NY - Hyde Park: Franklin D Roosevelt House - Ice House
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Prior to 1908, "Springwood" did not have electricity. In order to keep food fresh and cold, the Roosevelt's used an Ice Box. In 1881, James Roosevelt, the president's father built a dam across the creek to the west of the house to form a pond. During winter the servants cut blocks of ice from this frozen pond. After the ice was cut, it was loaded into wagons, hauled up the hill, and stored in this Ice House. The ice blocks were covered with sawdust to insulate them and prevent melting. When ice was needed in the house, the servants would load the blocks onto wagons and unload them into a cold room inside the kitchen.
In 1898, James Roosevelt decided that the Ice House was too small for his family's needs. He had a much larger Ice House constructed near the greenhouse. When both houses were filled, there was enough ice to last into the following Fall just in time to harvest a new batch of ice.
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York preserves the Springwood estate--the birthplace, life-long home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Springwood estate was originally William Creed's part of the of the Great Nine Partners Patent. The central portion of the main house is formed by a large farmhouse, constructed around 1800 in the Federal Style. Josiah Wheeler, who purchased the estate in 1845, remodeled in Italianate Style with a 3-storey tower at the south end, and front and rear piazzas. In 1866, James Roosevelt, FDR's father, bought the 2.5 km2 estate, including a stable and horsetrack, for k and over the next 34 years, enlarged the servants' wing, added two rooms, and built a carriage house.
Roosevelt was born in what was then the master bedroom on second floor tower at the south end of the house, nearby his childhood bedroom. After marrying Eleanor Roosevelt in 1905, the young couple moved in with his mother, Sarah. In 1915, they hired the Hoppin and Koen to remodel the home, doubling it in size with two large fieldstone wings (designed by FDR), a tower, and a third storey with a flat roof. Restyled in Colonial Revival, the clapboard exterior was replaced with stucco and most of the porch was replaced with a fieldstone terrace with a balustrade and a small columned portico
The estate remained the center of Roosevelt's life and career, functioning as both a retreat and a "Summer White House". Springwood hosted prominent national and international figures, such as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the first visit of a reigning British monarch to the United States, and its porch was the setting of all of FDR's acceptance speeches. Roosevelt made made his last visit to Springwood in the last week of March 1945, about two weeks before his death. At his own wish, he was buried near the sundial in the Rose Garden on April 15, 1945. Eleantor was buried at his side after her death in 1962.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site also includes the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library--the first of the United States' presidential libraries.
National Register #66000056 (1966)
New Orleans - Garden District: Carroll-Crawford House
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The Carroll-Crawford House, at 1315 First Street, was designed by Samuel Jamison in 1869 for Joseph Carroll, a cotton merchant from Virginia. A three-story home with octagonal wings, the house is Italianate in design with fine cast-iron galleries, made in New Orleans by Jacob Baumiller. The surrounding gardens include live oaks and other lush plants. The original carriage house can still be seen around the corner on Chestnut Street.
Garden District National Register #71000358 (1971)
103 Forthmann House
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This large 1880s residence is one of the most elegantly detailed Victorian buildings remaining in the city. It was designed by Burgess J. Reeve. The carriage house remained in situ when the house was relocated in 1989.
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Mark Twain House and Museum
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Adjacent to the Mark Twain House is the Clemens family's Carriage House, also built in 1874. Like the High Victorian Gothic Twain House, designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, the Carriage House features architectural details in the Stick style. In the second floor rooms, above where the horses and carriages were kept, Mark Twain's coachman, Patrick McAleer, lived with his wife and seven children. McAleer served Mark Twain in various homes he lived in, from 1870-1891 and 1905-1906.
Mark Twain House and Museum
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Conservatory and Turret at the Mark Twain House: The house was built on 3.5 acres of land and designed with seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a carriage house, and plant-filled conservatory. Bay windows extend up to form turrets that were topped with porches, allowing Twain and guests a view of what was a very pastoral area of Hartford. The home is in the style of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, including the typical steeply-pitched roof and an asymmetrical bay window layout. Legend says the home was designed to look like a riverboat.
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