Open House & Self-Guided Tour

The Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association owns & operates the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum & Sophie Brewster One-room Schoolhouse. Our mission is to preserve and perpetuate the history of the City of New Rochelle, with particular emphasis on its original Huguenot settlers and founding father Thomas Paine. The Paine Cottage was the home from 1802 to 1806 of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and Revolutionary War hero. Both Cottage & One-room schoolhouse is open to the public for visitation.