Listen to Someone Lived Here a podcast about the places cool people called home.

In the first episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra Gaylord brings you to the Alice Austen House on Staten Island. Alice Austen was a photographer who took beautiful personal photos of her friends. These photos include crossdressing and card games. She was also in a loving relationship with another woman, Gertrude Tate, for 50 years. Alice Austen lived from 1866 to 1952.

While walking through the home you learn Alice’s story and the events that led to poverty and how her work was found before her death.

In this episode we speak to Victoria Munroe, the Executive Director at the Alice Austen House, and Amy O’Hara, the Director of Operations and Visitor Services. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com.

In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Lewis Latimer House in Queens, NY. Lewis Latimer was an inventor and electrical pioneer who shaped the history of objects we still use everyday. He was African American and the son of slaves.

While we walk through the home with Alex Unthank, we learn the story of Lewis Latimer and his career. Alex tells the story of his father and mother's escape from slavery. Nearly a hundred years after purchasing the home, his granddaughter helped save the home by moving it to safety.

If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.