Bowne House
Worth a stop·Flushing, Queens
Another historic house, but a fun Swarthmore connection: founded by a Quaker (or Quaker-adjacent) and most of the family archives ended up at Swat. Staff has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get them back, and may need to send people down to digitize what Swat hasn’t yet.
What it is
Preserved 17th-century Anglo-Dutch home displaying early American artifacts offering group tours.
Also on the block, if you have time
Queens Historical Society (0.1 mi, free).
Skip Lewis Latimer House Museum (0.3 mi), even if you’re passing: “Another historic house...”