Abstract
BELLA VIA, REGINA M. "Cultural Landscape Report for Sagamore Hill National Historic Site." Typed and bound thesis, 379 pages, 1994.
This report is a result of research conducted under a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service North Atlantic Regional Office and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. The National Park Service has, in recent years, identified the need to document changes in the landscape over time in an effort to preserve the integrity of historic landscapes as well as surrounding architectural elements usually associated with them.
This thesis documents the changes in the landscape at Theodore Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, Long Island from the time he purchased the property in 1880 until the present. A list of character-defining landscape features and their definitions was developed. These features were identified and researched for the Sagamore Hill landscape and comprised the site history of the report. This historic research of the landscape resulted in a determination of its significance. An analysis comparing the landscape and its features from the established period of significance with the landscape and features of 1993 provided the framework to evaluate the integrity of the site. Treatment recommendations were made based on this analysis and on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.