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Beatrix Farrard Garden Association  at the Bellefield Mansion is on the property of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 

 Home to the 32nd and longest-serving president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to Hyde Park often, drawing on this place to renew his spirit during times of personal and political crisis. 

 Staatsburgh State Historic Site is the elegant country home of Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills. Overlooking the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains.

 Originally built in 1926 as a furniture factory, Eleanor Roosevelt converted this building into a private residence for her personal use in 1939. The cottage is furnished modestly, but filled with her personality 

 Since 1914 the Dutchess County Historical Society has helped preserve, interpret and share objects and stories related to our county’s history from the time of its earliest people. 

 Experience 400 years of history through groundbreaking exhibitions, outstanding collections, immersive films, and thought-provoking conversations among renowned historians and public figures.