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The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, previously known as the Benjamin Harrison Home, is the former home of the 23rd president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. It is in the Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana. Harrison's 16-room house was built from 1874 to 1875. [1]
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis, Indiana was named for President Benjamin Harrison, who was born in Ohio. [72] The Shenandoah Harrisons also lent their names to Harrison Hall at James Madison University , Daniel Harrison House in Dayton, and memorials at the University of Virginia.
In May, the Harrison Presidential Site in Indiana revealed $6.8 million in upgrades including renovations on the home of President Benjamin Harrison.
The Fort Benjamin Harrison Reception Center (for inducting draftees) opened in 1941 and by 1943 was the largest reception center in the United States. [ 4 ] Within Fort Harrison was Camp Glenn , named in honor of Major General Edwin Forbes Glenn , who had served as Fort Harrison's commandant from 1912 to 1913, [ 5 ] and who had commanded the ...
After he withdrew, Blaine expressed confidence in both Benjamin Harrison and John Sherman. Harrison was nominated on the eighth ballot. The Republicans chose Harrison because of his war record, his popularity with veterans, his ability to express the Republican Party's views, and the fact that he lived in the swing state of Indiana.
President Benjamin Harrison was a notable congregant, elder, and Sunday school teacher at First Presbyterian for forty years. However, he did not live to see the finished construction of the church’s new home in 1903. [3] His second wife and widow, Mary Dimmick Harrison, commissioned a stained glass window for the church in memorial of ...
Three years after Benjamin's death, Lisa Marie died at age 54 of a small bowel obstruction, a long-term complication from bariatric surgery. A month before her death, ...