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Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York
on Cove Neck, above Oyster Bay

Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay

— — the porch where a president kept watch.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The Queen Anne house Theodore Roosevelt called home for thirty-three years, set on a rise above Long Island Sound. The piazza wraps the west side toward the water, where Roosevelt liked to read at dusk. The rooms still hold his books, his hunting kit, his correspondence. Quiet on weekday afternoons in shoulder season.

from the studio
Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay
— bring it home

Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Sagamore Hill sits on Cove Neck Road in Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, about twenty-five miles east of Manhattan. Theodore Roosevelt commissioned the twenty-three-room Queen Anne house in 1885 and lived there until his death in 1919. The National Park Service has managed the 83-acre site as Sagamore Hill National Historic Site since 1962. The grounds include the main house, the Old Orchard Museum, woodland trails, and a short walk down to Cold Spring Harbor on the Sound.

— the visit

The house is open by guided tour only, with timed tickets issued at the visitor center on a first-come basis. The Old Orchard Museum and the wooded trails to the beach are walk-in. The park is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays through much of the year and on federal holidays. The driveway off Cove Neck Road is narrow, and parking fills by mid-morning on summer weekends. Service dogs only inside the house. The small bookshop carries the Roosevelt papers in paperback.

— informed by NPS visitor info
— the season

The oaks and tulip poplars on the property turn deep gold and copper through October, and the long view from the piazza opens up as the leaves drop. Winter brings the quiet Roosevelt liked best, a thin snow on the lawn and the harbor steel-grey. Spring along the woodland trail to the beach shows dogwood and shadbush in April. Summer carries the longest house-tour queues; the park typically logs more than a hundred thousand visitors a year, most arriving between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

— informed by NPS plan your visit
— where
United States · Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York
— within
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
3 km SW
Oyster Bay village
harbor village
5 km SW
Planting Fields Arboretum
Gold Coast estate and arboretum
6 km E
Cold Spring Harbor
whaling village on the Sound
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Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay village
Planting Fields Arboretum
Cold Spring Harbor
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Sagamore Hill Roosevelt house Oyster Bay — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

It was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States. He had it built in 1885 and lived there until his death in 1919. His widow Edith remained on the property until 1948.

On Cove Neck Road in Oyster Bay, on Long Island's North Shore in Nassau County, New York. The site sits about twenty-five miles east of Manhattan and a short drive from Long Island Sound.

Yes, by guided tour only. Timed tickets are issued at the visitor center on a first-come basis the day of the visit. Tours run about forty-five minutes through the main rooms.

Congress designated Sagamore Hill a National Historic Site in 1962, and the National Park Service has managed the 83-acre property ever since. The interiors were restored to their 1919 appearance.

A smaller house on the grounds built in 1938 by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. It now serves as the park's museum, with exhibits on Roosevelt's presidency, his family, and the conservation movement he shaped.

Yes. A wooded path runs from the house down toward Eel Creek and Cold Spring Harbor, about three-quarters of a mile each way, through second-growth oak and tulip poplar.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for readers and history-minded folks. Sagamore Hill carries strong association with Theodore Roosevelt's Long Island years. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The piece sits well in Traditional, Library-warm, and American Craftsman rooms. Rich oak trim, leather-bound books, and a brass reading lamp pick up the colour of the house and the piazza.

Yes. The current return to warm, book-lined home libraries, sometimes called Dark Academia or Old-Money, favors framed artwork of historic American homes. A Large above a reading chair holds the room.

A single Large above a standard sofa; a four-tile Mural for a wider wall; a nine-tile Mural for a statement install. The Medium reads well above a console.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical install with humidity. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and stays true.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water. No abrasives, no ammonia cleaners. The thin glossy finish on display pieces wipes clean; Dura Satin and Matte both resist fingerprinting.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in-house at Wender Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee. No licensing, no third-party art. The same eye selects every place that enters the atlas.

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