Old Orchard

Tired of living in rented houses, Eleanor Roosevelt and her husband Ted Jr. purchased four acres of Sagamore Hill from his mother in 1937 and built a Georgian-style home there in 1938 at the south end of the old apple orchard. Smaller than Sagamore Hill but suited to their needs, the house had twelve rooms, servants’ quarters on the east wing, a semi-formal garden behind the home, and a cold cellar for storing vegetables and other perishable goods. The north end of the farm included a multi-bay garage for the family’s automobiles and a small cottage for the site foreman, and in honor of their surroundings they named the home Old Orchard.

Centre Island, New York · United States