Locust Lawn is a Federal-style mansion about five miles south of New Paltz village, built in 1814 by Josiah Hasbrouck and now maintained by Historic Huguenot Street as part of its broader interpretation of the region's history. The house and its outbuildings — including a stone carriage barn and an early 19th-century slave quarters — sit on a working farm that has operated continuously for over two centuries.
The estate illustrates the transition from the early Huguenot settlement period to the prosperous agricultural society that followed. Guided tours interpret the lives of everyone who lived here, including the enslaved people whose labor made the farm productive. The surrounding property includes carriage trails and open fields that give a sense of the agricultural landscape that once dominated this part of the Hudson Valley. Combined ticket visits with the Huguenot Street houses in New Paltz village make sense logistically and historically.