Val-Kill, Stone Cottage, State Route 9G, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

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 FDR's insistence, the cottage is a copy of the early Dutch Colonial style of architecture found in the Hudson Valley and was built with local fieldstone taken from stone walls on surrounding property.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-278, FN-279, FN-280
Survey number: HABS NY-5666-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1926 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000357