Val-Kill, the retreat about two miles from Springwood, the "big House" at Franklin D. Roosevelt's Hyde Park, was the only place that Eleanor Roosevelt ever could call her own. In the modest, comfortable "Val-Kill Cottage", she could entertain whoever she wanted, stay up reading as late as she liked, and be alone if she chose. The site contains two main buildings, Val-Kill Cottage and the Stone Cottage. Originally build as a factory that housed Val-Kill Industries soon became Eleanor's cottage.
This is Val-Kill.
The children's playhouse.
Eleanor's secretary's suite. Later Eleanor's office.
Dining room set up for a buffet luncheon.
Living room, set up with small tables for ladies eating buffet lunch.
The little tables provided a place for ladies to put their plates.
Eleanor liked to read in this alcove.
This is an example of a piece of furniture that was made by Val-Kill Industries. Many of the other pieces in this living room were made by Val-Kill Industries.
This screen porch adjacent to the living room was often used in the summer. The upstairs of the house was not open to the public.
This is Stone Cottage, and the board up swimming pool. Stone Cottage is a one and one-half-story fieldstone building designed in the Dutch Colonial Revival style that Franklin Roosevelt loved.
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a daily column in the newspaper and here is pictured a few of the books she wrote.
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