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
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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
Early Black New Paltz Landowner Jane Wynkoop Exhibit Opens Saturday
Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY, has announced the opening of an exhibit on the life of Jane Deyo Wynkoop, at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center from August 21st through September 26th.
Jane Deyo Wynkoop was one of the first African Americans to purchase land in New Paltz, New York. Born to an enslaved woman in this rural Ulster County community, she had a remarkable story. [Read more…] about Early Black New Paltz Landowner Jane Wynkoop Exhibit Opens Saturday
Power of Native Women Virtual Sessions Set For Saturday
Historic Huguenot Street has announced “The Power of Native Women,” a three-part multimedia event celebrating the lives of Native women in the larger narrative of our communities, is set for Saturday, September 19 from 4 to 6 pm. [Read more…] about Power of Native Women Virtual Sessions Set For Saturday
Black Builder Jacob Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online
Jacob Wynkoop was born in New Paltz, New York, in 1829, the child of two former slaves, Thomas and Jane Deyo Wynkoop. Wynkoop had an exceptional and varied life for any man of his time.
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 African American citizens in town, and built a series of homes that today still define a neighborhood in the village of New Paltz. [Read more…] about Black Builder Jacob Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online
New Paltz’s Jane Deyo Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online
Historic Huguenot Street is presenting a new online exhibit, Jane Deyo Wynkoop. Wynkoop is believed to be the first African American — man or woman — to buy land in the Village of New Paltz, in Ulster County, New York. [Read more…] about New Paltz’s Jane Deyo Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online
Historic Huguenot St Launches Online Programming
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) has launched a new online programming initiative that includes videos, hands-on activities, special deals from the museum shop available for delivery, and new ways to participate and explore its exhibitions, archives, and collection.
These virtual experiences will be available on the museum’s website and shared through its social-media channels using the hashtag #MuseumsFromHome. [Read more…] about Historic Huguenot St Launches Online Programming
Historian Spotlight: Ulster County’s Ken Hasbrouck
A direct descendant of French Huguenots who settled New Paltz in 1678, Kenneth E. Hasbrouck Sr. had an important influence on Ulster County local history. He served as County Historian, Town of Gardiner Historian and was a founder and president of the Huguenot Historical Society (HHS). [Read more…] about Historian Spotlight: Ulster County’s Ken Hasbrouck