Welcome to the Jay Heritage Center

Explore the Jay Heritage Center, a special place representing 260 years of American history and preserving magnificent examples of historic architecture.

Discover our common heritage in the legacy of one of our nation’s renowned Founding Fathers, John Jay, whose boyhood home stood on this site.

Visit our two nationally significant buildings, the 1838 Greek Revival Peter Augustus Jay House and the 1907 Classical Revival Carriage House.

Enjoy the natural landscape and the dramatic vista overlooking Long Island Sound.

The Jay Heritage Center is the focal point of the Boston Post Road Historic District. The district is a National Historic Landmark, the highest historic designation conferred by the federal government.