Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
"Tired of living here and there in rented houses," wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1937 she and her husband Ted Jr. purchased four acres of Sagamore Hill from his mother. The Georgian-style home, built in 1938, sat at the south end of the old apple orchard. It was smaller than Sagamore Hill, but suited their needs. It had twelve rooms, servants' quarters on the east wing, a semi-formal garden in the rear of the home, and a cold cellar to store vegetables and other perishable goods. The north end of the farm included a multi-bay garage for the family's automobiles and a small cottage for the site foreman. In honor of their surroundings, they called their new home "Old Orchard."| HM Number | HM1P58 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, November 7th, 2015 at 9:05pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 626609 N 4527235 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.88641667, -73.49716667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 53.185', W 73° 29.83' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 53' 11.1" N, 73° 29' 49.8" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 631, 516 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near Valley Rd, Oyster Bay NY 11771, US |
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