Tag: The Gilded Age

Inside the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York

August 22, 2015

Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site “All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River” FDR This quote captures FDR’s connection to Springwood, the estate that he loved & the place he considered home. The first US Presidential Library was started by FDR here. Visit … More Inside the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York

April 25, 2015

“Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War.” ~National Park Service FMI: Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde … More Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York