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Lawnfield
 Mentor, Ohio
Here’s a picture of James Garfield standing by his front gate in front of his Mentor Farm (“Lawnfield”) in the fall of 1880.  By the time this photo was taken, he had won the presidential election of 1880.  This is what the house looked like the last time Garfield saw it, too.

The National Parks Service now runs Garfield's home, Lawnfield.  Here is the link.   http://www.nps.gov/jaga/

People can take a virtual tour of the Lawnfield property – interior and grounds -- at http://www.wrhs.org/html/lawnfield/tour.htm
 This accesses a site originally created by the Western Reserve Historical Society.  At some point in the future this site link may no longer be active.

 


This picture shows the east side of the Garfield home, circa 1900, after Lucretia added the Memorial Library addition onto the back portion of the house.  The library was the first presidential memorial library in the country and set the precedent for future presidential libraries being established.  Lucretia used it to house her husband’s many books and personal papers.  A fire-proof vault sits within the library and is the spot where Garfield’s papers were stored until the 1930s.  They are now part of the Garfield Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.  The original books are still housed in the library at Lawnfield in Mentor. 
 

This is a modern view (taken in 2005) of the east side of the Garfield house.  The tree to the far right is a Weeping Beech that was planted in 1900!
 


Sagamore Hill "Summer White House" in Oyster Bay


Theodore Roosevelt's Home

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. From the years 1902 to 1908 came national and international figures to this "Summer White House" in Oyster Bay, New York.

Sagamore Hill was built by Theodore Roosevelt during 1884 and 1885 and remained his permanent home the rest of his life. After its completion, the young Roosevelt moved in with his sister, Anna, and his daughter, Alice. His first wife, Alice Lee, had died only hours after their daughter was born. In December 1886 Roosevelt married Edith Kermit Carow, a childhood friend. The following spring they arrived at Sagamore Hill, and here, except for absences imposed by his public career, the Roosevelts spent the rest of their lives.  Here Roosevelt died at the age of 60: and here Edith Roosevelt lived until her death in 1948 at the age of 87.

Today, Sagamore Hill is furnished as it was during Roosevelt's busy lifetime.

Curriculum guides for teachers:

http://www.nps.gov/sahi/forteachers/curriculummaterials.htm

Eleanor Roosevelt
 


Val-Kill-Hyde Park, NY.

The only National Historic Site dedicated to a first lady, Val-Kill welcomes visitors in the style of Mrs. Roosevelt. Come and be part of the entire Roosevelt Experience at Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill.


Eleanor, baby Anna, FDR & dog Duffy
Credit for these photos goes to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum, Online Photos at http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/.

 

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