Warren G. Harding House
Warren G. Harding House, also known as Harding Home, in located in Marion, Ohio and contains a museum dedicated to President Harding. It was the residence of Warren G. Harding, who was the twenty-ninth president of the United States. Harding and his future wife, Florence, designed the Queen Anne Style house in 1890, a year before their marriage. They were married there and lived there for 30 years before his election to the presidency.
Following the example of James Garfield, an earlier Republican president from Ohio, Harding conducted his election campaign mainly from the house's expansive front porch. During the 3 month front porch campaign, over 600,000 people traveled to the Harding Home to listen to Warren Harding speak. Harding paid $1,000 dollars to have a Sears catalog house built behind his home so newspaper reporters had a place to type their stories. George Christian, who was Harding's next door neighbor and Press Secretary, allowed his home to be used as Republican Headquarters for the campaign.
The house is surrounded by an expansive and elaborately detailed porch. One enters the house through a reception hall, with a parlor on the left. There is also a dining room as well as Harding's office on the first floor. There are four bedrooms on the second floor along with a bathroom.
After Harding died in 1923, Florence Harding bequeathed the house to the Harding Memorial Association. The Ohio Historical Society now operates the home as a historic house museum and a memorial. The restored house contains almost all original furnishings owned by President Harding and his wife. The adjacent press house features exhibits about the lives of President and Mrs. Harding. The collection at the Harding Home contains over 5,000 original artifacts that belonged to Warren and Florence Harding.
Here is more information about this venue:
Website: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/warren_harding_home.html
Location: 380 Mount Vernon Ave. in Marion, Ohio
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harding-Home/138207222861242
Following the example of James Garfield, an earlier Republican president from Ohio, Harding conducted his election campaign mainly from the house's expansive front porch. During the 3 month front porch campaign, over 600,000 people traveled to the Harding Home to listen to Warren Harding speak. Harding paid $1,000 dollars to have a Sears catalog house built behind his home so newspaper reporters had a place to type their stories. George Christian, who was Harding's next door neighbor and Press Secretary, allowed his home to be used as Republican Headquarters for the campaign.
The house is surrounded by an expansive and elaborately detailed porch. One enters the house through a reception hall, with a parlor on the left. There is also a dining room as well as Harding's office on the first floor. There are four bedrooms on the second floor along with a bathroom.
After Harding died in 1923, Florence Harding bequeathed the house to the Harding Memorial Association. The Ohio Historical Society now operates the home as a historic house museum and a memorial. The restored house contains almost all original furnishings owned by President Harding and his wife. The adjacent press house features exhibits about the lives of President and Mrs. Harding. The collection at the Harding Home contains over 5,000 original artifacts that belonged to Warren and Florence Harding.
Here is more information about this venue:
Website: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/warren_harding_home.html
Location: 380 Mount Vernon Ave. in Marion, Ohio
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harding-Home/138207222861242