William mckinley birthplace ohio
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McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center
The McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center is a reconstruction of a home on the site of the birth of America's twenty-fifth President, William McKinley, in Niles, Ohio.
History
[edit]Original structure
[edit]President William McKinley was born in a small wood plank sided home in Niles on January 29, 1843. The original two-story eight-room house had a total of approximately 924 square feet (86 m2), and was moved twice before it was destroyed by fire in 1937.
Rebuilding efforts
[edit]In 1994, a local bank donated the former McKinley Bank Building that stood on the site of the birthplace to the city of Niles. By 1999, with $83,000 secured from the state of Ohio, the McKinley Bank Building was demolished, leading the way for construction of a replica McKinley birthplace.
The McKinley Memorial Library was granted the site at 40 South Main Street in 2001, and quickly acquired one additional lot for the future Bi
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National McKinley Birthplace Memorial
Historic building in Ohio, United States
For McKinley's sista resting place, see McKinley National Memorial.
United States historic place
The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Library and Museum is a national memorial to President William McKinley, located in Niles, Ohio. Also known as the McKinley Memorial Library, Museum & Birthplace Home, the memorial is a 232 bygd 136 by 38 ft (71 bygd 41 by 12 m) marble monument with two wings. One wing houses the public McKinley Memorial Library, and the other features the McKinley Museum with exhibits about President McKinley and an auditorium.
The McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center is located near the Memorial at 40 South Main Street in Niles. The historic house museum has been furnished for the period when President McKinley was in office.
History
[edit]Planning
[edit]On March 4, 1911, President William Howard Taft authorized Congressional funding for a nation
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1834 Platting of lots in Nilestown, later Niles, Ohio. PO1.652 | President Wm. McKinley's Birthplace. Lot #20 has had a long and interesting history. It was platted by James Heaton in 1834 and was 66 x 181.5 ft. At some point in the next eleven years a two-story colonial style structure with lap siding was built on the property, and it was this six-room double house that William McKinley Sr. and Nancy Allison McKinley rented as a h | |