French Heritage Society’s New York Chapter advances the organization’s mission to ensure that the treasures of French architectural and cultural heritage survive to delight, educate and inspire future generations in New York City and the tristate area.
Through programs ranging from cocktails with dynamic speakers to themed fundraising dinners, the New York Chapter funds impactful projects in France as well as the restoration of local treasures like the Venetian Room at Villa Albertine, the seat of French cultural services in the United States, housed in the Payne Whitney Mansion.
The New York Chapter also hosts the annual FHS Book Award, which recognizes and honors a contemporary work of distinction that illuminates for the general public an important element of French cultural or historical patrimony. Past recipients include Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852–1870, by Esther da Costa Meyer; The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France, by James McAuley; Notre-Dame: The Soul of France, by Agnès Poirier; A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment, by Stéphane Henaut and Jeni Mitchell; Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris, by Caroline Weber; Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France, by Thad Carhart; and The Other Paris, by Lucy Sante.
New York
Events
New York
Grant Projects
2016
- Cloister of the Chartreux Toulouse
2015
- Château de Commarque
- Jean Hasbrouck House
2014
- Château de Lassay
- Cultural Services of French Embassy
- Château de la Rivière
- Château de la Rivière
- Château de la Celle Saint Cloud
2013
- Château de Sassy
- Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Manoir d’Ango
- Fort Ticonderoga
2012
- Monticello
- Deyo House
- Garden of Albertas
- Château de la Bussière
2011
- Forges de Buffon
2010
- Fine Arts Museum of Dijon
2009
- Château de Neuville
- Château de la Roche Courbon
2008
- Château de La Barben
2007
- Culutral Services of French Embassy
2006
- Château de La Roche Courbon
2004
- Jean Hasbrouck House
2002
- Fort Ticonderoga
- DuBois Fort
2000
- Château de Lanniron
1998
- La Petite Malmaison
1995
- Château de Montmuran
1994
- Morris Jumel House
1993
- Château de Flaugergues
- Obélisque Port Vendres
- Ste Genevieve Catholic Church
1992
- Chateau de Vaulserre
- Obélisque Port Vendres
1990
- Château de Mascarville
1988
- Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
- Obélisque Port Vendres
- Renoir Mansion
- Château de Loubens-Lauragais
1987
- Château de Lanquais