Visiting the Rutherford B. Hayes Museum & Library in Fremont, Ohio

President Rutherford B. Hayes'
Home, Museum & Library are
in Fremont, Ohio.

This is the first Presidential Library

created in the United States.

The metal gates have the Presidential Seal.  They are the original White House gates. Congress donated them in 1928 for use as entryways to the first Presidential Museum and Library.

Rutherford B. Hayes is 19th
US President, serving from
1877 - 1881.








Rutherford B. Hayes served in the US House of Representatives and served as Governor of Ohio for three terms.

President Hayes toured the

western states while in office.

This Buckhorn Chair was presented to

him at the Neosho Falls Fair in Kansas.

President Hayes helped create

Ohio State University during

his first term as governor.

Gifts received for President &

Mrs. Hayes' 25th anniversary

& family heirlooms

Lucy Webb Hayes'

glassware

Lucy Webb Hayes had this

sideboard made for the private

 dining room in the White House.

Many of the plates have animal scenes.  Lucy Webb Hayes chose these dishes to remind the President of his trip through the western US.

The President's youngest children, Fanny

& Scott appeared at a White House dress ball

in March 1880 wearing these costumes.

Fannie's costume is a copy of Martha Washington's gown from a portrait in the White House Gallery.  Scott's costume, an orderly sergeant, was modeled after one in his father's Civil War regiment. 

Civil War displays honor President

Hayes' service as a Brevet

Major General during that war.