This Saturday, Historic Huguenot Street will be offering two special opportunities to take a walking tour of the Broadhead-Church-Mulberry Street neighborhood where Black carpenter and Civil War veteran, Jacob Wynkoop, constructed a number of homes for the free Black community of New Paltz in the 19th-century. In addition to telling the story of Jacob and his family, the tour will reveal stories of other African-American families who made the neighborhood their home in the late 19th and first decades of the 20th century, including Margaret Hasbrouck Clow, daughter of John Hasbrouck, one of the first African Americans eligible to vote in New Paltz. The tour also introduces members of the Oliver, Freer, Rose, Banks, and LeFevre families, as well as former slave Judy Jackson.

Tours will begin at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center at 9:30 AM and 2:00 PM. Tours last approximately one hour and span a distance of approximately one mile. Please note that this tour will require participants to be on their feet for the entirety of the program. This program is not recommended for individuals with mobility restrictions.

$10 General Admission

$8 Admission for HHS members, seniors, students, and children under 13

Free for veterans, active military members and their families, and children under the age of 6

Pre-registration is required.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This program is funded in part by a Humanities New York SHARP Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.