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Drawing of the House and Grounds of Sagamore Hill

Theodore Roosevelt1880-1884

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
Oyster Bay, United States

Preliminary sketch by TR of the house and grounds at Sagamore Hill. One side, inscribed in pen in Edith's handwriting, "Map made by T.R. for his mother + aunt when he first bought this property, Sagamore Hill." This side has a pencil sketch of the first floor of the home. The grounds and fields are sketched on the opposite side, depicting fields, orchards, woods, buckwheat, asparagus, cedar hill, corn field, eel grass, roads, and Swan property on left.

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  • Title: Drawing of the House and Grounds of Sagamore Hill
  • Creator: Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt
  • Date Created: 1880-1884, 1880-1884
  • Physical Dimensions: L 17.5 cm, W 22.7 cm, L 17.5 cm, W 22.7 cm
  • Subject Keywords: New York (State)--Oyster Bay--Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Presidents--Dwellings, Architecture, New York (State)--Oyster Bay--Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Presidents--Dwellings, Architecture
  • Contributor: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
  • Medium: Pencil on paper, Pencil on paper
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service

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