Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site preserves the Ansley Wilcox House, at 641 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Here, after the assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901. The house itself is a grandiose Romanesque style mansion built in 1883-1884 for Ansley Wilcox, a prominent Buffalo attorney, and his wife Susan. Theodore Roosevelt had been vacationing at the nearby Forest Lodge in 1901 when he learned that President McKinley had been shot. He rushed back to Buffalo and was taken to the Ansley Wilcox House. The site has been restored to its 1901 appearance.