Huguenot Street Historic District

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Huguenot Street Historic District
(National Historic Landmark)
The Bevier-Elting House, left, and Dubois Fort, location of the visitors' center.
The Bevier-Elting House, left, and Dubois Fort, location of the visitors' center.
Location: New Paltz, NY
Nearest city: Kingston, New York
Coordinates: 41°45′00″N, 74°05′21″
Area: 95 acres (38 ha)
Built/Founded: late 1600s
Added to NRHP: 1966
Governing body: Huguenot Historical Society

The Huguenot Street Historic District is located along that street in New Paltz, New York. The seven stone houses and three accompanying structures in the district were built in the late 17th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing religious persecution in France and Belgium. They have been in use ever since, making the street the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood in North America. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1966, and has since also achieved National Historic Landmark status.

The Huguenot Historical Society owns and operates the buildings and an adjacent visitors' center. Three houses that are Registered Historic Places in their own right — the Bevier-Elting House, Jean Hasbrouck and Daniel Hasbrouck — have been furnished to appear exactly as they did in the early 1700s and are open for tours.

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