![]() In the morning I looked out my window onto an unspoiled New Netherland landscape: the Esopus Creek below, the Catskill Mountains beyond. Scoggins said, the owner of the house hosted dances, where Dutch girls from one town met British boys from the other.įor dinner, I settled on a local hangout: Hurley Mountain Inn, a big barnlike bar-and-grill with a pool table in back. The house sits midway between Hurley, which in the early 1700s was predominantly Dutch, and the largely English town of Stone Ridge. ![]() He certainly built a rich man’s home: a wandering warren of wide-plank floors leading to snug rooms. Scoggins showed me records indicating that Cool had been the largest taxpayer in the county. The house was built in 1705 by Cornelis Cool, a Dutchman, in the Dutch style, with Dutch doors and saw-toothed shapes in the gables called vlechtingen. ![]() He told me that he and his wife had met on a Buddhist dating website, bought this house 10 years ago and turned it into a bed-and-breakfast. The owner, Sam Scoggins, looked like an older version of the actor who played another Sam in “The Lord of the Rings,” and remarkably enough had a similar accent. I had found the place on and selected it because it seemed to suit the trip. It was dark when I pulled into the Stone House Bed & Breakfast in Hurley, 15 miles north. The Dutch of the 17th century pioneered the concepts of free trade and religious tolerance, key ingredients in the development of what was to come: New York itself. These small-scale legacies mask larger inheritances. It’s in American culture broadly: “cookies” are Dutch so is coleslaw. It can be found in old houses and barns, in street patterns and in New York place names, from Harlem to Rotterdam, from “Breuckelen” (now Brooklyn) to Rensselaer. New Netherland may be history, but its legacy is hiding in plain sight. ![]() The English won the power struggle when they took over in 1664, rechristening New Amsterdam as New York City. It was the base from which they laid a claim to the New World, and from which they tussled with their archenemy, England, and her colonies in New England and Virginia. In the early 1600s, the Dutch founded a colony called New Netherland, with its capital of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. This was my idea on a recent trip when I set out to find New York’s origins. But in a wayward, fast-moving world, a focus on history can root you, and offer perspective. It’s an impossibility, of course - you never truly succeed, because the present is so very present. Please visit or ask us for more details.Some people travel with a particular objective in mind: to find the past in the present. Own Art.įallen in love with something but would like to spread the payments? Own Art allows you to spread the cost up to ten months at 0% interest. If you contact us we’ll see if the item is still available and add it to the online store for you or arrange separate purchasing terms. I have seen something in the Byre Gallery or on Instagram/Facebook that isn’t in the Online Store! Can I buy it? International: We happily ship work internationally, please do get in touch via email or phone to discuss an international shipping quotation. ![]() For larger pieces and paintings, we use carefully selected courier companies or a specialist art courier, please do contact us to discuss if you have any concerns. Great care is taken in packing so that your new precious piece will arrive safely with you.Īll smaller items are posted via either First Class Royal Mail or Royal Mail Special Delivery depending on the item. Our P&P costs reflect the delicate nature of many of the pieces available in the store. If an item is made to order, that will be noted on the item’s description and you will be informed of the timescale via email. Items from the Byre usually ship within 4 working/business days of the order being placed. ![]()
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