check out these Clio tutorials:
Your Guide to History: https://youtu.be/3ydzv9nY-Oo
The Value of History: https://youtu.be/G9mrBFlup1s
Clio picks up your present location and guides you to landmarks, museums, and historic and cultural sites. It also acts as a virtual time machine, allowing you to see images and videos and hear and read about associated historic events.
Clio is not only a website and free mobile application but also a collaborative research, interpretation, and map-building vehicle. Entries are created by museum professionals, local historians, educators and their students.
The Westchester County Historical Society (WCHS) is partnering with the Clio development team at Marshall University to create entries for the county’s important historic and cultural sites. And one of our own Yorktown’s Heritage Preservation Commission members is assisting the WCHS with this effort, creating Yorktown entries as well.

How can Clio be accessed?

To take a look at the Yorktown and other county entries, log on to Clio at:
https://theclio.com
You can search for entries by title, zip code, proximity, and for walking tours and heritage trails.
You will find entries for several of Yorktown’s landmarked structures: Albert A. Capellini Community & Cultural Center, Old Croton Dam, Yorktown Railroad Station, Davenport House and the Amawalk Friend’s Meeting House.
Homes of Historic Distinction found in Clio include One Room Schoolhouse, Morrison Manor and the Daniel Strang Homestead.
We are working to enter all Yorktown landmarks and homes of historic distinction into Clio to educate and build awareness locally and across the nation to our robust historic legacy.

Town of Yorktown
363 Underhill Avenue
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Phone: 914-962-5722