Park ranger who leads us on a tour of the historic site. This was home. This is where his heart always was and he wants said, my heart has always been here and always will be. This is where he had strength and happiness throughout his entire life. Roosevelt, the 32 president of the United States, was born and raised in this house. He was buried on the estate as well. Roosevelt originally had a different estate a little bit down the road from this property. The house burned to the ground in 1865. Fdrs father, mr. James roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home. Parent were james and Sarah Roosevelt. Mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name is rebecca. She passed away in 1876 and four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah. When he married sarah, he was 52 years old. She was only 26. She was half of his age. James and sarah only had the one child, franklin roosevelt. Brought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse. It was about 110 acres of land
Different estate a little bit down the road from this property. And the house burned to the ground in 1865. And then fdrs father, mr. James roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdrs paris were james and sarah delano roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. And she passed away in 1876. And four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. Mr. James roosevelt when he married sarah was about 52 years old, and she was only 26 years was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt, fdrs father bought this property in , 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land, several outbuildings, for which he paid the sum of 40,000 which was today the price of an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. The house was enlarged by fdr in a 1915 because he had a growing family, and he de
Purchased in 1911 to do forestry experiments on. He offered to build his wife eleanor a Little Cottage here because the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life, and she really needed her own space to bring friends and associates, to have a place for she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelts purposes well, because that was her motherinlaws house and choose she used to say that for years, she was just a visitor 40 there. It was important for her to have her own space where she could really do things that she was interested in and not have to worry about whether or not her motherinlaw had to give her permission to do this or that in her motherinlaws home. So this was her little space. Now the building we are in right now, which later became Eleanor Roosevelts home, was really initially built to be a furniture factory that she started because she was very concerned about young people in her commu
The birthplace home and sfinl resting place of president Franklin Roosevelt. Well start at the estate. This was home. This was where his heart always was. And he once said to his friends and neighbors my heart has always been here it always will be. And it was. This is where he drew strength and happiness throughout his life. Franklin roosevelt the 32nd president of the United States was born in raised in this house. And he was a buried here on the estate as well. Roosevelt originally had a different estate. A little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then his father James Roosevelt purchased this property. To be their new home. In the Hudson Valley. Fdr parents were james and sarah. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca. And she passed away in 1876. Four years later he married sarah. Mr. James roosevelt when he married sarah was 52 years old. And she was only 26. So she was half his age. And james and sa
Certainly this became the very First National Historic Site to be dedicated to a first lady. And the only Historic Site dedicated to one first lady. Well, valkill encompasses two major buildings. The first building, the stone cottage, was built in 1925 to initially serve as a retreat for Eleanor Roosevelt and her two political mentors nancy dook and marianne dickerman. It was build on the eastern most part of the roosevelt property at the time. It was land fdr purchased in 1911 to do forestry experiments on. He offered to build eleanor a Little Cottage here because by the early 1920s she was getting very active in political life and really needed her own space to bring friends and associates and kind of have a place where she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized that the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelts purposes well because that was her motherinlaws house and she used to say for 40 years she was just a visitor there. It was important for her to