Season 1, Episode 32: Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park
Back in the Empire State, and one of the ritziest areas of the country, the Estates section of the Hudson River Valley for the birthplace of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Springwood in Hyde Park.
Learn about his privileged and isolated childhood and how it shaped his worldview, as well as how his illness reframed his political life.
FDR’s Birthplace-SpringwoodThe parlor of the home The living room–decorated within an inch of its lifeInside the denVery representative of FDR’s varied interestsFDR’s childhood bedroomThe guest room where the King and Queen stayedFranklin’s mother’s roomFDR’s adult bedroomAt Franklin Roosevelt’s Birthplace!
From my August 2015 Visit!
SpringwoodFDR StatueFDR and me The dining room, set for the King and QueenThe library Library viewDown the hallway toward the libraryThe parlor from the stairsFranklin’s childhood bedroomAbove the closet in FDR’s roomThe “Birth Room” where FDR was bornFDR’s bedroom as an adultFala in the windowEleanor’s tiny suiteThe view of the Hudson from the back of the houseSpringwood and me SpringwoodFDR’s Birthplace
From my August 2021 Visit!
Checking out the Building! Springwood 2021
From My July 2022 Visit!
At Franklin Roosevelt’s birthplace and home! Hyde Park! In the entrance hallTeeming with photographsThe dining room Music roomMusic room detailsFranklin Roosevelt in the entranceFranklin and me Entrance hall from the stairsLibrary Taking it all in Breathtaking In FDR’s Hyde Park library.Franklin’s bedroom Franklin bedroom So cool Images of the third floor The room where FDR was bornBirth room Franklin’s bedroom as an adultIn Franklin’s bedroomEleanor’s bedroomThe back facadeTowards the southLove the FDR site in Hyde Park!Aeriel view of Springwood during FDR’s presidency
Springwood before the renovation
Springwood from the river side.
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Bed RoomThe bedroom where Franklin was born in 1946Franklin Roosevelt Portrait by Frank Salisbury.
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