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300 Years of History in the Heart of New Paltz, New YorkCalendar
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Event Spotlight
Historic Homeowners Series
Four-part series begins Saturday, July 18th What's Happening
on the Street Sunday, July 5th 10am to 12pm Wickets and Wine: Croquet on the Lawn Wednesday, July 8th, 6pm The Bare Bones of Locust Lawn Saturday, July 11th 10 am to 12pm Weapons of the Spirit Thursday, July 16th, 8pm Saturdays and Sundays, 2pm Museum Shop
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Welcome to Historic Huguenot Street,
site of a unique American Story. In 1678, a small but brave group of French-speaking Huguenot refugees from what is today southern Belgium and northern France set out to create a community of their own — and so began an American Story that continues today. Their search led them to the Esopus Indians, with whom they negotiated the purchase of 40,000 acres in what we know as New York's Mid-Hudson Valley. This final stop on their journey they named New Paltz. Here on the banks of the Wallkill River in the shadow of the Shawangunk Mountains, they toiled and their families thrived. Around the community they started, a special and diverse village grew. |
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