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

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

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 5  (24 x 36 in.)

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NY-5666-B

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-281, FN-282, FN-283, FN-284, FN-285, FN-286).

Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction

Significance: It was built in 1926 to serve as the Val-Kill Furniture Shop founded by Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, and Caroline O'Day. It operated as a shop from January 1927 until May 1936. For the last couple years, it also included a pewter forge. In 1928-29, 3 additions were added to the original 50'x25' building.

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.ny0171

CONTROL #:
NY0171

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