Rooms and Furnishings

A floorplan of a house with room labels.

First Floor Rooms

 
A paneled room with baby grand piano.

Living Room

Eleanor Roosevelt entertained family and friends in the living room, often gathered around the fireplace for lively conversation.

 
A room with wood paneled walls and an oval table with chairs.

Dining Room

When weather permitted, breakfast and lunch were served on Tommy's porch, but dinner was usually served in the dining room at 7:00 or 7:30 pm sharp. During the years that Val-Kill Farms was in operation, Eleanor could boast that all ingredients of a meal were produced at Val-Kill—meats, vegetables, fruits, and honey.

 
A paneled room with upholstered and many photos on the walls.

Office

The office was Malvina "Tommy" Thompson's living room, where she and Eleanor would quietly work. This room was part of Tommy's apartment in the cottage, with two bedrooms, kitchen, and a screened porch where where breakfast and lunch were often served.

 
A small room with a wood desk and wood chest of drawers.

Guest Room

This small guest room is furnished almost entirely with furniture made in the Val-Kill Shop. The room also includes a luggage rack made at Arthurdale and other examples of handicrafts from the 1930s.

 
An enclosed porch with large stone fireplace.

The Porch

 
A floorplan of a house with room labels.

Second Floor Rooms

 
A bedroom with many photographs hanging on the walls.

Eleanor's Bedroom

 
An enclosed porch with bed, carpet, table, and chairs.

Sleeping Porch

 
A small room with single bed, chest of drawers, and upholstered chair.

Guest Room 1

 
A small room with a single bed, desk, and chest of drawers.

Guest Room 2

 
A room with ceramic tiles on the wall and a sink with mirror and two small windows on each side.

Eleanor's Bathroom

Last updated: May 12, 2023

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Hyde Park, NY 12538

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