Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House

The Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House was built in 1908 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0702
The house
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Location	47 and 49 E. 65th St., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°46′1.5″N 73°58′3.5″W
Built	1907-1908
Architect	Charles A. Platt
NRHP reference No.	80002713[1]
NYCL No.	0702
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1980
Designated NYCL	September 25, 1973

The Neo-Georgian townhouse was designed by Charles A. Platt for Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt in 1907. It originally held "two mirror-image residences with a single facade and entrance. Each first floor had its own front reception room with a welcoming fireplace. Rear parlors could be combined through sliding doors."[2] The house was given to the Roosevelts by Franklin's mother as a wedding gift for them. The house was originally two homes and Franklin's mother had doors put in place so she could enter their part of the home whenever she wanted. [3]

The house was used by Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt from its completion in 1908 to her death in 1941, and intermittently by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt from construction to their sale of the house to Hunter College in 1943. After his mother's death in 1941, President Roosevelt and his wife placed the house up for sale and a non-profit consortium was organized to purchase the house on behalf of Hunter College.[4] The house was closed in 1992 and reopened in 2010 after an $18 million renovation.[5] Leslie E. Robertson Associates were the structural engineers on this renovation. The building is currently used by Hunter College as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College or, simply, Roosevelt House.