John Ellis Roosevelt Estate
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John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, also known as Meadowcroft, is a historic estate located at Sayville
in Suffolk County, New York
. The main house, roughly "L" shaped, is composed of two distinct parts: the original farmhouse, built about 1850, and now the rear of the house; and the larger, more formal Colonial Revival
mansion built 1891-1892 and set perpendicular to it. The original section is a two story, rectangular farmhouse, sheathed in clapboard and surmounted by a gable roof. The 1891-1892 section is a clapboarded, two story structure with an elaborate facade with generous porch and surmounted by a steeply pitched, truncated hipped roof. Also on the property are contributing carriage house
, equipment barn, garage, caretaker's cottage, swimming pool, storage hut, and archaeological sites. The property was purchased by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
(1829–1906) in 1873; his son John Ellis Roosevelt (1853–1939) commissioned the estate.
The estate is located on the grounds of Sans Soucci Lakes County Park, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1987.
Sayville, New York
Sayville is a hamlet and CDP in Suffolk County, New York, . Located on the south shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip, the population of the CDP was 16,735 at the time of the 2000 census.-History:...
in Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
. The main house, roughly "L" shaped, is composed of two distinct parts: the original farmhouse, built about 1850, and now the rear of the house; and the larger, more formal Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
mansion built 1891-1892 and set perpendicular to it. The original section is a two story, rectangular farmhouse, sheathed in clapboard and surmounted by a gable roof. The 1891-1892 section is a clapboarded, two story structure with an elaborate facade with generous porch and surmounted by a steeply pitched, truncated hipped roof. Also on the property are contributing carriage house
Carriage house
A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...
, equipment barn, garage, caretaker's cottage, swimming pool, storage hut, and archaeological sites. The property was purchased by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
Robert Roosevelt
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, also known as Robert Barnhill Roosevelt , was a sportsman, author and United States Congressman from New York .-Biography:...
(1829–1906) in 1873; his son John Ellis Roosevelt (1853–1939) commissioned the estate.
The estate is located on the grounds of Sans Soucci Lakes County Park, and was added to 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 1987.