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The Locusts
The Locusts, also known as the Peter Eltinge House, is a 19th-century brick Federal style, Federal architectural style, style house built in 1826 located on Plains Road in the New Paltz (town), New York, Town of New Paltz, New York (state), New York, United States, two miles (3 km) south of the New Paltz (village), New York, village of New Paltz. It was once the center of a large farm. The house and several outbuildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as well-preserved examples of that style in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County. When built, it marked a significant departure from the New Paltz area's previous styles, which tended toward stonemasonry, stone houses in vernacular architecture, vernacular styles used by the area's Belgian people, Belgian Huguenot settlers. It has seen many modifications since then, but still remains true to its original concept. The Eltinge family has owned the house continuously as part of its 250-year ownership o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Paltz (town), New York
New Paltz () is an incorporated U.S. Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York. The population was 14,003 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county and is south of Kingston, New York, Kingston. New Paltz contains a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village, also with the name New Paltz (village), New York, New Paltz. The town is named for ''Palz'' (), the Palatine German language, dialect name of the Palatinate (region), Palatinate, called ''Pfalz'' () in standard German. Due to the presence of what is now the State University of New York at New Paltz, it has been a college town for over 150 years. History The town of New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots by both patent from the governor and purchase from the local Esopus tribe of the Lenape people. Prior to the purchase of New Paltz during the 17th century, the Esopus tribe had been pressu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
