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Mother's Room

A yellow bedroom with a grand, ornately carved wooden double bed in the center. There is a red, white, and blue quilt on the bed. There are also two nightstands, a chaise lounge, a dresser with a mirror, a washstand, a tall mirror, and three chairs.

Although Theodore and Edith Roosevelt shared this bedroom, the children always referred to it as “Mother’s Room.” Edith often spent summer afternoons on the little porch, napping, reading, or writing letters. The view from the porch, however, hardly compensated for the northwest exposure that made it one of the coldest rooms in the house. The mantle and shelves in the room are covered with family photos and knickknacks that the children gave their mother. The bird’s eye maple furniture had been used by TR’s parents in their West 57th Street home in Manhattan.

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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Code: SAHI

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Nassau County, New York
Latitude: 40.8856010437012, Longitude: -73.496696472168

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07/09/2015

07/09/2015

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