Under an unusual cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, which maintains the entire Val-Kill site, ERVK operates out of Stone Cottage. The original Dutch fieldstone structure was designed and built for Mrs. Roosevelt by President Roosevelt. It provided Eleanor Roosevelt with a place of her own and for her friends on the extensive Roosevelt properties away from the big house at Springwood. Neighboring Val-Kill Cottage, a converted furniture factory, where Mrs. Roosevelt lived for 17 years after her husband's death, is maintained by the Park Service as an interpretive site for visitors. The Story of Val-Kill Stone Cottage may be visited on weekends, thanks to the volunteers of the Friends Committee of ERVK , who also carry out important civic and commemorative programs.
Some Dutch vocabulary remains in contemporary usage throughout New York State.