Readers should call ahead when possible. Home of jazz musician from 1943 until his death in 1971, it is to open as a museum in a few years. Maintained by the Bowne House Historical Society. House is on National Register of Historic Places and designated NYC Landmark. Original furnishings from 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries.
Features exhibits on the history of New York City and offers a research library.
Maintained by Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts. The 1862 building, a city and national historic site, has three galleries with rotating art exhibits, a visitors center, gift shop and cafe. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. King served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, as a U.S. senator and an ambassador to Great Britain. His son, John Alsop, who later inherited the house, was governor New York State.