Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) in New Paltz, NY has announced several Halloween season community events, which will include both new and annual traditions. [Read more…] about Halloween At Historic Huguenot St in New Paltz
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Historic Huguenot St Exhibit Highlights Recent Acquisitions
Since 1894 and the formation of the Huguenot Patriotic, Historical, and Monumental Society, HHS has been collecting fine and decorative art, furniture, utilitarian objects, textiles, historical documents, and more.
Today, thousands of objects furnish Historic Huguenot Street’s historic stone houses in New Paltz, NY, helping to illuminate the stories of the families who lived there. Other objects in the Permanent Collection are preserved for research and interpreted through exhibits, special programs, and social media posts. [Read more…] about Historic Huguenot St Exhibit Highlights Recent Acquisitions
Haunted Huguenot Street Tours In New Paltz
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) in New Paltz, NY has announced their Haunted Huguenot Street event, a spooky, theatrical tour guiding guests through some of HHS’s former residents’ forgotten pasts, set for Friday and Saturday nights, from October 14th through 29th. [Read more…] about Haunted Huguenot Street Tours In New Paltz
Paintings Stolen 50 Years Ago Returned to Historic Huguenot Street
The New York Art Crime Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently returned two paintings by 19th-century portrait artist Ammi Phillips to Historic Huguenot Street (HHS).
The two portraits, depicting prominent New Paltz residents Dirck D. Wynkoop (1738-1827) and his wife Annatje Eltinge (1748-1827), were missing for fifty years, after they were stolen on February 16th, 1972 while on display at the 1799 Ezekiel Elting (aka LeFevre) House on Huguenot Street. [Read more…] about Paintings Stolen 50 Years Ago Returned to Historic Huguenot Street
1645 Marketplace: A Living History Event in New Paltz Saturday
Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz will host a two-day living history event on Saturday, May 14th and Sunday, May 15th, that will transport visitors back in time to a colonial era marketplace. [Read more…] about 1645 Marketplace: A Living History Event in New Paltz Saturday
Tribal Sovereignty and the American Revolution (Virtual Program)
Historic Huguenot Street has announced “Soul of A Nation: Tribal Sovereignty and the American Revolution,” a virtual presentation with Heather Bruegl & Chief Mark Peters set for Thursday, March 10th.
This presentation will examine how Indigenous groups, like the Munsee and the Mohicans, were either inspired or persuaded to take sides in the American Revolution, and explain how such decisions would go on to impact the course of their communities’ histories forever. [Read more…] about Tribal Sovereignty and the American Revolution (Virtual Program)
Historic Huguenot Street Awarded $10k
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) in New Paltz, NY has announced a grant award totaling $10,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. [Read more…] about Historic Huguenot Street Awarded $10k
New Paltz Bevier-Elting House Restoration Project Planned
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) has been awarded a $500,000 Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant support much-needed major repairs and restoration work at the Bevier-Elting House (ca. 1700, 1735, and 1760) in New Paltz.
The project, expected to start in 2022 and continue over the next five years, is one of 49 projects in 29 states funded by the SAT program this year. [Read more…] about New Paltz Bevier-Elting House Restoration Project Planned
‘Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries’ by Hudson Valley Baroque
Historic Huguenot Street will host a chamber ensemble Hudson Valley Baroque in a concert featuring music of Elizabeth Jaquet de la Guerre (1665 – 1729), Antonio Vivaldi (1768 – 1741), Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680 – 1730), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725), and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674 – 1763), on Sunday, October 3rd. [Read more…] about ‘Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries’ by Hudson Valley Baroque
Pathway to the Ballot Box Immersive Theater Experience at Historic Huguenot Street
Historic Huguenot Street has announced Pathway to the Ballot Box weekends, an immersive theatre experience that will guide visitors on a journey through more than 300 years of local women’s history, through September 4th. [Read more…] about Pathway to the Ballot Box Immersive Theater Experience at Historic Huguenot Street