It opened in 1923 as "The Roosevelt House." They rebuilt the sites into a replica of Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace circa 1865, with five period rooms, two exhibit galleries, and an auditorium. Hotels near Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site: (0.15 mi) W New York - Union Square (0.18 mi) Gramercy Park Hotel (0.21 mi) The New York EDITION (0.32 mi) Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection (0.33 mi) Lex Boutique Hotel; View all hotels near Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site on Tripadvisor Admission to the site is free and we are open Wednesday through Sunday. The Childhood of a Renowned President. This is the boyhood home of the first U.S. president to be born in New York City.

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is open year-round and is located in Manhattan's Gramercy Park district. Visitors are welcome to view our exhibit galleries containing Roosevelt artifacts and historical information as a well as a political cartoon collection. Raised in a townhouse at 28 E. 20th St., Theodore Roosevelt would grow up to be our 26th President and become immortalized on Mount Rushmore. Theodore Roosevelt, bynames Teddy Roosevelt and TR, (born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York), 26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is a recreated brownstone at 28 East 20th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue South, in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City.

It is the birthplace and childhood home of 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.