Hyde Park, town (2020 pop. 21,021),
Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled c.1740. It is famous as
the site of the Roosevelt estate, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt was born and is buried. The
Roosevelt Library (1941) contains historical material dating from 1910 until
Roosevelt's death in 1945. Adjacent Val-Kill, an estate used by Eleanor
Roosevelt as her
personal retreat, was built for her by her husband in 1925. Hyde Park is
also the site of the Frederick W. Vanderbilt mansion and two state parks.
All three homes are national historic sites (see National Parks and Monuments,
tablenational parks and monuments,
table). The Culinary Institute of America is located in
the city.
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