The former Hyde Park station in Hyde Park, #NewYork. The station was built in 1914 in a combination of the Mission and Spanish Revival styles by Warren and Wetmore, the New York Central Railroad's preferred architects. Because of its close proximity to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's estate, Roosevelt is known to have passed through the station twice during his presidency; in 1939 when he greeted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom on their 1939 visit, and posthumously in 1945 when his body was unloaded there in preparation for burial. Regular service ended at the station in 1953 and it was no longer listed as a station in 1958. By 1975, the station was abandoned and heavily vandalized. It was one day away from demolition when the Hudson Valley Railroad Society took possession, entering a lease agreement with Hyde Park. Since then, the group has restored the station's interior and exterior and uses it as a #museum. #ny #nyhistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #historygirl #igersny #exploreny #SpreadTheHistory #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonvalley #architecture #archi_ologie #hudsonrivervalley #trainstation #trains #railroad #trains_worldwide #missionstyle #spanishrevivalstyle #nycentralrailroad #iloveny #roadtrip (at Hyde Park Train Station Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsow4PMlRlp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16n39fpdeft53

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in Hyde Park, #NewYork. The mansion and tiered formal gardens sit on a 211 acre property that overlooks the Hudson River. Frederick William #Vanderbilt (1856–1938) purchased the property in 1895 for use as a spring and fall country residence. The 54-room mansion was designed by architects McKim, Mead, & White and built between 1896 and 1899. It is constructed of Indiana Limestone. Many of the mansion's contents were bought in Europe from wealthy families that had fallen on hard times. Furnishings and construction totaled $2,250,000. After Frederick's death in 1938, the mansion was left to his wife's niece, Margaret Louise Van Alen, who tried to sell it but found no buyers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggested that she donate the estate to the National Park Service as a monument to the Gilded Age. The mansion became part of the @nationalparkservice on December 18, 1940. In addition to the mansion, the property includes the Pavilion (a former residence turned Visitor Center), a coach house, power station, gate houses, bridges, and the gardens (plus ancillary garden buildings). • • #ny #FindYourPark #nps #nationalpark #nps101 #nyhistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #historygirl #roadtrip #igersny #exploreny #SpreadTheHistory #nationalparkservice #goparks #nationalparkgeek #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonvalley #vanderbiltmansion #architecture #archi_ologie #gildedage (at Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site)

In honor of #internationalwomensday, I am featuring Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (@hydeparknps) in Hyde Park, #NewYork. The property is also known as Val-Kill and is about 2 miles east of Springwood, FDR's home. It was built so that Eleanor could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women. She liked being there more than at the "big house," which was still run by FDR's mother, Sara. The building pictured is Stone Cottage, which was built between 1924 and 1926. However, this site is drastically different than the FDR's mansion - it is very simple and modest, as opposed to lavish. Stone Cottage is the only residence Eleanor personally owned and the property was the site of Val-Kill Industries. Stone Cottage would also be Eleanor's home after the death of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1945. In 1936, Eleanor remodeled the Val-Kill factory on the site into a 20-room house (now called Val-Kill Cottage) with an apartment for her personal secretary, an office, living room, and dining room for entertaining guests. After Eleanor's death in 1962, the Val-Kill Cottage was converted into rental units and later sold to developers. It was saved through a public campaign and declared a National Historic Site on May 26, 1977. It opened to the public in 1984. The @nationalparkservice has a number of other sites dedicated to telling womens' stories, such as @maggiewalkernps in Washington, D.C., @womensrightsnps in #NewYork, @rosietheriveternps in #California, and Clara Barton National Historic Site in #Maryland. #nyhistory #ny #historygirl #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nationalpark #hydepark #hydeparkny #eleanorroosevelt #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #FindYourPark #nationalparkservice #goparks #nationalparkgeek #nationalhistoricsite #history #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #ushistory #americanhistory #valkill (at Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site)

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