Spiegel Grove

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Rutherford B. Hayes House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: Fremont, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°20′27″N 83°7′50″W / 41.34083, -83.13056Coordinates: 41°20′27″N 83°7′50″W / 41.34083, -83.13056
Built/Founded: 1873
Architect: Sardis Birchard
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Designated as NHL: January 29, 1964[1]
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966
NRHP Reference#: 66000624

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Governing body: State
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes' grave at Spiegel Grove
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes' grave at Spiegel Grove

Spiegel Grove, also known as Spiegel Grove State Park, Rutherford B. Hayes House, Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home, Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial and Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center is an historic site that was the estate of Civil War general and nineteenth President of the United States Rutherford B Hayes. It is located at 1337 Hayes Avenue in Fremont, Ohio. Spiegel is the German word for mirror. The traditional story is that the estate was named by Sardis Birchard, an uncle of Rutherford B. Hayes, for the reflective pools of water that collected on the property after a rain shower.

President Hayes and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes are buried at a memorial on the property. Hayes died in 1893 and was buried in Riverwood Cemetery next to his wife who had died in 1889 . Following the gift of this home to the state of Ohio for the Spiegel Grove State Park, their bodies were reinterred at Spiegel Grove in 1915.

General Hayes' Civil War horse named Whitey is buried at Spiegel Grove with a grave marker reading Old Whitey A Hero of Nineteen Battles 1861-1865.

The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on January 29, 1964.[1][3]

On October 15, 1966, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home). National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
  3. ^ Joseph Scott Mendinghall (1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: "Spiegel Grove," The Rutherford B. Hayes Estate / Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential CenterPDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying nine photos, from 1877, 1880, and 1974PDF (32 KB)

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