We will continue our look at the presidency of franklin roosevelt. Up next, a tour of valkill cottage in hyde park, new york. 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. 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 cook and Marian Dickerman. It was built on the easternmost end of the roosevelt property at the time. It was land fdr had purchased in 1911 to do forestry experiments on. But he offered to build his wife eleanor a Little Cottage here, because by the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life, and she really needed her own space to bring friends and associates and have a place where she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelts purposes well, be
Ci sitting up here as quiet and peaceful as this place was, was a chance for him to, as he put it, recharge my batteries. We continue our look at the presidency of franklin roosevelt. Up next, a tour of Eleanor Roosevelts valkill cottage in hyde park, new york. The retreat is about two miles from the springwood Franklin Family estate. 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 cook and Marion Dickerman. It was built on the eastern most end of the roosevelt property at the time. It was land that fdr had purchased in 1911 to do forestry experiments on. But he offered to build his wife, eleanor, a Little Cottage here, because by the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life. A
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 cook 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 have her own space where she could really do things that she was interested in and not have
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 cook 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 have her own space where she could really do things that she was interested in and not have to worry about whether or n
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 cook 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 have her own space where she could really do things that she was interested in and not have