{"nrhp_refnum":"96001043","name":"Moore's Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oyster Bay","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.87182228800003,"lon":-73.52647020699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story brick commercial building in the Late Victorian Queen Anne style with a three-story corner tower, at 1 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. It was built for grocer James Moore, with construction beginning in 1901 and completion in early 1902.","why_significant":"From 1903 to 1908 the second floor served as the executive offices of President Theodore Roosevelt during his summers at nearby Sagamore Hill, making it part of the 'summer White House'. It also stands out locally as a relatively intact example of late Queen Anne commercial architecture. It is a Town of Oyster Bay landmark.","narrative":"Built for grocer James Moore at the corner of East Main and South Streets in Oyster Bay, this brick commercial building was begun in 1901 and opened in early 1902. It combines red-brick storefronts, yellow pressed-brick upper walls, a slate mansard roof with Palladian-windowed dormers, and a conical-roofed corner tower. Moore ran his grocery on the ground floor and rented out offices and meeting space above. From 1903 to 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leased rooms on the second floor for his executive staff while he lived at Sagamore Hill. Telegraph and telephone lines linked the offices to both his home and Washington, and the building became known as the Summer White House. It also represents the late, restrained phase of Queen Anne commercial design in a downtown that has seen many alterations. The exterior has been restored to its early appearance, apart from the missing sidewalk canopy, and the building now holds a cafe and apartments.","period_of_significance":"1901-1908","architect_builder":"Architect not found; contractors included George Powers, Louis Gitto, and Thomas Ellison","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The ground floor houses a bookstore and cafe, and the upper floor has been converted to apartments. The exterior was recently restored and rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.259128-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96001043.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001043/5e7648b19c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001043/5e7648b19c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Isaac D. Kremer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_Bay_Moore%27s_Building_in_2008b.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaac D. Kremer</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_Bay_Moore%27s_Building_in_2008b.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319159","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6908094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/moores-building-96001043/"}