The Sloat House & Inn: Elegant Historical Preservation
Jane Anderson | December 28, 2025
Rockland and Orange counties are chock full of history: Today, Upstater visits a home that existed before those counties were split in two.
That’s right, both counties had been one, named Orange, before Rockland established its own county seat in New City and became its own distinct county in 1798. The Sloat House was built in 1755 and legend says it provided lodging and meals to the Continental troops (and George Washington). It is now listed on the National Register. Its sandstone block construction pops against black-shuttered windows and twin white porches.
The interior mixes modern comforts with preserved history. The foyer, for instance, keeps the paneled front door with a transom and sidelights, along with a hardwood floor and chunky baseboard moldings.
Did we mention how big the foyer is? It’s nice to have room to breathe when you enter a home. The central staircase rises at the end of the hall.
The living room has a stately fireplace, with another fireplace in the adjoining dining room.
It would be cool to sit here and imagine Revolutionary-era footsteps around you.
There are quite a few sitting rooms/parlors on the main floor (it was, after all, an inn). This smaller, but bright, room has its own fireplace…
…and so does the office next to it.
A breakfast area seats more people in the kitchen, which has been updated in an understated way with white cabinetry and stainless-steel appliances.
Another siting room, with Colonial-blue walls above paneled wainscoting, lies outside a laundry room. A full bath with a shower stall is just off the laundry room.
Behind this Dutch door, according to the listing, a staircase leads to multiple unfinished rooms. We imagine they must have been servants’ quarters. There are no images of them, but floor plans for this area, as well as for all the other floors in the home, can be found in the listing.
Head up the main, central staircase to the furnished second floor, where you’ll find four bedrooms. They are all bright and high-ceilinged.
This one has a fireplace, too.
Two bathrooms occupy one corner of the second floor. This one has a tub/shower.
A little anteroom leads from the hall to that bathroom (which, in this photo, appears pink, but it’s not).
The primary bedroom has wall-to-wall carpeting…
…and a beautiful fireplace next to built-in bookshelves.
The second upstairs bathroom has a clawfoot tub and is larger than the first bathroom.
The house measures a stunning 4,785 square feet and sits on 0.59 acre. There’s a 475-square-foot attic with three framed rooms and lots of unfinished space, plus an unfinished, 865-square-foot basement.
Outdoor space abounds, along with landscaping…
…and a lawn, too. It’s in the heart of Sloatsburg, and just a two-minute drive to the Sloatsburg Train Station. The same drive time will take you to Valley Rock Inn for a superb meal. All of this comes at a cost, naturally: It’s listed for $1,100,000.
If the elegance and history of the Sloat House & Inn has your heart, find out more about 19 Orange Turnpike, Sloatsburg, from Francine Liza, licensed real estate salesperson with Tuxedo Hudson Realty Corp.
