A Day in Hurley, New York
Stone House Day
59th Annual Event
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
(always the 2nd Saturday in July)
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine

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Here’s a quick look at what goes on at the Stone House Day event:

• Tour stone houses built between 1685 and 1786, while guides in costume attire tell stories and provide information room by room.

• Walk through a colonial (1776) militia encampment and talk with re-enactors, view rifle demonstrations and learn about their colonial way of life.

• Enjoy a skit about Sojourner Truth.

• Listen to an organ recital by well-known organist Lonnie Kulick.

• Learn how to cross stitch. Take home a project to finish.

• Stop and listen to an instrumental group performing a variety of period music on guitar, cello, recorder and hammer dulcimer.

• The Hurley Heritage Museum is located in one of the historic stone houses and offers displays and a gift shop.

• Come downstairs in the Schadewald Community Hall and visit the Ulster County Genealogical Society. It will be open to help families who would like to research their genealogy.

• A variety of Homemade food and beverages are available in Schadewald Hall.

• Grandma’s Garret has yard-sale type items for sale.

• A room with homemade baked goods is also available while supplies last.

The tour ticket price includes everything above except purchased food, beverages and Grandma’s Garret items.

Hurley Main Street will be blocked off during this event to insure the safety of visitors. Two stone houses on the tour are not on Main Street but can be reached by a four-minute bus ride, which is included in your ticket price.

Always free car and bus parking.

Hurley Main Street and its residents and businesses are involved so visitors may enjoy:

• Two antique shops with a variety of antiques economically priced.
• Hurley Library Fair
• Quaint shop of handmade dried flower arrangements.
• Yard Sales
• Hurley Mountain Inn, built in 1830 and was in the movie “Tootsie” offers food but not lodging.

Other nearby attractions:

5 to 30 minutes drive: Senate House State Historic Site Hudson River Cruises Trolley Museum D&H Canal Museum Senate House State Historic Site Hudson Maritime Museum Opus 40 Lake Mohonk Village of Woodstock Horse Shows in the Sun

30 minutes to 1 hour: Vanderbilt Mansion F. D. Roosevelt Home and Museum George Washington’s Headquarters New Windsor Encampment Olana State Historic Site State Capitol at Albany Wineries in New Paltz and Highland Dude Ranches (two) West Point (1 hour 15 minutes) Culinary Institute of America