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James A. Garfield: James A. Garfield National Historic
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The James A. Garfield National Historic Site... known as Lawnfield, contains the home, outbuildings and collection of the Garfield Family. James Garfield purchased the nine room home and approximately 160 acres of land in 1876, and quickly expanded the home to 20 rooms to accommodate his large family, itinerant farm hands and domestic servants. Around the completion of the construction in 1880, James Garfield became the Republican candidate for the presidency. He gave patriotic speeches from the front porch of his
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In 1880, more than 17,000 people from around the country traveled by train to Mentor, Ohio, to hear James A. Garfield campaign for the presidency from the front porch of his home. The 30-room mansion, known as Lawnfield, is now preserved as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site.
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The James A. Garfield National Historic Site is created out of the 7.82-acre estate purchased by Garfield in 1876 for his large family. The house itself was dubbed "Lawnfield" by the press because of its expansive front lawn. The name stuck. The house was ... the site of the first "Front Porch" presidential campaign, a practice that became popular after Garfield's presidency.
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Garfield children gave the house and its’ contents to the Western Reserve Historical Society to operate as a museum. On December 28, 1980 Congress authorized the property as a National Historic Site. A $12.5 million, six year restoration took place during the 1990’s, and a grand re-opening was held in 1998 to celebrate the new James A. Garfield National Historic Site. The Western Reserve Historical Society continues to operate the Site and maintains ownership of the collection.
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In 1876, Garfield was a Republican member of the Electoral Commission that awarded 22 hotly-contested electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes in his contest for the Presidency against Samuel J. Tilden. That year, he ... purchased the property in Mentor that reporters later dubbed Lawnfield, and from which he would go on to conduct the first successful front porch campaign for the Presidency. The home is now maintained by the National Park Service as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site.
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