{"nrhp_refnum":"80000357","name":"Roosevelt, Eleanor, National Historic Site","other_names":["Val-Kill"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Violet Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hyde Park","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.75911958900005,"lon":-73.89777473859154,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Val-Kill, a 180-acre district on Violet Avenue (Route 9G) in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, about two miles east of the Franklin D. Roosevelt home. It includes a stone cottage built 1925-26, a former furniture factory of 1926 that became Eleanor Roosevelt's house, and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"Val-Kill was more than any other residence the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, who spent time there from 1924 until her death in 1962. It was where she developed her approach to social and political issues, founded the Val-Kill Industries rural enterprise, and received world leaders. The factory and stone cottage are the two main buildings of primary significance.","narrative":"Val-Kill is a 180-acre property in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt's principal home from 1936-37 until her death in 1962. The grounds hold fields, woods, wetlands, a pond on the Fall Kill and five major buildings. The two most important are a fieldstone cottage of 1925-26, designed by Henry Toombs of McKim, Mead and White with help from Franklin Roosevelt, and a former furniture factory built in 1926 for Val-Kill Industries. After the enterprise closed in 1936, Eleanor converted the factory into living quarters. Other features include a playhouse, a dollhouse, a stable-garage, swimming pool sites, a tennis court and a stone barbecue. Val-Kill was her refuge and a place to entertain political associates, students and foreign dignitaries, including Nikita Khrushchev and Marshal Tito. The property is recognized for its close association with her private life and humanitarian leadership between 1924 and 1962.","period_of_significance":"1924-1962","architect_builder":"Henry Toombs","architectural_style":"Stone cottage designed in the manner of a traditional Hudson River Dutch farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; the factory building has been converted into four apartments with many historic interior finishes remaining; the tennis courts are deteriorated. Public acquisition was in progress at the time.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.242487-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80000357.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000357/56f8cf8983-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000357/56f8cf8983-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Deror_avi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleanor_Roosevelt_National_Historic_Site_-_Val_Kill_P1160083.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Deror_avi</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleanor_Roosevelt_National_Historic_Site_-_Val_Kill_P1160083.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317458","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt_National_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890118"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/roosevelt-eleanor-national-historic-site-80000357/"}