CSPAN3 American Artifacts Eleanor Roosevelts Val-Kill Cottage February 23, 2018
We will continue our look at the presidency of franklin roosevelt. Up next, a tour of valkill cottage in hyde park, new york. Certainly, this became the very First National Historic Site to be dedicated to a first lady and the only Historic Site dedicated to one first lady. Valkill encompasses two major buildings. The first building, the Stone Cottage, was built in 1925 to initially serve as a retreat for Eleanor Roosevelt and her two political mentors, nancy cook and Marian Dickerman. It was built on the easternmost end of the roosevelt property at the time. It was land fdr had purchased in 1...