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Theodore Roosevelt house, 28 E. 20th Street, New York

Theodore Roosevelt, the only U.S. president born in New York City, was raised in a four-story brownstone at 28 E. 20th Street. He and his family moved from the home in 1873, and it was immediately converted to a rooming house. The building underwent several structural changes and uses over the years, and was demolished in 1916. In1919 the property was purchased to erect a replica of Roosevelt’s birthplace, shown here in 1923. From the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.

Replica of Theodore Roosevelt house at 28 E. 20th Street in 1923.