The Kearney House lit my candles

Photo by Francesca Costa.

The historic Kearney House in the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey hosts a number of events each year when visitors can experience what life may have been like in the mid-nineteenth century — when Mrs. Kearney kept a dockside tavern at the house.

Miss Emily sets the table for “Behind the Times at Mrs. Kearney’s Tavern.” Some of our living history programs, like these summer-evening affairs, are “open-house” type events, very family friendly, where all are welcome and only a donation box is used for program donations.
Photo: Anna Gordon.
Staff members Francesca Costa and Emily DeSimone captured some ghostly glimpses of our fall programs, above, while below, guest Elio Mena caught Eric Nelsen as he recited “The Raven” for “Tales of the Macabre,” our annual tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.
Reciting The Raven at the Kearney House
These evening living history programs require reservations and a small fee (taken care of right on this page through a PayPal link!), and while children are welcome, the programs are more geared for our grown-up guests. (You may even bring an adult beverage to enjoy at these!)