Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Email Format

Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosIndiana, United States11-50 Employees

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Harrison home, its collections, and surrounding grounds as a museum and memorial to the only U.S. president elected from Indiana. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the site operates as an educational resource open to the public, offering programming that supports patriotism and citizenship and presents a view of the Victorian era as the Harrison family experienced it. 

Built in 1874–1875 by Benjamin and Caroline Harrison, the house was occupied by Benjamin until his death in 1901, apart from his years in the Senate and in the presidency, with the family living there until 1913. After Mary Lord Harrison kept it as a rental property until 1937 and then sold it to the Jordan Conservatory of Music under an agreement to preserve the home and its artifacts, the school used parts of the building as a dormitory while maintaining presidential museum space. In 1966, a nonprofit operating foundation was established to run the site as a historic property open to visitors, and following a 1974 renovation the home has operated as a museum with regular daily tours.

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