Discover our Affiliate sites! These member sites all preserve and steward places of artistic legacy while engaging with public audiences. Distinct from our other members, these sites may not operate as traditional house museums or be regularly open for public visitation. Many are also in earlier stages of evolution as public sites. Explore ways you can learn about their stories and their work.
In 2022, Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios launched its new Affiliate category to complement its longstanding Membership group of sites. The creation of Affiliates represents a commitment by the program and the National Trust, to create new pathways for organizations and individuals stewarding preserved artist properties — that may not meet the criteria under existing membership—to engage in meaningful dialogue with their professional peers. You can read more about the launch here.
In January 2025, HAHS announced the addition of 19 new affiliate sites, representing the largest expansion of the program since its founding in 2000. Read more about the announcement here.
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Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Home-Studio and Artist’s Residence
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Home-Studio
and Artist’s Residence
Aminah Robinson (1940 – 2015)
“One need not have expensive tools and materials to be creative—all that is needed is an awareness of one’s environment and the beauties that are there; from this comes the process of creativity and —out of this, comes life.”
Aminah Robinson,
from an August 3, 1975 journal entry
When Aminah Robinson died in 2015, her paintings, drawings, monumental RagGonNon, life-size sculptures, stacks of watercolors and woodcut prints, collections of books and dolls, tools, traded art, and the art she received from family and friends filled every room of her home. Supplies consisting of buttons, beads, ties, clothespins, music boxes, coins, leather, fabric, and paints remained, ready for her next mixed media project. Her carved furniture, painted doors, autographed walls, and mosaic floor turned ordinary rooms into charmed settings, and each room, including the basement and backyard studio, her “Doll House,” was sacred artmaking space. To visit Robinson’s home studio is to appreciate the fullness of her life, the omnipresence of her work, and the inspiration of her space. Because her home studio supports artists in residence, every effort was made to preserve her bountiful spirit, maintain some of her collections, and create a comfortable living and working environment within it.
The Aminah Robinson Home and Studio is open for tours by appointment, and for workshops with Resident and Fellow artists by invitation. Take a digital tour of the studio here.
791 Sunbury Road, Columbus, OH 43219
614-221-6801
Arts Center at Duck Creek
Arts Center at Duck Creek
John Little (1907 – 1984)
“Abstract art is a formal concept. The artist employs nature as inspiration to stimulate his creative impulse. Through simplification and stylization, nature is reduced to the strictest pictorial elements in the terms of form and space.”
John Little, 1947
John Little studied at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Art Students League, and the Hans Hofmann School of Art. After a successful career as a fabric designer and service as an aerial photographer in World War II, he turned to fine art in the 1940s. In 1948 he purchased Duck Creek Farm in East Hampton, Long Island, and moved there full time three years later. Among his neighbors were his close friends Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. In addition to colorful gestural abstract paintings, he is known for constructions made of material scavenged from local beaches, the subject of a 1955 film, “John Little: Images from the Sea,” by Hans Namuth and Paul Falkenberg. A solo exhibition of his work was presented in his former barn studio at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in 2021.
The Arts Center is open to the public with free programming.
127 Squaw Road East, East Hampton, NY 11937
631-604-8464
The Beer Can House
The Beer Can House
John Martin Milkovisch (1912 – 1988)
The Beer Can House is a significant folk art environment created by John Milkovisch, who transformed his ordinary home into an architectural wonder by covering it with thousands of aluminum beer cans, tabs, and tops arranged into shimmering curtains, mobiles, and wind chimes. The site features not only the mesmerizing metallic exterior, but also unique concrete pathways embedded with marbles, rocks, and colorful found objects. Now preserved by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, this one-of-a-kind home showcases the creative potential of everyday materials while offering visitors the chance to explore both the decorated exterior and interior spaces where Milkovisch lived and worked on his unusual artistic vision.
The Beer Can House is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm.
222 Malone Street, Austin, TX 77007
713-926-6368
Carolee Schneemann Foundation
Carolee Schneemann Foundation
Carolee Schneemann (1939 – 2019)
The Foundation, housed in a historic 1750s residence, preserves the home and studio where pioneering artist Carolee Schneemann lived and worked from 1965 until her death, including her extensive personal library, archives, and artistic interventions embedded throughout the structure. The house itself serves as a living archive, featuring original elements that appeared in Schneemann’s iconic works while containing her meticulously organized archives of over 2,000 books, photographs, slides, and documents that provide insight into her creative process. Open by appointment only, visitors can experience the intimate connection between the artist’s domestic life and her groundbreaking artistic practice through features like hand-painted tiles, collaged walls, and her preserved in-house studio containing works in progress from her final projects.
The Schneemann home is open by appointment for researchers, artists, and others with a specific interest in Carolee Schneemann’s work.
437 Springtown Road, New Paltz, NY 12561
Dog Mountain,
Home of Stephen Huneck Gallery
Dog Mountain, Home of Stephen Huneck Gallery
Stephen Huneck (1948 – 2010)
A unique property that combines a landscape decorated with outdoor sculptures, a dog-friendly park, and an art gallery showcasing the whimsical wood carvings and prints of folk artist Stephen Huneck. At its heart stands the Dog Chapel, a structure inspired by New England meeting houses that features dog-themed architectural details, stained glass windows with dog portraits, and walls covered in visitors’ photos and memories of beloved pets. The site welcomes visitors and their four-legged companions to freely explore hiking trails, swimming ponds, and fields of wildflowers while experiencing Huneck’s vision of a place that celebrates the healing power of dogs, nature, art, and love.
The Gallery and Dog Chapel are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The grounds are open every day from dawn to dusk.
143 Parks Road, Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819
Elaine de Kooning House and Studio
Elaine de Kooning House and Studio
Elaine de Kooning (1918 – 1989)
John Chamberlain (1927 – 2011)
“I’m more interested in character. Character comes out of work. Style is applied or imposed on it.”
Elaine de Kooning, Everett McNear, Rose Slivka, Arts Club of Chicago, 1983
Barbara Lynne Photography.
The Elaine de Kooning House and Studio is comprised of two distinct masses: the two-story, roughly two-bay by three-bay, front-gabled house (1968) and the one-and-a-half-story roughly two-bay by five-bay, cross- gabled studio (1978). The two sections are connected by a one- story, L-shaped hyphen. The studio has large angled plate glass and metal windows extending on its north elevation as well as a small bedroom and living area on the first floor, a second-story loft, and a wide, open working space with paint-spattered plywood floors.
Tours of the House and Studio are available by appointment. Visit the website for reservations.
55 Alewive Brook Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937
631-604-5882
The Emile Brunel Studio/Residence
and Sculpture Park
The Emile Brunel Studio / Residence and Sculpture Park
Emile Brunel (1874 – 1944)
“It is a legend an old man once told me
That I wanted to illustrate with these statues
Without purpose of gain or to please you
I built these for my own amusement
You are welcome”
Emile Brunel, from Indian Soliloquy, c. 1937
The sculpture garden and multi-arts center boasts a collection of concrete sculptures created by pioneering photographer and founder of the New York Institute of Photography, Emile Brunel. The site bridges multiple cultural legacies, housing both Brunel’s century-old statuary and serving as a platform for celebrating the Indigenous heritage of the Munsee Esopus Lenape people through educational programs and an artist-in-residence program. The property, which includes Brunel’s original Studio/Residence, is situated along the Catskill Park, and combines art preservation, nature sanctuary, and cultural education in one distinctive location.
Brunel Park is open daily and year round to visitors to enjoy the garden and take self-guided tours of sculptures.
4008 State Route 28, Boiceville, NY 12412
845-205-3839
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio
at the New York Studio School
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio at the New York Studio School
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875 – 1942)
“Art is an ascending of descending scale; the spirit of its joy reaches us in unexpected ways. It travels on slender threads, but it is within the reach of all who care enough to want to see and understand.”
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Guided tours include, in addition to the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio, visits to MacDougal Alley and other major spaces at New York Studio School, including the Clay Room, the sculpture studio where Whitney worked on many of her large-scale public commissions. Many features original to the 1930s Whitney Museum of American Art period are still intact.
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio offers guided tours of the site, a National Historic Landmark. You can also visit the latest exhibition in the main gallery.
8 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011
212-673-6466
Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village
Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village
Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey (1896 – 1988)
A remarkable folk art environment featuring thirty-five sculptural structures (including 15 bottle houses) built entirely from discarded materials, with walls crafted from tens of thousands of glass bottles collected from local dumps. Created over nearly 30 years by self-taught artist Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey starting at age 60, the site showcases incredible architectural ingenuity and artistic vision through its colorful bottle-walled buildings, mosaic pathways decorated with found objects, and whimsical features. This one-of-a-kind folk art landmark, one of the earliest and most significant women-made art environments in the United States, offers guided tours where visitors can experience Prisbrey’s creative reuse of everyday materials and her humorous, resourceful approach to architecture and environmental art.
Bottle Village is currently open to visitors by appointment.
4595 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063
The Jacobson House
The Jacobson House Native Art Center
Oscar Jacobson (1882 – 1966)
The Native art center served as both residence and artistic sanctuary for Oscar Jacobson, the influential director of the University of Oklahoma School of Art, and the groundbreaking Kiowa Six, indigenous artists who had studio space in this home. The house, built in 1916-17 with distinctive Swedish architectural elements, was designed to blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces through its generous windows, deep porches, and elaborate gardens. Now serving as a gallery and cultural center, the Jacobson House continues its legacy of fostering Native American art and culture through exhibitions, workshops, and educational events, while preserving the unique space where Oscar Jacobson helped launch a watershed moment in 20th-century American Indian art.
Open by appointment and during select hours for programming.
609 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73069
Jonathan Fisher House
Jonathan Fisher House
Jonathan Fisher (1768 – 1847)
“A day of care & business—Mr. Holt, Steven & Mr. Smith worked A. M. on frame. Worked myself stripping old house & drawing nails. About 100 hand collected & assisted me in raising my house, with plank sides, which went up well, & no person was materially hurt. After raising partook of a bountiful supper & after supper had pleasant singing. Blessed be God for the variety & abundance of his mercies.”
Jonathan Fisher, June 21, 1814
The Fisher House is open for tours seasonally, July through mid-October. Visitors will see Jonathan Fisher’s beautiful 1814 timber-frame home that he designed and built himself, which houses remarkable survivals from Federal-era New England, including Fisher’s paintings, drawings, watercolors, and woodblock prints; furniture he built and finished for his family and others; a superb collection of homemade surveying instruments; a large camera obscura that he designed and built himself to aid in drawing; his extensive library of books and his book-binding tools; and more. The property is also home to a 200+ year-old pear tree planted by Fisher, and a reconstructed apple orchard based on his original map, as well as a barn with an exhibit of his woodworking tools. A modern museum wing houses rotating exhibits about Fisher and his family’s life and times.
Open for tours from July through mid-October.
44 Mines Road, Blue Hill, ME 04614
207-374-2459
Langlais Art Preserve
Langlais Art Preserve
Bernard Langlais (1921 – 1977)
“I don’t know if I’m called a constructivist, sculptor, or painter… But I wouldn’t mind being called a backwoodsman.”
Bernard Langlais (1961)
The art preserve offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore over a dozen large-scale wooden sculptures created by artist Bernard Langlais along an accessible quarter-mile path winding through meadows and woodlands overlooking the St. George River. The 90-acre site includes a seasonally open Barn Studio that showcases smaller sculptures and offers hands-on art activities inspired by Langlais’s creative process, as well as his preserved workshop, filled with his tools and works-in-progress. Beyond the outdoor sculpture garden, visitors can enjoy over two miles of woodland hiking trails and experience how Langlais’s vision of integrating art with the natural landscape continues to evolve through conservation efforts and new artistic programming.
The Langlais Preserve is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk in all seasons. No appointment or reservations are required.
576 River Road, Cushing, ME 04563
207-594-5166
Lelooska Foundation & Cultural Center
Lelooska Foundation & Cultural Center
Chief Lelooska (1962 – 1996)
Visitors to the Lelooska Foundation receive a rare opportunity to experience authentic Native American arts, performances, and cultural traditions in a historic setting that has served as both home and creative space for Indigenous artists since the 1960s. The site features two ceremonial houses where it presents living history programs with traditional Northwest Coast masks, songs, and dances passed down through generations, alongside a museum housing over 600 Native American artifacts and artworks. What makes this place truly special is its continuous legacy as both a working artist studio and educational center, where visitors can witness traditional Native arts being actively practiced and taught while exploring the original home and workshop of Chief Lelooska, which has been carefully preserved to maintain its historic character.
Lelooska Foundation and Cultural Center is open on Thursdays and Fridays from 1-5pm.
165 Merwin Village Road, Ariel, WA 98603
360-225-9522
LongHouse Reserve
LongHouse Reserve
Jack Lenor Larsen (1927 – 2020)
“Be relevant, not reverent. Keep changing.”
Jack Lenore Larsen
Photograph by Katherine Persky.
LongHouse Reserve is Jack Lenor Larsen‘s 16-acre garden with established lawns, ornamental borders, plant collections and 60 pieces of sculpture, including works by Dale Chihuly, Buckminster Fuller, Yoko Ono, Willem de Kooning, and Sol LeWitt, in dialog with the gardens. Throughout the seasons, the gardens hold many surprises, including the dazzling display of daffodils in April, the striking azaleas of the Red Garden in May, roses in June, followed in the summer and fall by the foliage and blossoms of many other trees including majestic Redwoods, shrubs, and perennials, each providing texture and dimension to the LH landscape.
LongHouse is open for tours of its gardens on weekends from January to March, and Wednesday through Sunday from April to December.
133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, NY 11937
631-329-3568
Louise Bourgeois Home,
The Easton Foundation
Louise Bourgeois Home,
The Easton Foundation
Louise Bourgeois (1911 – 2010)
The Easton Foundation, housed in two historic Chelsea townhouses in Manhattan, preserves the former home and studio of renowned sculptor Louise Bourgeois. The site offers an intimate glimpse into Bourgeois’s creative world, featuring one of her iconic spider sculptures in the shared garden, her preserved living spaces, and an extensive archive of her personal effects including diaries, clothing, and art materials. This site includes a small exhibition space presenting artworks and archival materials, and the carefully maintained historic spaces where one of the past century’s most influential artists developed her revolutionary sculptural forms. Access is currently limited to pre-scheduled group tours, most of which are arranged through cultural and educational institutions.
The site is open by appointment only and accessible via pre-scheduled group tours arranged by museums, schools, artist residencies, or other cultural institutions.
349 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
L.V. Hull Home & Studio
L.V. Hull Home & Studio
L.V. Hull (1942 – 2008)
The site represents a remarkable fusion of home and artistic canvas, where self-taught artist L.V. Hull transformed every surface into an evolving art environment through vibrantly painted found objects, creative assemblages, and carefully curated collections of cherished items. The site is the first home-studio of an African American female visual artist to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places at the national level, and the first home of any African American art environment creator to receive this recognition. While the original artwork has been preserved offsite, visitors can still experience Hull’s creative imprint through the sun-faded outlines on the walls, her signature multicolored dots on the bathroom sink, and the original nails that once held her dense artistic displays, all of which will be incorporated into the site’s interpretation when it opens to the public.
The L.V. Hull Home & Studio will be open to the public in 2026.
101 N. Natchez St., Kosciusko, MS 39090 (Mailing)
Mary Nohl Art Environment
Mary Nohl Art Environment
Mary Nohl (1914 – 2001)
A notable artist-created home where Mary Nohl transformed every aspect of the property, from the house itself to the 59 concrete sculptures dotting the landscape, into a comprehensive work of art. While public access is carefully limited to preserve the site, those who visit receive an intimate guided tour exploring Nohl’s creative vision through both the physical space and archival materials like her personal diaries and correspondence. The site stands as one of the most important artist-built environments preserved in America, particularly significant for its creation by a woman artist in the mid-20th century. Access is limited to pre-scheduled group tours arranged through the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Mary Nohl Art Environment offers limited public access by appointment.
7328 N. Beach Drive, Fox Point WI 53217
Olive Rush Studio & Art Center
Olive Rush Studio & Art Center
Olive Rush (1873 – 1966)
The Art Center preserves the historic home, studio, and garden of pioneering artist Olive Rush, who transformed this 100-year-old adobe house into a vibrant artistic and social hub where she painted each day, hosted fellow artists, and mentored Native American painters. The property combines Rush’s original frescoes and painted furniture with her orchard (including remnant two-hundred year old apple trees) and historic garden, where she entertained at tea parties and maintained a bountiful selection of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. This intimate museum, in its inaugural year of operation, offers visitors a rare glimpse into the life of one of Santa Fe’s most influential women artists, known for breaking artistic boundaries by combining modernist techniques with Indigenous art influences while fostering a supportive creative community in the Southwest in the early 20th century.
The Olive Rush Studio & Art Center is open to the public for events and during designated “pop-up” weeks in 2025.
630 Canyon Road, Sante Fe, NM 87501
Popes Museum
Pope’s Museum
Laura Pope Forester (1873 – 1953)
“Each of us is a link in the chain of humanity.”
Laura Pope forester, 1953
Pope’s Museum is the oldest surviving artist-built environment created by a woman in the United States. It was the home of Laura Pope Forester, who is one of the few documented female artists in the early 20th century to create such an extensive outdoor art installation. The site showcases 20 original sculptures and dozens of murals created by Pope Forester using her own mortar mixture, including striking tributes to women’s achievements, military veterans, and literary figures, all crafted by this self-taught artist who broke cultural barriers of her time. Visitors can tour the restored 2-story home with its unique architectural features like a balcony made from sewing machine parts, explore the historic gardens filled with heirloom plants, and view the impressive 100-foot-wide World War II memorial wall that all stand as testament to Pope Forester’s artistic vision.
Pope’s Museum is open by appointment only.
192 Popes Store Road, Ochlocknee, GA 31773
229 307 0037
Prophet Isaiah Robertson’s
Second Coming House
Prophet Isaiah Robertson’s Second Coming House
Prophet Isaiah Robertson (1947 – 2020)
Striking art environment created by Prophet Isaiah Robertson, a self-taught artist who transformed his home into an immersive religious artwork, featuring a dramatic 25-foot painted cross and intricate religious imagery crafted from wood, paint, and beadwork both inside and outside the property. As the only artist-built environment of its kind in Western New York, the site showcases Robertson’s divinely-inspired creativity through painstakingly preserved and recreated elements, including his signature “perfectly imperfect” painting style and symbolic religious artworks. Opened earlier this year, visitors can experience this unique cultural landmark through guided tours that explore themes of immigration, religious expression, and artistic vision, while learning about Robertson’s remarkable journey from Jamaican carpenter to visionary artist.
The Prophet Isaiah Second Coming House is open to the public from May through November, and
offers guided tours of the site every other Saturday and by appointment.
1308 Ontario Avenue, Niagara Falls NY 14305
Reuben Hale House
Reuben Hale House
Reuben Hale (1927 – 2018)
The house and sculpture garden offer visitors an intimate look into the life and work of distinguished artist and educator Reuben Hale, showcasing his diverse artistic legacy through sculptures, paintings, drawings, holograms, and photographs displayed throughout the 1925 Mediterranean Revival home where he lived and worked for nearly 50 years. The property features over 200 of Hale’s works, much of which highlights his enduring artistic theme of the ‘Emerging Woman,’ reflecting his belief in women’s profound impact on society. This historic site, located in the El Cid Historic District, preserves not only Hale’s artwork but also his living and working spaces exactly as he designed them, from his handcrafted furniture to his architectural modifications of the house itself.
Reuben Hale House is open for tours by appointment only. Please call (561) 833-6522 or email artwork@reubenhale.com to schedule.
2715 S Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach FL, 33405
Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation
Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation
Shigeko Kubota (1937 – 2015)
Nam June Paik (1932 – 2006)
The foundation, located in a historic SoHo loft, preserves the living and working space of pioneering video artists Shigeko Kubota and Nam June Paik, who occupied the space from the 1970s until 2015. The raw loft space remains largely unchanged since the artists’ time there, with approximately 80 percent dedicated to art making and featuring their original video works, archives, and personal effects displayed in their original positions. As one of the last remaining “Fluxhouses”—artist cooperative buildings established by Fluxus founder George Maciunas—the site offers visitors a rare glimpse into both the birth of video art and SoHo’s transformation into an artists’ community. By-appointment tours include access to extensive multi-media sculpture, video, photo, and paper archives.
Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation is open for tours by appointment only.
110 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
S.P. Dinsmoor’s Cabin Home
and Garden of Eden
S.P. Dinsmoor’s Cabin Home and Garden of Eden
S.P. Dinsmoor (1843 – 1932)
S.P. Dinsmoor created the sprawling sculpture garden, featuring a three-story limestone “log cabin” that he built as both a home and an artistic statement about Populist politics. The site showcases Dinsmoor’s innovative concrete sculpting techniques, including elaborate biblical and political scenes featuring 150+ life-sized figures that tell allegorical stories about corporate greed, labor rights, and social justice through interconnected tableaus rising to three stories high. This unique art environment also includes Dinsmoor’s final resting place–a concrete mausoleum he built himself where visitors can still view his preserved body in a glass-lidded coffin of his own construction.
Guided tours of the Garden of Eden are available on a seasonal schedule.
305 East 2nd Street, Lucas, KS 67648
Spiral House Park
Spiral House Park
Tom Gottsleben (1950 – 2019)
In its first year of public operation, Spiral House Park is set on 45 acres of transformed bluestone quarry in the Catskills, featuring a stunning five-story spiral house and more than 40 large-scale sculptures made of hand-cut bluestone, crystal glass, and stainless steel, all created by artist Tom Gottsleben. The centerpiece Rainbow Portal, a 31-foot-diameter circle of twelve archways made of stone and colored crystal glass, casts colorful reflections by day and glows magically at night. The home and art are interconnected by meandering landscape walls and extensive native gardens that showcase the intersection of sacred geometry and nature, with 1.5 miles of woodland trails, all set against dramatic mountain views.
Beginning mid-April 2025, the Spiral House Park will be open Saturdays for events, workshops, and visits.
175 Fish Creek Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
Valley of the Moon
Valley of the Moon
George Phar Legler (1885 – 1982)
A garden landscape created by visionary artist George Phar Legler as an immersive fantasyland designed to promote kindness and tolerance through magical experiences. The site features twenty-six distinct historic structures built in a unique Storybook Style, using concrete, chicken wire, and recycled materials to create an enchanted landscape specifically scaled for children’s perspectives. True to its founding mission of inclusion, the site continues to serve diverse communities today, offering specialized programming for underserved groups including transgender and gender non-conforming youth, while maintaining its century-old tradition of theatrical adventures that promote kindness and acceptance for all.
Valley of the Moon is open the first Saturday of each month for a free event, the 3rd Sunday for docent tours, and special events. There is also private access appointments for a fee and free use to nonprofits and public schools.
2544 E. Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85716