James A. Garfield Home ("Lawnfield") National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation)
Blythe RW. 2016. James A. Garfield Home ("Lawnfield") National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation). National Historic Landmark Nominations. 66000613_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is updated National Historic Landmark (NHL) documentation for the James A. Garfield Home ("Lawnfield") National Historic Landmark in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. The updated NHL nomination for the James A. Garfield Home ("Lawnfield") documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 2 as the home of President James A. Garfield and as the site chosen by his widow Lucretia and her children to safeguard his papers and mementoes of his career. The property embodies his successful political career, his veneration of the values of rural living, and the possibilities for advancement in the United States. In addition, between 1881 and 1886, Lucretia Garfield created one of the first comprehensive collections of presidential papers and souvenirs and built a library and fireproof archival room to house them. The period of national significance is 1876-1886.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Blythe, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-31
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- JAGA
- Keywords
- archives, James A. Garfield, Lucretia Garfield, Mentor, National Historic Landmark, Ohio, politics, president, women