Benjamin Harrison Home

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Harrison, Benjamin, House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
The Benjamin Harrison Home, 1888.
The Benjamin Harrison Home, 1888.
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Coordinates: 39°47′1.87″N 86°9′14.98″W / 39.7838528, -86.1541611Coordinates: 39°47′1.87″N 86°9′14.98″W / 39.7838528, -86.1541611
Built/Founded: 1874
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Italianate
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966
NRHP Reference#: 66000010 [1]
Governing body: Private

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 in the Old Northside Neighborhood.

[edit] History

Benjamin Harrison built the house in the 1870s 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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