Orient Home of Theodore Roosevelt's Grandson Sells for $3.58 Million

In Orient Village, a 5.7-acre estate that once belonged to the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt has sold for $3.58 million.

According to Town & Country Real Estate, the sales price sets a new threshold for nonwaterfront homes in Orient Village.

Joseph Willard Roosevelt, the second son of Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Wyatt Willard, was a noted American composer and pianist. He and his wife, Carol Adele (née Russell) Roosevelt, purchased the parcel at 340 Poquatuck Lane and commissioned prominent local architect Elizabeth Thompson, who still resides in Orient Village, to design and build their home.

Turn off King Street onto the sycamore-lined Poquatuck Lane to reach the Roosevelt home, a 2,900-square-foot postmodern built in 1988 with three or four bedrooms, three bathrooms and Old World charm, the listing states. It also includes two fireplaces, a screened-in porch, a music room and a den.

The south-facing property, which is partially conserved, overlooks acres of meadows and has a pond, fruit trees, perennials, herb and vegetable gardens, and several outbuildings.

The couple’s eldest son, Dirck Roosevelt, settled at the estate after his parents’ death, Town & Country reported.

Town & Country salesperson Lori Feilen had the listing.

“I was honored to be chosen by the Roosevelt family to represent their family estate,” Feilen said. “I immediately went to work and found an absolutely ideal buyer who appreciates the home’s unique energy and the sense of place their family lovingly created. They intend to carry on preserving the shared identities of this special family’s estate’s unique past. The Roosevelt family is delighted with the purchasers who appreciate so many things about their parents’ home, its extensive grounds, its character, and its distinguished provenance. It’s such a remarkably beautiful place.”