The Stone House in Hurley was a Bed and Breakfast in a 300 year old Dutch estate, built sometime between 1705 and 1720, when New York was still New Amsterdam. There are more Dutch stone houses in Hurley, a village founded in 1662 as Nieuw Dorp by Dutch and Huguenots from Wiltwyck (now Kingston), burned to the ground by Esopus Natives, angry because they hadn’t been reimbursed for their lands, only to be rebuilt and remain Dutch until it was transferred to the English in 1664. And although its name was changed to Hurley, it remained Dutch in language and architecture. Our room was an homage to Vermeer’s most famous painting ”Girl with a Pearl Earring”, created around that time (c. 1665).
Our host was eagerly waiting to show us to the ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” – but only after we’d paid our dues!
The Stone House, Hurley, N.Y.
It has since been converted to a botanical perfume distillery, adding more aroma to its long history.
July 27th, 2019
The Humble Fabulist 