Val-Kill in Hyde Park, New York, preserves the 181-acre property Eleanor Roosevelt developed with Franklin Roosevelt’s encouragement as a place to pursue ideas for winter jobs for rural workers and women. Shared with Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, it became the home of Val-Kill Industries, which supported local farming families through handcraft traditions. The site’s two main buildings include Stone Cottage and the larger house that later became Eleanor Roosevelt’s only personally owned residence after Franklin Roosevelt’s death in 1945. There she welcomed family, political associates, and world leaders. Saved from development after her death, the property became a national historic site in 1977.