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Photograph of a multi-bay maintenance building being constructed near the park scenic loop road in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the summer of 1960.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Photograph of a multi-bay maintenance building being constructed in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the summer of 1960.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Quentin Roosevelt writes about working 16-hour days and working on construction of the aviation school.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-10-03
Walter Frank Clarke reports on his travel and activities at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, where he reviewed various construction projects.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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President Roosevelt praises the restoration of the White House done by Charles Follen McKim during Roosevelt’s presidency, and asks Cass Gilbert and the American Institute of Architects if they would take “the duty of preserving a perpetual ‘eye of guardianship’ over the White House to see that it is kept unchanged and unmarred.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-19
President Roosevelt would like the stone lion heads under the mantelpiece in the State Dining Room substituted with stone bison heads, as they are “a much more characteristic and American decoration.” This change will need to be done quickly, and he asks William M. Kendall to consult with Cass Gilbert, as he recently spoke with him and Samuel B. P. Trowbridge about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-18
President Roosevelt tells Abby Gunn Baker that he feels that Lyon Gardiner Tyler should write to the White House to offer the portrait, and that it wouldn’t be proper for them to write to him asking for a gift. Roosevelt approves of the plan to hang the portrait, but the initiative should come from Tyler. Roosevelt refutes what Baker mentioned in her letter of a plan between Robert Underwood Johnson and Glenn Brown to add another story on the East Terrace of the White House in order to house a portrait gallery there. Roosevelt thinks doing this would be a great mistake architecturally, and says that while the White House can hold portraits of presidents and first ladies, others belong in the National Portrait Gallery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-05
President Roosevelt is pleased to learn that the plans for the building that Booker T. Washington wrote about were drawn up by his son-in-law, William Sidney Pittman. Roosevelt is interested to do anything he can to help with the building. He worries that the Brownsville Affair will be brought up again with the discovery of some of the men who were actively involved. He has shown Washington’s letter to Outlook editor Lyman Abbott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-05
President Roosevelt congratulates Thomas Commerford Martin on the opening of the Engineering Societies’ Building and Engineers’ Club in New York City and insists that the whole country is interested in the construction of such a building.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-13
President Roosevelt wishes the San Francisco Press Club “all good fortune” in their efforts to rebuild San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-15
President Roosevelt congratulates architect Whitney Warren on the report of the New York City Improvement Commission, which he received through Winthrop Chanler. Roosevelt is trying to improve the architecture of Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-12
President Roosevelt has doubts on the architectural knowledge of the committee dealing with the new Agricultural building. Roosevelt would like Daniel Hudson Burnham, the Chicago World’s Fair architect, consulted before plans are made.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-19
“Good. I am delighted to find I built so well!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-22
President Roosevelt needs the work completed by December but the office building and living apartments finished by October 1.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-10
Henry White is pleased by Theodore Roosevelt’s enthusiastic reception in the West and found his recent editorials interesting. He discusses the mobilization of troops to Mexico and his suggestion to President William H. Taft that an informal, friendly message be sent to the other Central and South American countries. During his upcoming stay in New York City, White plans to visit Roosevelt’s office and discuss topics of interest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-13
H. H. Cherry, President of the Western Kentucky State Teachers College, invites Theodore Roosevelt to give the address at the dedication of the school’s new building. He provides details about the building, the school, and who will be at the dedication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-10
Architects Heins & LaFarge provide William Loeb with a financial statement pertaining to the addition on Sagamore Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
Postcard showing a small flight of wooden stairs in a botanical area with a small waterfall. Charles C. Myers identifies the scene as a view on the Isle of Wight, England, and describes the area being like a tropical island. He comments on the architectural designs of the island and notes its considerable agricultural production.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Isle of Wight is a beautiful and much like a tropical island off the south coast of England. Considerable agriculture is carried on there. The quaint old English architecture and designing id [sic] quite an interesting feature. This place is quite a pleasure resort for people of England.”
This postcard highlights a view of Weymouth’s promenade. On one side the path is bordered by the sandy beach, while on the other a road on the other side of a hedge. A long row of buildings stands further beyond, in front of which automobiles drive. In the distance stands a clock tower.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Another view showing the tower clock in the distant [sic]. You will notice in any english town, either in England, Canada or in Australia, that there is a peculiarity or a regularity in the construction of the buildings and from a distance they all look somewhat of a similarity and an absence of that irregularity and decided unlikeness of the buildings of our cities in United States, and…” [annotation continued on next postcard].
Clarece Martin presents a brief history of the construction of the Georgia House at the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition, as well as Theodore Roosevelt’s dedication of the house. The Georgia House was modeled after Bulloch Hall, where Roosevelt’s mother grew up. Martin quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s words dedicating the house, where he spoke of the history of Georgia along with his own personal ties to the southern United States. A brief biography of Clarece Martin follows the main article.
Four photographs supplement the text, including one each of Georgia House and Bulloch Hall.