Hyde Park, N.Y.(90 miles north of New York City), is the location of the family home and life-long residence of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only American president elected to four terms of office, whose tenure molded national policies for most of a century. The site contains 385 acres overlooking the Hudson River. On the grounds of the home are the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and the recently opened Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Educational Center, both operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. FDR bequeathed his home and 33 acres of the estate to the National Park Service and the home was opened to the public in 1946, a year after the President’s death. President and Mrs. Roosevelt are buried in the Rose Garden on the grounds. Visitors can take a tour of the home, stroll the grounds, walk the trails, view exhibits, and watch a film in the Wallace Center.
Top Cottage, designed and built by FDR in 1939, became part of the national historic site in 2001. Located on the highest elevation in Dutchess County, it was a place of reflection used by FDR to meet with his closest friends and political allies. Tours are available seasonally by shuttle from the Wallace Center.