8. Springwood, Hyde Park

Val-Kill-Stone Cottage Eleanor Roosevelt-Hyde Park-NYCEleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill. Photo via Wikimedia Commons by Rolfmueller

Springwood is the most recognizable of the Roosevelt homes in Hyde Park, New York. The estate was purchased by his father, but the look Springwood has today is the result of renovation and remodeling done by FDR, financed by his mother. Also on the historic site is the stone cottage of Eleanor Roosevelt, known as Val Kill, and FDR’s retreat, Top Cottage. FDR donated the site to the estate to the American people in 1943.
The City of New York has honored Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s legacy with FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, which opened last fall. Read about more presidential haunts from Grant to Obama.

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