The president as architect : Franklin D. Roosevelt's Top Cottage / John G. Waite Associates, Architects.

Albany, N.Y. : Mount Ida Press, ©2001.

158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Richly illustrated with 120 photos and architectural drawings, this new book traces the history of Roosevelt's long-forgotten retreat near Hyde Park from the president's original drawings for the modest, two-bedroom cottage to its recent preservation by the Open Space Institute, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the National Park Service. Examines Top Cottage as a symbol of Roosevelt's love of the Hudson Valley and as one of the country's first barrier-free buildings. Top Cottage joins Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and Poplar Forest as the only homes designed by a U. S. president while in office. Few people knew it existed, what it meant to Roosevelt and how important it was to his heart, said John F. Sears, the former Executive Director of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Top Cottage expresses his need to get away, his love of nature and history, and his simple tastes. It wasn't pretentious and was built for informal living and his needs, and was very personal to him.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Homes and haunts.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Résidences et lieux familiers.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Et l'architecture.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Top Cottage (Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y.)
Top Cottage (Hyde Park, Dutchess, N.Y.)
Barrier-free design New York (State) Hyde Park (Dutchess County)
Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées New York (État) Hyde Park (Dutchess)
Barrier-free design
Buildings
Homes
Hyde Park (Dutchess County, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Hyde Park (Dutchess, N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) Hyde Park (Dutchess County)

John G. Waite Associates, Architects.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 222711
Cote: NA44.R7815.25 T6 2001
Statut: Disponible