Clear Comfort (a.k.a. the Alice Austen House) was built in 1690 as a one-room Dutch farmhouse. In 1844 it was purchased by John Haggerty Austen, Alice Austen’s grandfather. Executive Director, Victoria Munro introduces the Austen family and how they ended up at Clear Comfort.

Alice Austen captured a changing New York City in more than 7000 photographs taken mostly around the turn of the twentieth century. Victoria Munro, Executive Director of the Alice Austen House, welcomes you to the Alice Austen House audio tour.