Roosevelt Campobello International Park

Roosevelt Cottage

Campobello was the Roosevelt's summer home, built in 1897 and given to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt as a wedding gift from his mother, Sara.  This cottage has 3 floors with 12 bedrooms on the second floor for the children, guests, and servants.  The master bedroom and schoolroom were also on this floor.  The third floor had two servants' rooms, 2 guest rooms, and a full sized bath.

Living Room

Megaphone used to call the children in for meals.

Kitchen

Master bedroom; chair a favorite of President Roosevelt.

Scott on the porch that looks out onto Friar Bay.

Hollyhock garden in front of cottage.

Tea with Eleanor

We had tea and homemade cookies with "Eleanor" in the Hubbard Cottage.  Actually two staff members gave us a glimpse into Eleanor's life - her wit, her determination, and her courage.  As we had tea, they talked all about this amazing woman and I felt like I knew her, even if only a little bit, when we were done.

Decoration on outside of Hubbard Cottage, next door to Campobello.

Amazing dining-room window - over 100 years old but thought to be so clear because the glass used was of the quality used in telescopes at the time.

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Hubbard House oval window.

Kale planting at Visitor Centre on Campobello Island.

More kale...

View of Snug Cove - too foggy to see Maine very well.

Atlantic salmon farms viewed from Friar's Head.

Mountain Ash

It was very foggy on Campobello Island, New Brunswick - across the water is Lubec, Maine where we camped for 2 days.  We crossed the FDR Memorial Bridge to get to the island. Eleanor Roosevelt was invited to the dedication of the bridge in 1962 and was one of the first people to cross it.