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300 Years of History in the Heart of
New Paltz, New York

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The Gathering


What's Happening
on the Street

Second Saturdays:
Cultural Pluralism

Saturday, August 14th

7:30pm

Underground in the Archives:
Diversity in Early New York

Sunday, August 15th, 1 to 3pm

Colonial Overnight

Friday, August 20th to
Saturday, August 21

6pm to 10am


Museum Shop

For the Village:

The Story of Huguenot Street
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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.

That special and diverse village is New Paltz, an eclectic, free-thinking town that attracts people from throughout the northeast, the U.S. and the world.  Just like the Huguenots over 300 years ago, people are drawn to the natural beauty and the opportunity of area.  Key to understanding and appreciating this singular place is a visit to Historic Huguenot Street, where it all began.

Historic Huguenot Street is a National Historic Landmark District featuring seven unique stone houses dating to the early 1700s, a burial ground and a reconstructed 1717 stone church, all in their original village setting. Our six landscaped acres are surrounded by a riverside nature preserve, yet just steps from the shopping and dining of downtown New Paltz.