Walkway Connections: Three Centuries, Three Cultures on Historic Huguenot Street

Join us on Sunday, September 20 from 2-3 p.m. at the Ulster Welcome Center in Highland to learn all about Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz. Historic Huguenot Street is a 10-acre National Historic Landmark District, where visitors experience over 300 years of history. Examining three historic structures along Huguenot Street, “Three Centuries, Three Cultures” explores the multicultural history of a unique American settlement, known today as New Paltz, New York: the Esopus Munsee wigwam represents the strength and sacrifices of this region’s Indigenous peoples from pre-colonial America to the present day; the 1717 French Church teaches the European colonial origins of the multicultural Hudson Valley; and the Jacob Hasbrouck House shares colonial life for both the free and enslaved members of the community. Zachary Veith is the Tours & Interpretation Coordinator for Historic Huguenot Street, where he develops and evaluates historic house tours, as well as delivers public programming based on original research. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, advocating for interpretation, programming, and preservation of objects in institutions statewide. He holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from University College London, and his research on nineteenth-century Black communities has been published in journals across the region. A lifelong resident of the Hudson River Valley, Veith is a descendant of the region’s Huguenot and Dutch colonizers.