The Friends of Harmony Hall-Jacob Sloat House in Rockland County, NY, are inviting the public to their Victorian Holiday event on Sunday, December 8, 2024, from 1 pm until 5 pm (snow date, Sunday, December 15). This family-friendly event celebrates the season and showcases the 2024 restoration progress.
Recent restorations include three original south parlor windows and the grand staircase at this site on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
Visitors will be treated to touring the house decorated in holiday finery, live music by The Hudson Valley Wind & Brass Ensemble and soloist Stacey Tirro, hot mulled cider, sweet treats, children’s crafts, and handmade crafts in Ye Olde Holiday Shoppe. At 1:30 pm, Santa will visit.
Harmony Hall-Jacob Sloat House is located at 15 Liberty Rock Road, Sloatsburg, Rockland County, NY. The costs is $10 for non-members, members are $5, and 17 and under is free. All proceeds go toward the ongoing restoration of Jacob Sloat’s 1848 mansion.
The Friends of Harmony Hall (FOHH) is a not-for-profit 501c3 comprised of volunteer community members tasked with restoring the house and raising awareness about the historic Western Hudson eeHighlands region and corridor directly associated with the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. The restoration focuses on the years of the Sloat Family residency, 1848-1908.
The FOHH produces year-round events at the house and on the great lawn. This includes our two annual music festivals, The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert and The Highlands Bluegrass Festival, voted The Best Place to Hear Bluegrass Music by Hudson Valley Magazine.
Some events have included environmental issues, arts, music, historic architecture and interior design, local artists, the history of the Lenni Lenape nation, and Barebones Shakespeare readings on Sunday afternoons.
The Harmony Hall preservation and restoration project has been featured in the press, radio, and television, including the recent podcast Crossroads of Rockland History, produced by the Rockland County Historical Society. It featured Sloat descendant Peter Bush, a founding member of the FOHH and preservation advocate. You can listen to that podcast here.
Visit www.fohh.org for more information or schedule a site visit by calling (845) 712-5220.
Illustrations, from above: Harmony Hall Jacob Sloat House sign (courtesy town of Ramapo); and Harmony Hall’s parlor Christmas tree (provided).
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