The New Haven Preservation Trust

10/01/2026

Preservation Trades Fair, October 10, 2026 by Preservation CT | May 28, 2026 | Event Preservation Connecticut is partnering with the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop to host a Preservation Trades Fair at our combined campus in Hamden. Come see demonstrations in timber framing, interior decorative finis...

09/30/2026

Proposals are being weighed now for many plans for the New Haven Green -- roadway changes, plazas, food kiosks, Bus Rapid Transit -- to name a few. Join us to view a film on the history of the Green, and join a discussion abut its future. Hosted by Preservation Connecticut and the New Haven Urban Design League.

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08/21/2026

By making our historic places visible and accessible, these resources offer perspective on all the places that could be threatened by the federal rollback of preservation protections.

08/17/2026

Join us on Saturday, August 22nd from 11:00AM to 1:00PM for a rare opportunity to visit the Dorothea Rudnick house, located at 225 Mill Rock Road in Hamden. This small but exciting Modernist house, built in 1958 for Dorothea Rudnick (1907-1990), a pioneering embryologist who, in the 1930s, developed techniques for transplanting parts of one embryo into another. As a professor at Albertus Magnus College from 1940 until 1977, Dr. Rudnick advanced scientific understanding while mentoring students. She also edited scientific journals and served as Secretary of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dorothea Rudnick’s architect was King-lui Wu (1918-2002), a native of Guangzhou, China, who joined Yale’s architecture faculty in 1948 and at the same time opened an architectural office in New Haven. Balancing teaching and professional practice, Wu designed a series of houses as well as offices, churches, and the clubhouse for Yale’s Manuscript society. He described his approach to design as combining the Bauhaus’s ideas of Western rationalism with Chinese romanticism—in what he called the “battle between the head and the heart.”

Set into a hillside, the Rudnick house is modest in size but thoughtfully designed, with an open plan and careful attention to providing natural light. The nearly-solid façade, lit only by a row of high, diamond-shaped windows, contrasts with a transparent end wall.

This event is a casual open house with remarks about the house’s history given at 11:15 and 12:15 by Preservation Connecticut’s Chris Wigren. We hope to see you there!

Register here: https://preservationct.app.neoncrm.com/forms/open-house-talk-dorothea-rudnick

This event is generously sponsored by Wojtek W. Boroski, Edgehill Team at Pearce Real Estate.

08/11/2026

The Historic District Commission meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, August 12th) at 6:30pm will include a discussion of the New Haven Green Improvements project with a presentation from City Engineer Giovanni Zinn. There will also be an opportunity for public comment, both in person (Room G2, 200 Orange Street) and online. Information can be found here:

06/10/2026

Yale plans to demolish a vacant former rubber factory in the Hill that was once home to vibrant, illegal live-work artist studios -- prompting pushback from some neighbors who don't want to see the site turned into an 89-space surface parking lot.

06/01/2026

05/27/2026

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS: LECTURE
Four Centuries of Gathering on the New Haven Green
Saturday, June 27, 3:00 p.m.
Ives Main Branch Library, 133 Elm St, New Haven
As the original colonial "commons", the Green has long served the needs of citizens through a variety of uses. These have included civic buildings, houses of worship, lands for grazing, and even as a final resting place for the dead. Over the years, the Green has been the stage for parades, protests, road races, recitals, military musters, mattress derbies, speeches, and the Special Olympics. Some of this history, such as the auctions of enslaved people, challenge our perceptions of the Green as a place for civic good.
As a cultural landscape, New Haveners have shaped the Green as much as it has shaped them. This program will explore why these changes matter — and why this history is relevant to the future of the Green. This dialogue will be hosted by the New Haven Preservation Trust, the New Haven Museum, and the New Haven Free Public Library using a variety of archival materials.
Free; reservations are required. Space is limited. Find out more and sign up www.artidea.org/event/2026/5891