As New York City thrived and businesses grew, many cast about for escapes from the city. Some settled on the east bank of the Hudson. To visit the great houses of the Hudson Valley is to delve into the history of the state, the region and the country.
The Rockefellers
In Sleepy Hollow, the six-story "Kykuit" was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family.
The Roosevelts
The Roosevelts' stately residence, "Springwood" as it was once called, rests in Hyde Park and is now the site of the first presidential library founded by FDR. It was here, in 1939, that Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt served the king and queen of England a picnic lunch featuring hot dogs, to the horror of Roosevelt's mother.
The Vanderbilts
Just up the road from the Roosevelts, Frederick Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, purchased land for a home in 1895. On it, he built a 50-room mansion.
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