Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)
No boundary or coordinates published for this district.
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it.
Why it's listed
Springwood, the family estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt, overlooks the Hudson River at Hyde Park, New York. The site now covers 264.51 acres and includes the main house, a Queen Anne style coach house, a Carpenter Gothic gardener's cottage, ice houses, a greenhouse, a reservoir, and the rose garden where Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are buried. The house began as a farmhouse built between 1790 and 1805 and was altered by later owners. A 1915 renovation by Hoppin and Koen gave it its present stuccoed Federal-inspired appearance with stone wings. Adjoining Bellefield, built about 1795 and enlarged by McKim, Mead and White between 1909 and 1911, houses park offices. The property is significant as the only place where a President was born, raised and buried. Roosevelt fought polio here between 1921 and 1928, and his deed required protection of the river view from the house.
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| Styles | Federal (Springwood, remodelled 1915); Queen Anne vernacular (Coach House); Carpenter Gothic (Gardener's Cottage); Colonial Revival (Bellefield) |
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| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal |
| Acreage | 454 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.