Significance: Val-kill a 173 acre site a few miles from FDR's home, was Eleanor Roosevelt's weekend retreat from 1926 until the President's death and then her Hyde Park home until her own death in 1962. Val-Kil More
Significance: It was built in 1925-26 as a summer and weekend retreat for Eleanor Roosevelt. The house was designed by Henry Toombs of McKim, Mead & White with the close supervision of Franklin D. Roosevelt. At More
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. More