Of Historic Interest

The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus Drive, 451.1588
www.ciachef.edu
A Jesuit seminary on the Hudson,
built in 1902, houses the world's
premier culinary college. Student-led
tours Mon., Wed., Thu. $5 fee.

Beatrix Farrand Garden
4097 Albany Post Road
A pioneer in American landscape
architecture, Farrand designed
this secluded space in 1912.
Open daily.

Hyde Park Free Library
2 Main Street, 229.7791
Important example of FDR's
Dutch Colonial revival architecture.
Open daily.

Hyde Park Post Office
1 East Market Street
New Deal-era building housing
murals by WPA artist Olin Dows.
Closed Sundays and holidays.

Hyde Park Train Station Museum
34 River Road, 229.2338
www.hydeparkstation.com
Restored station used by FDR and
visiting Royals. A delight for all ages.
Open Mondays, 7-9 pm, summer
weekends, and by appointment.

Little Red Schoolhouse
1593 Route 9G, 229.9029
One-room facility dating to the
1840s. Call to arrange tours.

Eleanor Roosevelt
National Historic Site

Violet Avenue, 800.FDR.VISIT
www.nps.gov/elro
Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt's
restored home, commemorating
her humanitarian ideals. Open
daily, May - Oct. Call for winter
hours. Admission fee.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum

4079 Albany Post Road
800.FDR.VISIT
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu
America's first presidential library.
Exhibits on the Roosevelts,
the Great Depression and World
War II. Open daily, except major
holidays. Admission fee.

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Historic Site

4097 Albany Post Road 800.FDR.VISIT
www.nps.gov/hofr
FDR's birthplace and "Summer White
House." Home, gravesites open daily,
except major holidays. Admission fee.

 

 

Staatsburg Library Society
70 Old Post Road, 889.4683
Late-Dutch period chapel, now
a working library. Open daily.

Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Old Post Road, 889.8851
www.staatsburgh.org
Ogden and Ruth Mills' estate
overlooking the Hudson; original
16th-century French furnishings.
Closed Mondays. Admission fee.

William Stoutenburgh House
Violet Avenue, 229.2767
Hyde Park founding family's
homestead. Tours by appointment.

Paul Tegtmeier Memorial
Hackett Hill Park, E. Market Street
Dedicated to a local fireman who
died in the 9/11 attack, and to all
Hyde Park firefighters.

Top Cottage
800.FDR.VISIT
Lush mountain views at FDR's
private retreat. Limited hours;
admission fee. National Park
Service shuttle access only.

Town of Hyde Park
Historical Society Museum
4389 Albany Post Road, 229.0993
Artifacts from town colonizers and
later residents. Open Wednesday
and Sunday afternoons, Jun. - Oct.

Union Cemetery of Hyde Park
1076 Violet Avenue, 229.7444
Notable for Civil War memorials
for 'colored' troops. Open daily.

Vanderbilt Mansion
National Historic Site

Albany Post Road, 800.FDR.VISIT
www.nps.gov/vama
Gilded Age "country place" by
McKim, Mead and White for
Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt;
formal gardens. Open daily, except
major holidays. Admission fee.

Henry A. Wallace
Visitor and Education Center
4079 Albany Post Road
Visitor center for the Roosevelt
Library and NPS sites in Hyde Park.
Café, bookstore, and film. Education
and conference center. Open daily.