James Alfred Roosevelt Estate

James Alfred Roosevelt Estate
Location: 360 Cove Neck Rd., Cove Neck, New York
Area: 12.2 acres (4.9 ha)
Built: 1881
Architect: Price,Bruce
Architectural style: Shingle Style
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 79001592[1]
Added to NRHP: May 17, 1979

James Alfred Roosevelt Estate, also known as Yellowbanks, is a historic estate located at Cove Neck in Nassau County, New York. It is located several hundred feet west of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was designed by noted architect Bruce Price (1845-1903) in 1881 as a summer home for James A. Roosevelt (1825-1898), uncle to Theodore Roosevelt. It is a Shingle Style house, basically rectangular in massing, two and a half to three stories in height with a gambrel roof. The home was occupied by Emlen Roosevelt (1857-1930).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Bonnie Marxer and Austin N. O'Brien (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: James Alfred Roosevelt Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4605. Retrieved 2010-11-20.  See also: "Accompanying six photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4603. 
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