Second Floor
On the second floor of the cottage is the master bedroom, shared by Franklin & Eleanor until he fell ill with the polio virus in 1921 - he was 39. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. was born in this room. The bedroom to the left of the master bedroom was a guest room. Down the hall from the master bedroom is Anna’s room. To the right of the master bedroom was the bedroom often used by Louis Howe, FDR’s personal friend and advisor of twenty-two years.
At the southern end of the second floor is Franklin Jr. and John’s room, formerly the nursery. Hanging from the ceiling is a “Jenny” model airplane, the type of airplane used prior to World War I for training combat pilots. The model is not an original Roosevelt artifact, but was brought to the Park from the Adams Estate, just up the road. The Adams were relatives of the Roosevelts and the children often played together.
The Roosevelt children enjoyed the woods, bogs, beaches, and many other places their father enjoyed when as a youth he came to Campobello with his parents. The Roosevelts treasured their family memories of their Canadian summer home.
On the northern end of the second floor are other guest rooms and the servants’ rooms. The third floor is closed, due to fire regulations. On the third floor were two servants’ rooms, two guest rooms, and a full size bath.
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