Sagamore Hill - Theodore Roosevelt Home

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Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. During Roosevelt's time in office, his 'Summer White House' was the focus of international attention. In his early 20s when Roosevelt had finished college and was beginning to start a family, he thought that the best possible place to settle with his wife and to raise children would be Oyster Bay. He purchased farmland in Cove Neck, a peninsula just east of Oyster Bay village and envisioned building a large, sturdy, modern home. He hired New York City architects Lamb and Rich to design such a house, and construction based on their Queen Anne-style sketches began in 1884. Roosevelt died at Sagamore Hill on January 6, 1919 when he was sixty years old. #national_historic_site #National_Park_Service #Oyster_Bay