Benjamin Harrison Home
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The Benjamin Harrison Home was the home of the Twenty-third President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Today it is owned by the Arthur Jordan Foundation and operated as a museum to Harrison by the Benjamin Harrison Foundation. It is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[edit] History
Benjamin Harrison built the house in the 1870's of red brick and sixteen rooms. It was from the front porch of the house that Harrison instituted his famous "Front Porch Campaign" in the 1888 Presidential Campaign, often speaking to crowds on the street. In 1896, Harrison renovated the house and added electricity. The president died there in a second story bedroom in 1901.
