Sagamore Hill: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Layton T, Brown M, Killion J. 2025. Sagamore Hill: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 650049. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (NHS) preserves the home and associated cultural resources of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. Located in the village of Cove Neck, within the town of Oyster Bay, New York, Sagamore Hill is situated on one of the highest points of a peninsula bounded by Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor. Theodore Roosevelt purchased the 155-acre property in 1880, built a 22-room Queen Anne-Shingle style house between 1884 and 1885, and resided on the property until his death in 1919. During this period he sold sections of the property to relatives but retained 87 acres that contained his home, a working farm, woodlands, and a tidal marsh and beach on the harbor. Following Theodore’s death, his wife Edith Carow Roosevelt continued to live at the property until she passed away in 1948. Edith continued the family’s stewardship of the property as a working farm, and encouraged her eldest son, Theodore Jr., and his wife to build a home within the property, known as Old Orchard, in 1938. The National Park Service now manages 83 acres of the Roosevelt estate. At its core are the Theodore Roosevelt Home set within lawns dotted with trees, a carriage road and the Macadam Road, historic farm buildings, the Old Orchard estate built for Theodore Roosevelt Jr., open fields, and an orchard. Beyond the core, the outer acreage consists of the former Smith’s Field, undeveloped woodlands, and a beach, salt marsh, and tidal creek complex associated with Cold Spring Harbor. The site is open year round and receives over 40,000 visitors a year.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Layton, Tim; Brown, Margie; Killion, Jeff
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- SAHI
- Keywords
- Agricultural Field, Agricultural Outbuilding, Agriculture, And Vegetables), Archeology-Historic-Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Barn, Beach, Body Of Water (Lake, Concession, Conservation of Natural Resources, Creating Social Institutions and Movements, Developing the American Economy, Estate Landscape, Expressing Cultural Values, Farming For Local Markets (Dairying, Forest, Formation Of The Conservation Movement 1870-1908, Fruits, Hiking Trail, Historic Furnished Interior, Historic Site, Multiple Dwelling-Other, NPS Class II Connector Road, Occupational And Economic Classes, Outdoor Recreation, Parking Area, Political and Military Affairs 1865-1939, Politics–Government, Pond), Queen Anne-Eastlake (1880-1900), Sagamore Hill, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Shaping the Political Landscape, Shingle Style (1880-1900), Tennis Court, The Progressive Era 1901-1914, The Republican Era 1877-1900, Transforming the Environment, View, Ways of Life