‘Cultural Tourism’ Touted At Tin Top Ribbon-Cutting HYDE HALL At a time when the state was focused on the recreational value of parks, the Friends of Hyde Hall “came to the rescue of the house,” Ruth Pierpont, deputy commissioner of the state Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation told this morning’s gathering to dedicate a just-completed welcome center in the mansion’s Tin Top gatehouse. The Friends established a model for public-private partnerships that has been duplicated elsewhere, said Pierpont,…
