Home of FDR National Historic Site

On our way out of Albany we stop at the FDR National Historic Site.
There's Franklin and Eleanor waiting for us.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's father,purchased the property for $40,000, at a time when a textile worker's earnings were less than a dollar a day In 1905, after Franklin and Eleanor married, they moved in with his mother.  In 1915 The size of the house was more than doubled by when they added the two field stone wings, a tower, and the third story with a flat roof which housed bedrooms for the children as well as a playroom.

The sitting room.

Dining Room

Library / Study

Next we go upstairs

The Elevator

The Chintz Room

The bed where FDR was born

FDR's Bedroom

Eleanor's Bedroom

Once upon a time you could see the Hudson River.

View of the backside.

Still a nice view

The Peace Monument with busts of FDR and Churchill.  The Sculpture "'Break
Free' is made from stone from the Berlin Wall, shows a man & a woman emerging from giant barbed wire, expressing Man's irresistible quest for freedom. It stands on a podium inscribed around the base with Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want & Freedom from fear.

The Rose Garden where FDR, Eleanor, and Fala (FDR’s Scottish terrier) are buried. 

Barn and Carriage House

So glad we stopped but wish we had time to do the Museum and Library as well