- Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House
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Roosevelt, Sara Delano, Memorial HouseThe house during it's 2001-2010 renovation.
Location: 47 and 49 E. 65th St., New York, New York Coordinates: 40°46′0″N 73°58′5″W / 40.766667°N 73.96806°WCoordinates: 40°46′0″N 73°58′5″W / 40.766667°N 73.96806°W Built: 1907-1908 Architect: Charles A. Platt Architectural style: No Style Listed NRHP Reference#: 80002713[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: March 28, 1980 Designated NYCL: September 25, 1973 Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House is a building that was built in 1908 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The house was used by Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt from its completion in 1908 to her death in 1941, and intermittently by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt from construction to their sale of the house to Hunter College in 1943.
The house was closed in 1992 and reopened in 2010 after an $18 million renovation [2]. The building is currently used by Hunter College as The Roosevelt Public Policy Institute.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "FDR in NYC". Newsweek. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/12/10/fdr-in-nyc.html. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
External links
- NYC-Architecture.com Roosevelt Memorial House pictures
- Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute main page
Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- New York County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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