• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Exhibit on Black Builder Jacob Wynkoop in New Paltz

June 2, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jacob Wynkoop ca 1908 Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) is set to present the exhibit “’Never Was a Slave’: Jacob Wynkoop, Free and Black in 19th-Century New Paltz” at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center, June 1 through July 14, 2019.

Wynkoop was born in New Paltz, New York, in 1829, the child of two former slaves, Thomas and Jane Deyo Wynkoop. He had an exceptional and varied life for any man of his times. Among the first African Americans to buy land in the community, he also served in the Union Army during the Civil War, organized politically on behalf of people of color, and built a series of homes in the late-19th century that helped define a neighborhood in the village of New Paltz.

Wynkoop and his family’s story are illuminated by historical documents and photographic materials from the HHS Archives, the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library, Town of New Paltz Records, and the Records of the Reformed Church of New Paltz. The exhibit is curated by Josephine Bloodgood, HHS Director of Curatorial and Preservation Affairs.

The DuBois Fort Visitor Center is located at 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz.

For more information, click here.

Photo of Jacob Wynkoop ca 1908 courtesy Haviland Heidgerd Historical Collection.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz

About Editorial Staff

Stories written under the Editorial Staff byline are drawn from press releases and other notices. Submit your news to New York Almanack here.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Help Finish Our 2022 Fundraising

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • William Mills on DEC & APA Defy The Courts And Keep Unconstitutional Trails Open
  • Editorial Staff on Timber Framing Workshops at Finger Lakes Museum
  • Editorial Staff on Utica’s Henry DiSpirito: Stonemason to Sculptor
  • Sharon on Utica’s Henry DiSpirito: Stonemason to Sculptor
  • Robert A Rowe on Russell Shorto: The Dutch-American Perspective
  • Bill Wirz on Timber Framing Workshops at Finger Lakes Museum
  • Bob Meyer on State Rebuilding of High Peaks Wilderness Roads Challenged in Court
  • John Warren on Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York
  • Willem Bustraan (Amsterdam) on Restless Roamer: James Smithson’s Final Journey
  • Kim on Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York

Recent New York Books

The Sugar Act and the American Revolution
battle of harlem hights
Ladies Day at the Capitol
voices of wayne county
CNY Snowstorm book front cover
The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Expanded Second Edition of Echoes in These Mountains
historic kingston book
Buffalo Sports cover re-re-sized.indd

Secondary Sidebar

preservation league
Protect the Adirondacks Hiking Guide