James Alfred Roosevelt Estate, Oyster Bay

#55 among attractions in Oyster Bay

Shingle style architecture

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James Alfred Roosevelt Estate, also known as Yellowbanks, is a historic estate located at Cove Neck in Nassau County, New York. It is located several hundred feet west of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was designed by architect Bruce Price in 1881 as a summer home for James A. Roosevelt, uncle to Theodore Roosevelt. It is a Shingle Style 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. ()

Built: 1881 (143 years ago)Coordinates: 40°53'2"N, 73°30'29"W

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Cove NeckOyster Bay United States

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James Alfred Roosevelt Estate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sagamore Hill, St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Raynham Hall Museum, Earle-Wightman House.

~1960 ftE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay
10 min walk • Sagamore Hill was the home of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, from 1885 until his death in 1919. It is located in Cove Neck, New York, near Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island, 25 miles east of Manhattan.
1.5 miSW
Church
St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Oyster Bay
38 min walk • The Church of St. Dominic is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, in Oyster Bay, New York. The parish was founded in the late nineteenth century.
1.5 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay
38 min walk • Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner.
1.5 miSW
Museum, History museum
Earle-Wightman House, Oyster Bay
38 min walk • This house was originally built on South Street in Oyster Bay, New York, around 1720, as a small one-room dwelling. During the 19th century two successive Baptist ministers made their home here.
1.3 miSW
Church
Christ Church, Oyster Bay
34 min walk • Christ Church, founded in 1705, is a historic Episcopal parish located at 61 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. Several church buildings have occupied this site, including one that served as soldiers' barracks during the Revolutionary War. In the 1870s a Carpenter Gothic style building was erected.
1.4 miSW
Church
First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay
36 min walk • First Presbyterian Church built in 1873 is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Presbyterian Church building located at 60 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, in the U.S. state of New York. Its architect was J.
1 miS
40°52'12"N • 73°30'22"W
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, Oyster Bay
25 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Cemetery, Park
1 miS
Cemetery
Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay
26 min walk • Youngs Memorial Cemetery is a small cemetery in the village of Oyster Bay Cove, New York in the United States of America. It is located approximately one and a half miles south of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
1.5 miSW
Church
Hood A.M.E. Zion Church, Oyster Bay
38 min walk • Hood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in 1848 is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located in Oyster Bay, New York. It is the oldest continuous congregation holding services in its original church structure in Oyster Bay. A small wood-frame building was constructed on this site in 1856.
0.9 miNW
National park
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
23 min walk • The refuge is a haven for birdwatchers, with over 300 species of migratory birds making a stop here throughout the year. Visitors can spot a variety of bird species, including herons, egrets, waterfowl, and shorebirds, making it a birdwatcher's paradise.
1.4 miSW
City hall
Oyster Bay Bank Building, Oyster Bay
37 min walk • The Oyster Bay Bank Building was constructed in 1891 and served as the first bank in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York. In addition to the bank, other users have included the Masons of Matinecock Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt while he served as Governor of New York, and architect Edward Durrell Stone.