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 cook and marion dickerman. It was built on the eastern end of the roosevelt property at the time, land that fdr had trychased in 1911 to do fores experiment on. By the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life. She really needed her own space to bring friends and associates, have a place where she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelt purposes well, because that was her motherinlaws house and choose to save it for to say that for 40 years she , was just a visitor 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. This was her little space. The building we are i
The house burned to the ground in 1865. Fdrs father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the Hudson Valley. His parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. Mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. In 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. When he married sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. She was half his age. James and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. He paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. He had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to be, president of the United States one day going to become president of the United States one day. Quite often, events would be held here such as when he announced he would run for Vice Preside
The house burned to the ground in 1865. Fdrs father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the Hudson Valley. His parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. Mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. In 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. When he married sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. She was half his age. James and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. He paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. He had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to be, president of the United States one day going to become president of the United States one day. Quite often, events would be held here such as when he announced he would run for Vice Preside
Experiment on. By the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life. She really needed her own space to bring friends and associates, have a place where she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelt purposes well, because that was her motherinlaws house and choose to save it for to say that for 40 years, she was just a visitor 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. This was her little space. The building we are in right now, which later became Eleanor Roosevelt home was really initially built to be a furniture factory that she started because she was very concerned about young people in her community of hyde park or farmers who can make a decent living through farming. She thought by teaching them a t
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