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...deluxe trio of high-ceilinged rooms—now B-17 of Adams House—features an oak fireplace and modern amenities such as central heating and electricity. While many of his peers weathered New England winters by purchasing coal to heat their rooms manually, Roosevelt was able to hire a maid service and porter to perform these duties...
...wasn’t until 1929—when Roosevelt was Governor of New York—that University President Abbot Lawrence Lowell introduced the House System which was intended to bridge the socio-economic divisions that had characterized residential life at the College...
...Current Adams House Masters Judith Palfrey ’67 and Sean Palfrey ’67—who is the great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt—have initiated an effort to restore the FDR suite to the condition when Roosevelt inhabited...
...ROOSEVELT REMEMBERED
...reason that there’s no memorial to Roosevelt at the University is because he’s considered to be a traitor to his University and to class interests,” said Michael D. Weishan ’86, a former Adams House resident and the architect of the project...