The focus of this year's Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) House Tour is the town of New Paltz, coinciding with the year-long celebration of the WVLT's 30th Anniversary. The tour will explore the fascinating legacy of New Paltz’s Huguenots and their expansion northward along the eastern banks of the Wallkill River to Bontecoe on the Esopus border. The “Patentees”  - as the first dozen settlers were called – built their houses on the terrace above the Wallkill River where vistas sweep west to the Shawangunk Mountains. Their descendants moved beyond New Paltz to cultivate the rich alluvial soil of the floodplain.

The tour begins with a special program at Historic Huguenot Street. Also featured are seven of the town's important houses and farms from the early 18th century and the mid-20th. All were either built by Huguenot descendants or upon Huguenot lands. Included are early stone houses, a 1930s Federal-style stone dwelling, a stunning brick Greek revival beauty, a fanciful late 19th century manor house, and a soaring labrynthine barn converted for modern living. 

The closing reception will be held at a private farm on the Land Trust’s first easement.

Tickets: http://www.wallkillvalleylt.org/index.php/house-tour-2017
$45/ $40 for members by June 1; $50/ $45 members thereafter
Pick up tickets day of tour (only) 10:30am - 1:30pm at the Reformed Church, 92 Huguenot Street, New Paltz
Admission includes an informal reception and tasting of local wines at a private home, after the tour.

Proceeds benefit WVLT's land preservation efforts.