Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House
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Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House is a building that was built in 1908 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980. 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 . The building is currently used by Hunter College as The Roosevelt Public Policy Institute.
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 1980. 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
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international...
from construction to their sale of the house to Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
in 1943.
The house was closed in 1992 and reopened in 2010 after an $18 million renovation . The building is currently used by Hunter College as The Roosevelt Public Policy Institute.
External links
- NYC-Architecture.com Roosevelt Memorial House pictures
- Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute main page