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Patsios, long-time resident of Swampscott,<br />
is the house’s current occupant, but<br />
he describes himself as merely its “caregiver,”<br />
not its owner.<br />
The house, currently sporting white<br />
walls, a piano, curved extensions, red and<br />
gold curtains, and a horseshoe-shaped<br />
driveway, was built by Frank and Annie<br />
Gage – cousins of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<br />
Roosevelt, the United State’s 32nd<br />
president, dined at the home’s oval-shaped<br />
dinner table, and the 30th president. Calvin<br />
Coolidge – whose family has deep New<br />
England roots – did so as well. But partisan<br />
politics stops at his threshold, said Patsios.<br />
“Not just a Republican and not just a<br />
Democrat, but both parties,” Patsios said.<br />
“They can exist with each other. Maybe not<br />
at the same time," he added, "but at the<br />
same place.”<br />
Patsios purchased the house in 2011<br />
when it was in need of significant repair.<br />
Although some people thought it should’ve<br />
been torn down, Patsios wandered through<br />
the house and said to himself – there’s just<br />
HOUSE, continued on page 28<br />
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