One-Time Indiana Home Of 9th US President Being Restored
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VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) The one-time Indiana home of the nation’s ninth president is getting a $1.2 million restoration that will include sprucing up the more than 200-year-old mansion’s main floor with new windows and porches.
Workers with Columbus, Ohio-based Durable Restoration Company recently started working on Grouseland, the Vincennes residence that was William Henry Harrison s home when he was governor of the Indiana Territory in the early 19th century. Harrison was elected U.S. president in 1840.
The restoration will focus on the two-story brick home s first floor, specifically its study and dining room, and include adding exact replicas of the home s original wood windows, repairing its first-floor fireplaces and adding new, period-appropriate wallpaper.
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