Pine Knot (cabin)

Pine Knot
Fenceline at the edge of the property
Pine Knot (cabin) is located in Virginia
Pine Knot (cabin)
Pine Knot (cabin) is located in the United States
Pine Knot (cabin)
LocationVA 712, Glendower, near Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates37°51′0″N 78°31′25″W / 37.85000°N 78.52361°W / 37.85000; -78.52361
Area90 acres (36 ha)
Built1905
NRHP reference No.88003211[1]
VLR No.002-0617
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1989
Designated VLRApril 19, 1988[2]

Pine Knot is a historic cabin located 14 miles (23 km) south of Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County, Virginia. The cabin was owned and occupied by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt and his wife Edith Kermit Roosevelt, and used by Roosevelt and the first lady while he was president, although no official business took place there.[3] In 1905, Edith Roosevelt spent $280 to purchase the fifteen-acre property with its rustic worker's cabin, and she bought an additional seventy-five acres in 1911. The cabin is owned by the Edith and Theodore Roosevelt Pine Knot Foundation and is open for visits by appointment.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Patrick Robbins (July 2, 2010). "Pine Knot: Theodore Roosevelt's Rustic Virginia Retreat". Rural Virginian. Media General. Retrieved 20 Dec 2010.
  4. ^ "History of the TRA". Theodore Roosevelt Association. Retrieved June 29, 2018. ...seeing that the non-profit Edith and Theodore Roosevelt Pine Knot Foundation had the leadership and resources to take over ownership and management of this unique property.