Furnishing a Historic House
(Long Island, NY) On Thursday, January 14, at 7 pm, Museum Curator Susan Sarna of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site returns to the Koenig Center for the Oyster Bay Historical Society’s first public event of 2016. In her lecture Ms. Sarna reveals how the National Park Service determines the wallpaper, paint, and location of furniture that recaptures President Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House. She examines in particular the historical evidence of correspondence, photography, diaries, and interviews, as well as the contemporary evidence of paint analysis.
TR at his desk. Photo Credit: OBHS.
The program begins at 7 pm in the Oyster Bay Historical Society’s Angela Koenig Center, 20 Summit Street in Oyster Bay. Admission is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Donations help support the public programs of the Oyster Bay Historical Society. For more information, contact the Society at 516-922-5032 or obhsdirector@optonline.net.
