Roosevelt Hall is a historic home in Skaneateles, New York.
December 2006
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt.
Front elevation
View of front
Nicholas Jacobus Roosevelt or Nicholas James Roosevelt was an American inventor, a major investor in Upstate New York land, and a member of the Roosevelt family. His primary invention was to introduce
Roosevelt Hall (Skaneateles, New York)
…1788–1848), a retired engineer and canal builder from Oswego, New York, bought the 220-acre property in Skaneateles for $12,000. In the same year, Nicholas Roosevelt and his wife, Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt (daughter of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe), also retired to Skaneateles. The first foundation stone was laid…
First steamboat on the Western Waters, built (1811) by Nicholas Roosevelt; engraving (1856) by David Scattergood