30 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 10 minutesCulinary Institute of America – Roth Hall and Colavita Center for Italian Food and Wine © Pascal Auricht
Hyde Park is a town in
Dutchess County, New York, bordering the
Hudson River north of
Poughkeepsie. Within the town are the hamlets of
Hyde Park, East Park,
Staatsburg, and
Haviland. The Hudson River defines the west town line, which is the border with
Ulster County. Hyde Park is bordered by the town of
Poughkeepsie to the south,
Rhinebeck to the north, and
Clinton and
Pleasant Valley to the east.
Gilded Age properties can be found throughout the central
Hudson Valley (Mid-Hudson). Here some of the rich and super-rich from the economic heyday of the USA have (summer) residences built to bring sufficient distance between themselves and the mob from
New York City. In parts, it still works today. Hyde Park is known as the hometown of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd
president of the United States. His house there, now the
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, is listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places, as are the homes of
Eleanor Roosevelt,
Isaac Roosevelt, and
Frederick William Vanderbilt, along with
Haviland Middle School (formerly Franklin D. Roosevelt High School). Hyde Park is home to the main campus of
the Culinary Institute of America, a four-year college for culinary and baking and pastry arts, and the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the first
presidential library in the United States.
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