What David Paterson's childhood home sold for

The man who will be governor has solid Long Island roots that date back to the 1950s.

David A. Paterson, who assumes the state's highest office on Monday, grew up in a two-story white house on Carolina Avenue in Hempstead. Paterson's parents, Portia and Basil, moved their legally blind son to the area from Brooklyn so that he could be schooled in a mainstream classroom.

The home the Patersons bought in the late 1950's has undergone a few minor changes since it was built in late 1947, but remains essentially the same. Public records indicate that the six-room, 1,300-square-foot dwelling sits on just over a tenth of an acre of land. The family owned the house until 1988 when they sold it for $132,000. Property records value the house today at about $350,000.

The current owners of the home have told Newsday that when they pulled up the old brown shag rug in the home, some of Paterson's grade school report cards were found underneath.

David Paterson and his family now live in Harlem and maintain a residence in Guilderland, N.Y., near Albany.