July 17 is the last day to order your chicken lunch!

What a great addition it was to the Bull Picnic that Bill Cardone and crew will be cooking up lunch again. You can always pack your family picnic baskets but if you are traveling a distance or just want to leave lunch up to someone else, please place your orders today. Included in your lunch plate will be 1/2 a chicken, baked potato,

green salad, corn on the cob, a cookie and a soda or water all for just $12.00. It is half a chicken and a whole piece of corn so plan accordingly for your family.  Please send your checks to the “Bull Stone House Association” or call the Stone House with your credit card number to reserve your luncheon plates today! Don’t delay, a limited number of plates will be prepared. The last day we will take orders is July 17th.

Bull Picnic is on August 1st, 2009!

This is the year we officially change to the first Saturday in August! This is the year that the annual date changes from the 3rd Saturday in August to the 1st Saturday in August. This is a big deal and we hope you have had this change on your calendar for the past two years since the big vote at Picnic 2007. Having the Reunion and Picnic earlier in the month allows for a greater number of attendees. The first Bull Picnic in 1868 was held on the first Wednesday in September. It has moved several times over the years, most recently in 1986,  to the 3rd Saturday in August.  Since school years are starting earlier these days, we voted to move it one more time to allow families with students make the day.

Download the BULL-e-tin

Click on the BULL-e-tin below to download a pdf version of the newsletter that you can print, read, post on your bulletin board or even use to wrap fish. The BULL-e-tin: Useful in many ways!

News Archive

Some links to old news

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Members of the William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association Board recently gathered with members of the Town of Hamptonburgh Board to celebrate the  installation of the new Bull Stone House sign. Left to right: Elizabeth Hunter, Michael Brown, Cindy Chadwick, Cheri Cardone, Linda Bull, Lyle Shute, Robert Jankowski, Marcus Horrego, Sarah Brownell, Gregg Willems, Dudley Hourigan. The sign was funded by the Stone House Association, The Hamptonburgh Town Board and with a grant from the office of the Orange County Historian.

Bull Stone House in the News

Click on these links to see the stories about the new roof on our barn. A lot of the restoration was made possible by a historical restoration grant secured by state senator, William Larking:

http://strausnews.com/articles/2009/08/06/the_chronicle/news/1.txt 

http://strausnews.com/articles/2009/08/13/photo_news/news/18.txt

Capital Projects Progress

After completion of the New World Dutch Barn Roof project, the buildings and grounds committee jumped right into getting the very weathered roofs replaced on the outbuildings including “the little house,” the privy and the lean-to off the back of the main house.

the completed privy roof

The “Little House” in Progress

Old Tag & New Tag

A before shot of the Lean-to