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TITLE:
Val-Kill, State Route 9G, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NY,14-HYP,8-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 2  (24 x 36 in.)

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NY-5666

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-277).

Significance: Val-kill a 173 acre site a few miles from FDR's home, was Eleanor Roosevelt's weekend retreat from 1926 until the President's death and then her Hyde Park home until her own death in 1962. Val-Kill was the place she considered her home. It was here that she entertained many famous and important people from all over the world who came to seek her advice or support regarding political, economic, and social matters. In May, 1977, Val-Kill became the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--Dutchess County--Hyde Park

OTHER TITLE:
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0169

CONTROL #:
NY0169

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