{"nrhp_refnum":"66000054","name":"Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 E. 20th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73852485500004,"lon":-73.98887791499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reconstructed four-story brownstone house at 29 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City, on the site where Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. It was rebuilt after 1919 and is operated as a museum by the National Park Service.","why_significant":"The site commemorates the boyhood of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, who lived here until 1873. The nomination argues that his formative years here, including childhood illness, exercise on the nursery porch, and a love of nature and books, shaped the man he became. The 1858-1873 period and his presidency (1901-09) are cited.","narrative":"This is a reconstruction of the four-story brownstone on East 20th Street in Manhattan where Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. The family lived there until 1873. Later the house was altered for commercial uses and ended up as a two-story brick building. In 1919 the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association bought the site and rebuilt the home as the Roosevelt family had known it. Architect Theodate Pope based her plans on the neighboring house of Robert Roosevelt, Theodore's uncle. Half of the building replicates the original home, and the other half serves as a museum and library. The drawing room, the front bedroom where he was born, and the nursery have been restored to the period of his boyhood. The nursery opens onto the porch where his father installed a gymnasium to help the asthmatic boy. The property is recognized for commemorating the formative years of the man who became the 26th President.","period_of_significance":"1858-1873, 1901-09","architect_builder":"Theodate Pope (Mrs. John Wallace Riddle), architect of the reconstruction","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, a total reconstruction, unoccupied, used as a museum and park open to the public.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.276869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000054.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000054/cf2496e6e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000054/cf2496e6e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319983","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_National_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904191"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/theodore-roosevelt-birthplace-national-historic-site-66000054/"}