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- The library was built by the state of Ohio in 1916, and was expanded in 1922 and in 1968.
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The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner for the federal presidential library system. HPLM is located at President Hayes’ 25-acre wooded estate, called Spiegel Grove.
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center is a complex comprising several buildings related to the life and presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. It is the first presidential library, built in 1916, and one of three such libraries for US presidents during the 19th century.
Site of the nation’s first presidential library, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, Ohio, also includes our 19th president’s 31-room mansion, a two-story museum and the site where President Hayes and first lady Lucy Webb Hayes are buried.
Opened in 1916, this library preserves President Hayes' 12,000-volume personal library along with archival material from his military and political career, particularly his presidency (1877-1881).
The Rutherford B. Hayes Library THOMAS A. SMITH Many would be surprised to learn that the nation's first presidential library was established to house the papers of Ruth-erford B. Hayes, and not those of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although affiliated with the Ohio Historical Society, the Hayes Library has maintained an independent existence
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ ˈrʌðərfərd / ⓘ; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati 's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. [1]
Rutherford B. Hayes had an eye toward history even before he became part of it as the 19th president of the United States. During his service in the Civil War, he would often walk battlefields looking for bullets, tree branches embedded with cannon shot and other artifacts to collect and send home.
