20 Sagamore Hill Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771-1807
Phone: 516-922-4447 or 516-922-4788
Fax: 516-922-4792
Open All Year
Overview. In 1885, on a Long Island peninsula looking north over Long Island Sound to the Connecticut coast, Theodore Roosevelt built the house that would be his home until his death in 1919. One of the 20th century's larger-than-life political figures, the 26th President won a Nobel Peace Prize, made a reputation as a trust-buster, and started a third political party. The site includes a pet cemetery and the Old Orchard Museum as well as the Roosevelt home furnished as it was during his lifetime.What to see and do. Admission to the "Summer White House" is by guided tour only from 9:30 AM to 5 PM daily except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. (Please note: the Roosevelt home is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays during the winter.) Tickets for tours can be purchased on a first-come, first-served basis at the visitor center. Tours often sell out on weekends and in the summer, so come early. Exhibited inside the 23-room, shingle-style house are many objects and furnishings which belonged to the Roosevelt family, among them a Herter Brothers cabinet. After you take in this vast array of items, go through the Theodore Roosevelt Museum at Old Orchard, once the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the distinguished son who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading the World War II D-Day assault on Omaha Beach. He was also governor of Puerto Rico and the Philipines. A trip around the grounds, taking note of the pet cemetery, will finish off your afternoon. Plan to spend at least two hours at Sagamore Hill. Call 516-922-4788 for details.
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