The Hudson Valley’s Hyde Park is the home of the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site. The area includes Springwood, the lifelong home of President Theodore Roosevelt.
The home includes Roosevelt’s presidential library and museum among the 300-acre site. The 1938 Top Cottage retreat is a smaller Dutch colonial structure built by Roosevelt to escape the crowds at Springwood.
Nearby is Val-Kil, a cottage occupied by Mrs. Roosevelt, and the only National Historic site dedicated to a First Lady of the United States.
The Vanderbilt Mansion occupies a 211-acre property filled with Italian gardens and old growth trees.
The mansion exemplifies early 20th century English county living in America.
The museum explores the lives of the domestic staff and the home’s relationship to the surrounding community. The surrounding small town offers unique attractions, quaint boutiques and world class restaurants.
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