Teddy Roosevelt’s N.Y. home gets $6.2M rehab

[azmouse]

Fascinating to me because I'm currently reading about TR.

Quote:OYSTER BAY, New York — Theodore Roosevelt had a lot of stuff.

There’s the massive head of a 2,000-pound African cape buffalo hanging over a fireplace near the front entrance of his home, Sagamore Hill, on the north shore of Long Island. Next to a large desk in the North Room sits a wastepaper basket made from the hollowed foot of an elephant. Nearby, there’s an inkwell crafted from part of a rhino. More than four dozen rugs made from bearskins and other creatures taken down by the noted big game hunter adorn nearly every room.

There are 8,000 books, and thousands of items from flags to furniture, busts to baubles and medals to mementoes.

Everything must go.

The entire contents of Sagamore Hill are being packed up and put in storage as the National Parks Service prepares for a three-year, $6.2 million renovation of the 28-room, Queen Anne-Shingle style mansion in Oyster Bay. The 26th president of the United States, who had the home built for him in 1885, lived there until his death in 1919. He used Sagamore Hill as a “summer White House” during his presidency from 1901-1909.



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[jaxx]

I'm always interested in the presidents homes. Read that this one has 15 bedrooms and only 3 bathrooms. Those were the days when indoor plumbing was newfangled.