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Val-Kill: from workshop to home
Hyde Park · Hudson Valley
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1900s · 1936
Val-Kill Cottage housed a factory from 1926 to 1932. In 1936, it was converted into living space for Eleanor Roosevelt and her secretary, Malvina Thompson.
A building can outlive the job it was created to do. Look for changing uses during your next historic-site visit, using official interpretation to distinguish documented changes from guesses based on appearance.
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