James Alfred Roosevelt Estate, also known as Yellowbanks, is a historic estate located at Cove Neck

Cove Neck, New York

The Village of Cove Neck is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 in Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

. It is located several hundred feet west of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

. It was designed by noted architect Bruce Price

Bruce Price

Bruce Price was the American architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels...

 (1845-1903) in 1881 as a summer home for James A. Roosevelt

James A. Roosevelt

James Alfred Roosevelt was an American merchant, a member of the Roosevelt family, and an uncle of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. He became a member of his father Cornelius Roosevelt's mercantile firm at the age of twenty, and eventually succeeded him as its head...

 (1825-1898), uncle to Theodore Roosevelt. It is a Shingle Style

Shingle Style architecture

The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture....

 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

Emlen Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt was a prominent New York City banker who held a wide range of positions in numerous organizations and was a cousin of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. He was president of Roosevelt & Son, the banking firm founded by his father James Alfred Roosevelt...

 (1857-1930).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1979.