Description: Caption reads: "Hayes Mansion, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky Co - District 9). Home of Rutherford B. Hayes, president of U. S., maintained today as it was when Hayes lived here during the latter part of his life. With the Hayes Memorial and Spiegel Grove, the surrounding grounds, if forms a State Park." Hayes House, built in 1859, is a large red brick Victorian style structure in located at 1337 Hayes Avenue in Fremont Ohio. It stands in Spiegel Grove State Park, the former Hayes Estate. It was the residence of the former President from 1873 to 1893. The 2-story mansion, constructed between 1859 and 1863 has 8 bedrooms and a large veranda. The home was remodeled twice, in 1880 (adding a large library and an impressive staircase leading to a rooftop observation area, as well as many other improvements) and 1889 (replacing and enlarging one wing). Hayes was the nineteenth (19th) President of the United States, serving from 1877-1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_001_1
Subjects: State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes Presidential Center (Fremont, Ohio); Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Library (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts an ivy-covered Spiegel Grove, home of Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio. Spiegel Grove was built around 1860 by Sardis Birchard, uncle of Rutherford B. Hayes. The original two story, brick home had many bedrooms and a wrap around porch. After inheriting the home, Hayes expanded the house by 5 rooms in 1882. It was then a four story home. In 1889, it was expanded with 6 more rooms. Spiegel Grove was placed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06431
Subjects: Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes, R. B. (Rutherford Birchard), 1822-1893; Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an exterior view of Spiegel Grove, the former home of U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, in Fremont, Ohio. A portion of another building is visible on the photograph's right side. Spiegel Grove is the former home of President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893). The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center currently occupies the site, which is open to the public under the direction of the Ohio Historical Society. Spiegel Grove was constructed from 1859-1863. (“Spiegel” is the German word for “mirror,” and the home is named after pools of water that form on the estate’s grounds after a rain.) The home’s original owner was Sardis Birchard, Hayes’s uncle and guardian, who used Spiegel Grove as a summer residence. Hayes became Spiegel Grove’s owner in 1873, and he made it his permanent home. Upon completion of his presidency in 1881, Hayes expanded the home to make room for his 12,000-volume library, to provide additional room for guests, and also to install indoor plumbing. In 1889, Hayes ordered the construction of another addition to make room for his children and grandchildren who commonly visited. This final addition created a thirty-one-room mansion. Both Hayes and his wife, Lucy Hayes, died at Spiegel Grove and are interred on the grounds. Spiegel Grove remained in the Hayes family until the first decade of the 1900s, when the family deeded the property to the State of Ohio. In 1916, a museum and library opened on the site, commemorating Hayes’s political and military contributions to Ohio and to the United States. This was the first presidential library commemorating a United States president. Spiegel Grove is on the National Register of Historic Places. This image of Spiegel Grove was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06393
Subjects: Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; United States. Work Progress Administration; National Register of Historic Places; Fremont (Ohio)
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Hayes Memorial" The Hayes Memorial was built in 1915, when the Hayes estate was turned over to the state and was expanded in 1922 and again in 1968. The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center is a complex comprising several buildings related to the life and presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. Located in Fremont, Ohio, the center comprises the Rutherford B. Hayes Museum and Library and Spiegel Grove, an estate encompassing the Hayes home, residence to several generations of the Hayes family. Opened in 1916, the Rutherford B. Hayes Center Library was the first presidential library and one of only three for a 19th-century president. The Center is supported by the private foundations, the Ohio Historical Society and Hayes Presidential Center Inc. The library holds the 12,000 volume personal library of Rutherford B. Hayes, as well as materials relating to his military and political career, particularly of his presidency from 1877 to 1881. It also contains 70,000 volumes plus newspapers and journals from the time of the Civil War to the eve of World War I. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_043_1
Subjects: State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes Presidential Center (Fremont, Ohio); Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Library (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustrated portrait of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on August 28, 1831, the youngest of three children of James Webb and Maria Cook Webb. Her father was a medical doctor. When Lucy was two years old, her father died of cholera after attending many slaves afflicted with the disease. He also lost his parents and a brother to the disease. Lucy attended elementary school in Chillicothe, and when her brothers attended Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware, the family moved to be closer to them. Although females were not allowed to attend the college, she was able to take several classes and received credit for them. At age 16, she enrolled in Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College, graduating in 1850. On December 30, 1852, Lucy, then 21, married Rutherford B. Hayes in the home of her mother in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lucy was the first President's wife to be called First Lady. She was against drinking alcohol and became know as Lemonade Lucy for her non-alcoholic dinners. She also established the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. Rutherford B Hayes served only one term as President, retiring with his family to his home in Fremont, Ohio, called Spiegel Grove in 1881. Lucy died of a stroke on June 25, 1889 and was buried in Fremont. Three years later, her husband followed her in death. Later they were re-interred in Spiegel Grove in 1915. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_044
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Illustrations; Wesleyan Female College (Cincinnati, Ohio);
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 10, 1939, this photograph shows the rotunda of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Two large columns sit to either side of the entrance, and a portrait and roundel of President Hayes hang above the door. A cannon sits in the middle of the room. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Fremont O. Pillard [?] to Museum Rooms inside Bldg Aug 10 - 30." Located on President Hayes' wooded estate called Spiegel Grove, the Hayes Presidential Center is the first presidential library and set the stage for the federal presidential library system. The first iteration of the Hayes Presidential Center opened on May 30, 1916. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F05_001_001
Subjects: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Ohio History -- Presidents and Politics; Libraries; Architecture
Places: Spiegel Grove (Ohio); Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a drawing of Rutherford B, Hayes, drawn by the artist Seay. It was not used as a chapter heading in the Ohio Guide. Rutherford B. Hayes, (October 4 1822 - January 17, 1893) served as the 19th President of the United States. His one term was from 1877 to 1881. His term began towards the end of Reconstruction and went in the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes was born in Ohio, practiced law in Lower Sandusky (not Fremont) and returned to Fremont after his presidency. He and his family lived at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, a home built by his uncle and guardian, Sardis Birchard. He died at Spiegel Grove in 1893. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_057
Subjects: Books; Chapter headings; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pink ribbons were worn by trustees of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio Historical Society) at the dedicatory exercises for the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum. The site was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1916 in the Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, Ohio. At 8:00 am the building was "thrown open...for the exclusive use of the school children and teachers of the Public Schools and of St. Ann's and St. Joseph's Parochial Schools, on the way to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of Soldiers." Governor Frank B. Willis made a presentation, as did George Kinney, mayor of Fremont, and United States Senator Warren G. Harding. The front cover includes an image of the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum and the back depicts Spiegel Grove. The program measures 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm). The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center contains the residence of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, a library and museum, and the tomb of the president and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes. The library and museum building houses the personal papers and mementos of the Hayes family, the Civil War, and the White House. The tomb is encased in a monument of Vermont granite from the president's father's farm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3208_3831327_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Architecture; Arts and Entertainment; Literary Ohio; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Presidents; Building dedications; Monuments & memorials; Libraries; Galleries & museums; Ribbons; Ohio Historical Society
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Hayes Home Fremont, O. Aug 10-39. Keep this for copy” The Hayes House was built in 1859 as a summer home for Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), 19th President of the United States. Built as a two story brick mansion, the Victoria home featured many bedrooms and a wrap-around porch. The Hayes House stands on 25 acres of wooded land that were part of the President's estate on Spiegel Grove. Hayes and his wife, Lucy retired at the estate following their residence in the White House and both spent their last days in the home. Numerous trees shade the property, giving it an aura of wealth and elegance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_002_1
Subjects: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes Presidential Center (Fremont, Ohio); Presidents -- Dwellings -- Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of the interior of the home of Rutherford B. Hayes. Portrait of Hayes and his wife hang in the room, as well as American flag. The room appears to be a living room or sitting room, as there are many chairs and portraits adorning the room. Hayes House, built in 1859, is a large red brick Victorian style structure in located at 1337 Hayes Avenue in Fremont Ohio. It stands in Spiegel Grove State Park, the former Hayes Estate. It was the residence of the former President from 1873 to 1893. The 2-story mansion, constructed between 1859 and 1863 has 8 bedrooms and a large veranda. The home was remodeled twice, in 1880 (adding a large library and an impressive staircase leading to a rooftop observation area, as well as many other improvements) and 1889 (replacing and enlarging one wing). Hayes was the nineteenth (19th) President of the United States, serving from 1877-1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_004_1
Subjects: Sandusky County (Ohio); Fremont (Ohio)
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a portrait of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, wife of Rutherford Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. Lucy Webb was born on August 18, 1831 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the first 1st Lady to have a college education. She died on June 26, 1889 in Fremont, Ohio. She is buried on the grounds of their home in Fremont, called Spiegel Grove. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06571
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Presidents' spouses--United States; First ladies (United States)
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: President and Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes with a man identified as Mr. H. Smith and two dogs on the porch of their home, Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio, ca. 1880-1889. Hayes was the nineteenth President, serving from 1877-1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00580
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)