A person's primary residence , or main residence is the dwelling where they usually live, typically a house or an apartment. A person can only have one primary residence at any given time, though they may share the residence with other people. A primary residence is considered to be a legal residence for the purpose of income tax and/or acquiring a mortgage .
18-451: Sagamore Hills can refer to: Sagamore Hill , a home of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt Sagamore Hills, a neighborhood of Lansing , Michigan Sagamore Hills Township, Summit County, Ohio Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sagamore Hills . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-436: A primary residence consist mostly of guidelines rather than hard rules, and residential status is often determined on a case-by-case basis. The primary residence is the main dwelling unit on a parcel of land. This term distinguishes this unit from a potential secondary suite . If taxpayers own a property but never lived in it, it cannot be considered their main residence even if it is the only property they own. Furthermore,
54-506: A shingle-style, Queen Anne home for the property. The 22-room house building commenced in May, 1884, completed by John A. Wood and Son, of Lawrence, Long Island, in March, 1885 for $ 16,975 (equal to $ 575,641 today). Roosevelt stayed there in the summer of 1885 with his sister and daughter for the hunts and moved into the house with second wife Edith in March, 1887. Roosevelt had originally planned to name
72-454: Is furnished with trophies from the former president's hunts and gifts from foreign dignitaries, alongside pieces of art and books from the Roosevelts' collection. The home then had 23 rooms, including a water closet with a porcelain tub, which was a luxury at the time of its construction. The house and its surrounding farmland became the primary residence of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt for
90-511: Is still classed as their main residence. In Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Stark , Mr Stark, an RAF serviceman, returned to his matrimonial home only when on leave. The court rejected Mrs Stark's claim that she was entitled to the single person's 25% rebate on rates owed the Council. The court ruled that she was not a single person, because the property was also Mr Stark's main residence, that is, where Mr Stark would have lived were it not for
108-801: The 26th president of the United States , Theodore Roosevelt , from 1885 until his death in 1919. It is located in Cove Neck, New York , near Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island , 25 miles (40 km) east of Manhattan . It is now the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site , which includes the Theodore Roosevelt Museum in a later building on the grounds. A native of New York City , Theodore Roosevelt spent many summers of his youth on extended vacations with his family in
126-616: The Oyster Bay area. In 1880, 22-year-old Roosevelt purchased 155 acres (63 ha) of land for $ 30,000 (equal to $ 947,172 today) on Cove Neck, a small peninsula roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the hamlet of Oyster Bay . In 1881, his uncle James A. Roosevelt had an estate home built several hundred feet west of the Sagamore Hill property. In 1884, Theodore Roosevelt hired the New York architectural firm of Lamb & Rich to design
144-524: The court would ask itself, in order to determine whether the property is their main residence, whether a reasonable person would consider the property their home in light of all the facts surrounding the case. A ship cannot be considered a residence, and property on land that a person returns to after being at sea would be considered his main residence. If a person is forced away from the property that would ordinarily be called "home" because of employment but still occasionally return to that property, then it
162-482: The demands of his occupation. The requirements to validate your principal residence vary and depend on the agency requesting verification. On the federal level, the taxpayer's principal residence may in general include a houseboat, a house trailer, or the house or apartment that the taxpayer is entitled to occupy as a tenant-stockholder in a cooperative housing corporation, in addition to the traditional house. Specifically, Treasury Regulation Section 1.121-1(b)(2) gives
180-428: The following requirements: In the case of a taxpayer using more than one property as a residence, whether property is used by the taxpayer as the taxpayer’s principal residence depends upon all the facts and circumstances. If a taxpayer alternates between 2 properties, the property that the taxpayer uses a majority of the time during the year ordinarily will be considered the taxpayer’s principal residence. In addition to
198-578: The furnishings are original. The grounds are open to the public and admission is free. Also on the site is the Theodore Roosevelt Museum, which chronicles the life and career of the President. The museum is housed in the 1938 house called "Old Orchard", the former residence of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his family which was designed by William G. McMillan, Jr. Sagamore Hill was closed for about 4 years (from 2011 to 2015) to allow for restoration work to take place. The Sagamore Hill visitor center
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#1732876320440216-519: The house "Leeholm" after his wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt . However, she died in 1884 and Roosevelt remarried in 1886, so he decided to change the name to "Sagamore Hill". Sagamore is the Algonquin word for chieftain, the head of the tribe. In 1905, Roosevelt expanded the house, adding the largest room, called the "North Room" to a design by C. Grant LaFarge (40 by 30 feet (12.2 by 9.1 m)), for $ 19,000 (equal to $ 644,311 today). The North Room
234-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sagamore_Hills&oldid=933103343 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sagamore Hill Sagamore Hill was the home of
252-538: The rest of their lives and the birthplace of three of their five children ( Theodore Jr. , Kermit and Ethel ). Sagamore Hill took on its greatest importance when it became known as the " Summer White House " during the seven summers (1902–1908) that Roosevelt spent there as President. It played host to numerous visits from foreign dignitaries and peace talks that helped draw an end to the Russo-Japanese War . Roosevelt died at Sagamore Hill on January 6, 1919, and he
270-464: The taxpayer's banks; and (vi) The location of religious organizations and recreational clubs with which the taxpayer is affiliated. In the United States, a primary residence is understood to be a property that one has regular access to, as opposed to a property one owns but does not have access to due to it being rented out to others. This can affect eligibility for a mortgage or home equity loan , with requirements generally being looser for getting
288-475: The taxpayer's use of the property, relevant factors in determining a taxpayer's principal residence, include, but are not limited to - (i) The taxpayer's place of employment; (ii) The principal place of abode of the taxpayer's family members; (iii) The address listed on the taxpayer's federal and state tax returns, driver's license, automobile registration, and voter registration card; (iv) The taxpayer's mailing address for bills and correspondence; (v) The location of
306-617: Was buried at nearby Youngs Memorial Cemetery . On July 25, 1962, Congress established Sagamore Hill National Historic Site to preserve the house as a unit of the National Park Service . As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, Sagamore Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The interior of the home is viewable by ticketed tour and almost all of
324-490: Was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve 2018; no one was injured, as Sagamore Hill was closed due to the government shutdown . Asteroid 218679 Sagamorehill , discovered by Richard Kowalski in 2005, was named for the home of former US President Theodore Roosevelt. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on January 9, 2020 ( M.P.C. 120069 ). Primary residence Criteria for
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