Pine Knot is a historic

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located south of

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. The cabin was owned and occupied by former President of the United States

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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. 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.

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The idea of purchasing the cabin was to be an escape for both the First Lady and the President. President Roosevelt was known throughout his presidency to travel frequently, many times to experience the natural wonders of certain areas such as in the states of Oklahoma and Colorado. While traveling, Edith Roosevelt decided to purchase the property after visiting family friends Joe and Will Wilmer on May 6, 1905. Realizing her husband's love for the surrounding countryside, she decided to purchase the cabin to help her and her husband "rest and repair" from the strain of political life in Washington D.C. The cabin was surrounded by the wilderness, which appealed to her. A description characterized it thus: "tucked away among red and white oak, red cedars, dogwoods, red maples and black cherry trees, was a rustic worker's cabin".

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. ''The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America'' (2009), pp. 615-616 The cabin was built in 1905, and is a simple two-story, single-pile frame dwelling. It features a deep, full two-story front porch which extends across the front of the facade. It has an unfinished interior and is without modern conveniences of any kind. an
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in 1989.

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History and information
- Official Pine Knot website {{Theodore Roosevelt, state=expanded Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Tourist attractions in Albemarle County, Virginia Presidential homes in the United States Theodore Roosevelt National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia Houses completed in 1905 Roosevelt family residences 1905 establishments in Virginia

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