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TITLE:
Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH
CALL NUMBER:
HABS OHIO,43-MENT,2-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 14 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 17 (5 x 7 in.)
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Garfield, Pres. James A.
NOTE:
Survey number HABS OH-2254
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-63).
Building/structure dates: 1832 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1880 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1885 subsequent work
Significance: James A. Garfield National Historic Site was the mentor, Ohio, home of James A. Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States. Garfield purchased the site in 1876, (then a 118-acre farm) and added 40 additional acres in 1877. The farm included a small one and one half story house constructed circa 1831-1832. Although small improvements were made, it was not until the spring of 1880 that Garfield enlarged the house to a spacious two and one-half story home. It was from this house that Garfield conducted his famous and successful "front porch" campaign for the presidency in 1880, which the became known as "Lawnfield." A small former tenant house located behind the main house, outfitted as a library, served as campaign headquarters. Four years after the assassination of President Garfield in 1881, the home was again enlarged to include a memorial library to the slain President. This 1885 addition to the house was accompanied by the construction of a tenant house, a windmill/pumphouse and gas holder. A new carriage barn was built in 1893.
SUBJECTS:
OHIO--Lake County--Mentor
OTHER TITLE:
James A. Garfield House
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.oh0408
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF HOUSE AND ENVIRONS FROM NORTHWEST
2. GENERAL VIEW OF WEST SIDE OF HOUSE
3. WEST SIDE
4. DETAIL SHOWING PORTE COCHERE FROM SOUTHWEST
5. DETAIL OF PORTE COCHERE FROM NORTH
6. DETAIL SHOWING STRUCTURAL FRAMING OF PORTE COCHERE ROOF
7. NORTH SIDE
8. EAST SIDE FROM SOUTHEAST
9. SOUTH SIDE
10. SOUTH SIDE FROM SOUTHWEST
11. STAIR HALL AND FOYER, FIRST FLOOR
12. VIEW IN STAIR HALL SHOWING UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS
13. GENERAL VIEW IN DINING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR
14. VIEW IN DINING ROOM SHOWING FIREPLACE AND BUILT-IN CUPBOARDS; FOYER CAN BE SEEN THROUGH DOORWAY
15. BOYS' BEDROOM
16. VIEW IN LIBRARY SHOWING FIREPLACE
17. GENERAL VIEW IN LIBRARY LOOKING EAST
CONTROL #:
OH0408
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