February 22
10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, & 2pm
Historic Cherry Hill has scheduled its second tour experience of 2025 for Saturday, February 22nd, to celebrate Black History Month and as an historic appetizer to their 2025 season. The tour introduces the community to the Black residents of Cherry Hill, which is vital in delivering a full history of the site. Come to hear the story of Dinah Jackson, an enslaved woman who became the star witness in the infamous 1827 murder trial of Jesse Strang, and several other individuals who worked at the site and whose stories are preserved there: Minnie and James Knapp—descendants of Dinah
Jackson—Mary Burle, and Clara Patterson.
Tours start on the hour at 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, and the last tour starts at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Cash, checks and all major credit cards are accepted. Reservations are not required but are accepted at 1-518-434-4791. Parking is available at the bottom of the Historic Cherry Hill driveway, South Pearl Street, between McCarty Avenue and 1st Avenue, in Albany’s South End Neighborhood.
A Blue Star museum and a member of the Museums for All initiative, Historic Cherry Hill is free to active service military families and SNAP card holders. The museum is also free to neighbors in the 12202 zip code, Museum Association of New York members, American Alliance of Museums members, and children under 6 years of age.