The Deyo House, built in 1692 by Pierre Deyo, one of 12 original patentees of New Paltz.
Dubois House, built in 1705 by Daniel Dubois. This house served as a fort, inn, restaurant, etc. at different times in it's life (now a souvenir store and museum).
Beehive oven in the Dubois house. They would build a fire in here, to heat up the bricks, then scrape out the coals and use the heat retained by the bricks to bake all day long....
The end of the Dubois house. Note the port holes on either side of the windows....
Hasbrouck House. The sign on the left reads, "Built 1712, by Abraham, the patentee, once soldier in English Army, friend of Gov. Andros. Kitchen scene of cock fights." Yep, that's where they had the cock fights. Great, huh?
Reconstruction of the first stone church in New Paltz. I'm not sure what happened to the original structure. I guess God didn't like it or something.My next post will resume your regularly scheduled climbing updates. :-)
Posts
Geoff --
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Thanks for the positive feedback about Historic Huguenot Street. We appreciate it! I chuckled at your comment about the first stone church -- it's not that God didn't like it. The community outgrew the church and they built a larger one down the street. Eventually, the original stone church was taken apart and the stones were moved up the hill to build the community's first school. It's now the home of Enchanted Toys.
Thanks for the explanation of the fate of the church, Richard! None of the signs I saw said anything about what happened to it, just that it was reconstructed.
ReplyDeleteGeoff, I like the non climbing posts best! New Platz looks beautiful! More fabulous history posts, please!
ReplyDeleteLisa
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteAlso, New Paltz is famous as the flash point for "renegade" gay marriages back in 2004 (and beyond, cali BS of late notwithstanding). The mayor is pretty amazing. This 27 yr old straight white guy who decided it didnt make sense, and decided to go around the bureaucratic loophole that made it impossible for gays to marry, even though it wasnt actually illegal.
ReplyDeleteApparently I can't paste the link here, but look it up.