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Ben Tuthill of Wannamoisett Country Club hits a tee shot on No. 5 (par 3, 175 yards) during a #RIAmateur Qualifier at Green Valley Country Club (par 71, 6,641 yards).
A miniature of the Rally Team Janssens Porsche 911 RSR in Ypres Historic Rally 2013. The car won the Belgium championship and was prepared by FrancisTuthill Porsche
Margaret wife of Richard Cornwallis of Ockenhill Hall Badingham
Margaret was the only heiress daughter of Lionel Louth 1532 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/13925024374/ and Elizabeth eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Blenerhasset of Frenze www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/5947101270/ who m2 Francis Clopton of Long Melford
She was actually the heiress of her great grandfather Thomas Louthe at the age of 4, her father and grandfather having died in his lifetime
husband Richard was the third son of Sir John Cornwallis of Brome and Ann Sulyard www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9392326031/ - his father having willed " To my son Richard my ward Margaret Lowthe which I bought of my lord of Norfolk, to marry her himself if they both will be so contented but if not that he should have the wardship and marriage of her, with all advantages and profits."
Children -
1. Sir Thomas of Horsley d1618 buried at Porchester www.flickr.com/photos/sic_itur_ad_astra/6969389764/ m Elizabeth daughter of John Molineux of Thorpe Nottinghamshire
2. John of Earl Soham d1615 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/13925081844/ m1 Catherine d1584 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14191224484/ daughter of John Blennerhasset of Barsham; m2 Elizabeth Wolsey widow of William Tuthill
3. Elizabeth d1624 m Edmund son of John Bacon of Hessett 1567 by Barbara Jermyn of Rushbrooke
4. Anne d1612 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/527517488/ m Thomas Dade of Tannington
Richard was buried at Shotley. Margaret lived at Badingham buried here d1603. Before her death she erected her monument and that of her husband and father.
" In memoriam Margaritse relictae Richardi Cornwaleis armigeri hoc posuit Johannes filius Shotleia busta viri, sed conjugis ossa sacellum Hoc tenet : unanimes corpore, morte duo. Parturiit, fovit geniali foedere sola Tergeminam prolem ; junxit, adauxit opes. Namq. lares coluit viduas labentibus octo Lustris, et nono mortua viva jacet. Et tu nate tuse priscos venerate Penateis Matris, qua vivis, vivere morte jubes. Obiit 4 die Septemb. 1603".
By a deed of 34 Eliz. 16th Jan. Margaret Cornwallis of Badingham, widow, late wife of Richard Cornwallis esquire deceased, with John Cornwallis her eldest son, &c., recites a settlement on John 23 Dec. 30th Eliz. of the manor of Sawtrye in Huntingdonshire, to the use of Margaret for life; to John for life; to such wife as John may leave him surviving during her life ; to Philip son of said John, and his heirs male ; to Thomas son of said John, in tail male ; to Francis, &c. ; to the heirs male of John ; to Thomas son of Margaret, and his heirs male ; to the heirs of Margaret in fee.
The manor of Kettlebers in Cretingham descended in the family of Cornwallis until 1701 when Mary Cornwallis, the heiress of this branch, married John Rabett gent,
A miniature of the Rally Team Janssens Porsche 911 RSR in Ypres Historic Rally 2013. The car won the Belgium championship and was prepared by FrancisTuthill Porsche
Abdul Rashid, a 5-year-old resident of Nawa District, receives a dressing for a wound on his face from Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, while a linguist translates at a medical aid station at Patrol Base Jaker, Afghanistan, Dec. 3. Rashid was injured by a motorcycle earlier that day. Navy hospital corpsmen like Elsey routinely see local residents and children here to treat their wounds. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Tuthill)
Ben Tuthill of Wannamoisett Country Club hits from a fence on No. 12 (par 4, 412 yards) during a Rhode Island Amateur Qualifier at Agawam Hunt (par 69, 6,156 yards).
Transit of International Space Station across the Sun shot by Kurt Meyer, 3/24/11, 1:42:22pm local time, Legion Park, Brooklyn, Wis., about 500 meters from predicted centerline. Transit duration 0.61 seconds, apparent diameter of ISS 128.98arcsec., path width 7.32km. Time and path predicted using Calsky.com. First frame (!) of 4-second burst, about 3fps, this was the only frame that captured the event. Scattered thin clouds and light winds, which gusted just at the transit time.
Equipment: Tuthill Solar-Skreen mylar filter in custom cell, Celestron C5+ telescope and mount, Nikon D90 dslr at prime focus, ISO1250, 1/1500 sec, JPEG Normal.
2012-05-20 19:57:48 CDT
N30.3895 W97.8829
FM 620 and Quinlan Park Road
Austin, TX 78732
Taken through one layer of Roger W. Tuthill Solar Skreen
(The dense one I think)
Exposure time: 1/80
F-stop: 25.0
Focal length: 300.0000
Focal length (35mm): 450
Taken in raw (NEF) format,
converted to JPG in ThumbsPlus Pro w/DigiCam plugin,
600x600 crop, sharpen, and levels in PhotoShop
On my Nikon D70, A 300mm lens is not enough power to bring the sun to full screen. On my 3000x2000 pixel Nikon D70, the Sun's image was only about 340 pixels wide. That's only about 17% of the 2000 pixel dimension. I cropped my images to 600x600 before uploading here.
A miniature of the Rally Team Janssens Porsche 911 RSR in Ypres Historic Rally 2013. The car won the Belgium championship and was prepared by FrancisTuthill Porsche
A miniature of the Rally Team Janssens Porsche 911 RSR in Ypres Historic Rally 2013. The car won the Belgium championship and was prepared by FrancisTuthill Porsche
NEW TOWN HALL PORTER IND.
Date: 1913
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: P. L. Huckins
Postmark: February 28, 1914, Porter, Indiana
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The house visible behind the Porter Town Hall was built the same time as the town hall by Frank Henry Brockmiller.
The following newspaper item concerning the Porter Town Hall appeared in the May 27, 1909, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The Town Board held their regular meeting Tuesday evening and discussed various matters before the Board. The Board is considering buying a lot and erecting a town hall, to be used as a jail and fire engine house on the ground floor and a council chamber on the second floor. The sidewalk question was also discussed, considerable progress is being made in this work. Both sides of Beam street now have fine five foot cement walks and the contractors are now at work on Rankin street. They will used crushed stone crossings at street intersections and brick at the alleys.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the October 3, 1912, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The town board has had several sets of plans for the new town hall submitted to them, and they are considering the same. The expect to let the contract for the construction in the near future.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the April 24, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
Marshal Frank Wannegar has a force of men at work leveling off the site for the new town hall and getting it in readiness for the beginning of construction work.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the June 19, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON ITEMS
Porter is to have a new town hall. Plans for the structure have been made and adopted, which call for a two story building, the first floor to be used for the fire department, and the second floor for a council chamber and offices for the town officials. The estimated cost is $6,900, and the contract is to be let June 3.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the June 19, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The contract for the construction of the new city hall was let Tuesday evening by the Town Board, the lucky bidder being Joseph Ameling of Chesterton, whose bid for the completed job was $9,990. The next lowest bid was that of the Moe Construction company of Gary, $10,500. The Hess Construction company of Gary bid $11,000. There were a number of other bids for a portion of the work, but in the aggregate they amounted to more than the Ameling bid. Mr. Ameling has sublet the masonry work to Carlson Bros., and they started on the job Wednesday morning. The work will be rushed as fast as possible and it is hoped to have the building ready for occupancy early in the fall.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the July 10, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
Work on the new town hall is progressing nicely. The foundations are finished and the carpenters have begun the erection of the frame work.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the July 31, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CORNER-STONE TO BE LAID
PORTER'S NEW TOWN HALL WILL BE THE SCENE OF A SHORT CEREMONY THIRSDAY.
Corner Stone of New Building Will Be Placed in Position Without Pomp or Display. -- Historical Records Will Be Enclosed.
A simple ceremony in the presence of the town officials and any citizens who take enough interest to be present, will take place at the site of Porter's new town hall today when the corner stone of the structure will be placed in position. The even will be marked by no great display and pomp, yet it is nevertheless an important one marking as it does one of the steps in the town's progress.
The town of Porter, or as it was then known, Hageman, was started in 1873 by Henry Hageman; a postoffice was established in this year with A. H. Manhart as postmaster. He served two years and was then succeeded by Henry Dabbert. The town was regularly laid out in 1880 at which time it was named Porter. It was incorporated as a town in 1907 at which time it had a population of about 500. Since that time the town has had a steady growth and its population now numbers six or seven hundred. The taxable valuation of the town is now in the neighborhood of $400,000.00 and its area is one and one-half miles by two miles. Its city limits joins those of Chesterton and the places are practically one except in the matter of city government.
The building whose cornerstone is to be laid today was conceived by the members of the present town board over a year ago, and after an extensive investigation plans were drawn and accepted. The need of a building in which public meetings could be held, the fire apparatus could be cared for and a safe place for the preservation of city records made a new structure necessary. The members of the town board decided that no mere makeshift would do and as a result when the new building is completed and the building turned over to the town, Porter will have one of the best equipped and most modern municipal buildings of any town of its size in the state.
The construction of the building is in the hands of Jos. Ameling, who has the general contract. The cost of $9,950. Work was begun on the building July 1st. The structure will be 42x42 feet is size, two stories high with basement and equipped with modern plumbing, heat and light. The first floor will be used for the fire department, heating apparatus and cells. The second floor will be used for the council chambers and a hall for public purposes.
The architects who drew the plans are Furst & Webler, Chicago.
It is a source of considerable gratification to the members of the town board to know that the town in entirely free from debt, has over $4,000 in the bank, and the board expects to pay for the building of the hall without increasing the tax levy a single cent, notwithstanding the fact that the levy is now only $1.00.
The present board of trustees who have charge of the building of the hall is composed of:
Roscoe Huff, President.
Ezra F. Brody, Trustee.
Frank E. Peterson, Trustee.
Edgar Yost, Clerk and Treasurer.
Frank Wannegar, Marshal.
The first officials of Porter were:
J. P. Carlson, Trustee.
E. F. Brody, Trustee.
Frank E. Peterson, Trustee.
H. L. Ruggles, Treasurer.
Frank Dabbert, Clerk.
Emil Busse, Marshal.
The following is a partial list of articles that will be placed in the copper lined box that will be placed in the corner stone:
Chicago Tribune.
Chesterton Tribune.
Valparaiso papers.
Copy of Ordinance authorizing the building of the hall.
Postcard views of the streets of Porter.
List of officers of the town.
Short sketch of history of the town.
Sample of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.'s product.
Collection of coins.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the July 31, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The following is a copy of the statement of the town, which is to be placed in the corner stone:
Porter, Indiana, July 29, 1913.
BRIEF STATEMENT REGARDING THE TOWNH OF PORTER, INDIANA.
The town of Porter was originally laid out as Hageman, the name of the man who owned much land about the present town of Porter. The name was afterwards changed to Porter and continued an unincorporated town till the year 1907 when it was incorporated after some opposition. At about this time the town also became more progressive, the Porter-Riverside Land Company purchased a considerable tract of land on the east of town and turned the old clay banks into well graded streets and lots, the streets were gradually macadamized, concrete walks were builded [sic], until at this time there are few mud roads and poor walks. Then came electric lights and water supply, and the town is now in a more prosperous condition than at any time heretofore.
Porter has been the scene of the exploitations of a Glass company with a land boom, a featherbone factory, an ecetylene [sic] gas plant factory, and a lock-nut factory, and now enjoys a brick yard, asbestos factory, pickling station, and there are rumors of another asbestos factory, railroad yards by the Pere Marquette railroad company, and improvements by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad company. The town has also gained notoriety from the Mineral Springs Jockey Club operating a race track west of town, which occasioned the first visit of the state militia in the fall of 1912.
The town has been well and ably governed since its incorporation, by a Board of three trustees, and the town hall, in the corner stone of which these few remarks are to be preserved, in the spring of 1913 was commenced and when completed will be a credit to the town. The town has a volunteer fire department of twelve members, a marshal and one deputy, and usually can boast of a brass band and a base ball team. John H. Busse is still postmaster, though otherwise retired from active business; Busse & Busse and C. E. Jacobson conduct general stores and Hokanson maintains the only meat market; George Lindgren runs the drug store, Frank Wannegar the livery, and Ezra Brody the only shaving parlor, and Henry Dabbert an ice cream parlor, and Dr. J. J. Theorell is the only physician.
It is the intention that these few remarks be preserved so long as the town hall shall supply the wants of the town, now of about 600 people, that the growth and prosperity of the town many be then again measured.
ROSCOE UFF,
EZRA F. BRODY,
FRANK E. PETERSON,
Trustees.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the August 7, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Corner Stone Laid.
Porter was well represented at the laying of the corner stone of the new town hall on Thursday evening of last week.
The band boys furnished music. Several patriotic songs were sung. John H. Busses made a ten minute speech and the Rev. Osborn offered prayer and gave a short address. The service had to be cut short on account of an approaching storm which threatened to break at any moment, and the people had to hurry to reach home before the rain came. When this building is completed the residents of Porter will be proud of the structure, and of the advancement the town is making.
The following is a list of articles deposited in the receptacle:
A number of old coins, some 1913 nickels, Lincoln pennies, pair of eye glasses that were owned by John Czizek, a piece of brick made in the Hydraulic yards in 1896 and one made in 1913.
Chesterton Tribune.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Menace.
Ezra Brody put in a razor that he had used for 15 years.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the August 14, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
Work on the new town hall is progressing rapidly. The joists for the first floor will be laid today.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 27, 1909; Volume 26, Number 9, Page 3, Column 1. Column titled "Porter Department."
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the August 14, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The town board met Tuesday night and sold the bonds for the town hall. Rev. J. A. Bescherer, or Porter, was the successful bidder, taking the whole issue of $10,000 at par. The bonds bear interest at a rate of five per cent, and are considered a good investment.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the September 18, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
It is rumored that a bank will be started as soon as the new town hall is completed, and that the capital for the same has all been raised. We understand that quarters will be provided in the town hall building. The roof has been put on this structure, and it will soon be ready for occupancy. The town board has been arranging to dedicate the building in grand style, and have engaged the Michigan City band, and the Salisbury Orchestra. Prominent speakers are to be on hand, and everything done to make the event a memorable one in the annals of the town.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the November 13, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
As yet no date has been set for the dedication of the new town hall. It should have been done Oct. 24 last, but the contractor has been delayed, and he cannot say yet just when he can turn over the building to the town. It is hoped to have the affair some time next month. Judge Tuthill of Michigan City, and Attorney H. H. Loring of Valparaiso, have promised to be present and take part in the program. Preparations are being made to have one big time, and a large crowd is expected.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the November 27, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
The town hall is nearing completion and will soon be ready for public use. The hardware for the door etc, were destroyed in the fire of the Chesterton depot, which may delay the work of finishing somewhat.
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the December 4, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter Department
On December 11 the beautiful new town hall of Porter will be dedicated. The Tribune had hoped to have had a cut of the building to publish for this issue, but owning to the fact that the work was not completed and will not be until the end of this week, a satisfactory photograph could not be taken. Our next issue will have a fine illustrated article. The program for the occasion has been prepared and is as follows: The affair will be held in the building, and will begin at 7:30 o'clock. It is expected that the largest crowd ever gathered in Porter will be assembled there for the occasion.
Violin and Piano . . . . B. Ruggles and R. Brockmiller
Invocation . . . . Rev. Bescherer
Music . . . . Male Quartet
Introductory Remarks . . . . Ross Huff
Address . . . . H. H. Loring
Music . . . . Male Quartet
General Remarks . . . .
Violin Solo . . . . R. Brockmiller
Address: . . . . H. B. Darling
Vocal . . . . Male Quartet
Benediction . . . . Rev. Smith
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The following newspaper item concerning the construction and dedication of the Porter Town Hall appeared in the December 18, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
NEW TOWN HALL IS DEDICATED
PORTER’S FINE NEW BUILDING IS FORMALLY OPENED WITH ELABORATE EXERCISES.
Last Thursday Night Was a Memorable Night in the Municipal History of the Town of Porter. New Building is Greatly Admired.
Thursday December the eleventh, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirteen, is a memorable date in the history of Porter, the occasion for which, being no more and no less than a formal dedication, and opening for public inspection, and incidentally admiration, of the finest municipal building in Porter county, and one of the handsomest in the state of Indiana. It was also the occasion for an almost unanimous gathering of the people of Porter and surrounding territory to attend the exercises that marked the opening of the new building. Long before the hour set for the exercises to begin, the people began coming and when President Huff of the Porter town board, arose to call the assemblage to order, the spacious auditorium of the building was filled to overflowing and many were standing in the corridors, while others stood outside and waited for a chance to get within hearing distance.
The time for the dedication exercises had been set for 7:30 p. m., but it was nearer to eight o’clock when the first number a musical selection by the Buehring Orchestra of Michigan City, was begun. Every visitor had been given an opportunity to inspect the new building and admire the modern conveniences with which the builders have equipped it. The members of the Porter Fire department were present in uniform and acted as ushers for the visitors. Great interest was shown in the various departments, from the steel cells, in which offenders against the law will in the future be safely housed, to the model heating plant which will keep the building at an even temperature in the most inclement weather. Every past of the building was open for inspection and the members of the Fire Department took great interest and pride in showing off the beauties and conveniences of the structure.
Chairman Ross Huff, of the board of town trustees acted as master of ceremonies and called the meeting to order. After the opening overture by the orchestra the first number on the program was an instrumental duet, piano and violin, by Miss Bernice Ruggles and Raymond Brockmiller. They rendered “Cavitana” very prettily and were compelled to respond to an enthusiastic encore. The invocation by the Rev. Berscherer, pastor of the German Lutheran church followed. A selection by the mail quartet came next and after they had responded to an encore, Chairman Huff introduced the first speaker of the evening, Hon. Harry B. Darling of Laporte. In the printed programs that had been distributed, Mr. Darling’s name appeared near the end, but a change was made in order that he might catch a train back to Laporte. His address was a masterful effort and was well received by the audience, who paid him marked attention until the close. His address will be found in full in another part of this issue. Following Mr. Darling, the Hon. Harry B. Tuthill, of Michigan City, and Judge of the Porter-Laporte Superior Court was introduced and aroused much enthusiasm by his remarks. A brief digest of his speech will also be found elsewhere. A vocal solo by Miss Bernice Ruggles came next, she rendering “Creole Love Song” very sweetly. The audience would not be content until she had responded to an encore, which she did in a gracious manner. H. H. Loring, of Valparaiso, was the next speaker of the evening. His intimate knowledge of the history of Porter and or Porter county enabled him to give a talk of especial interest. Music by the male quartet followed Mr. Loring’s address and they were not allowed to resume their seats until they had responded to an encore.
Chairman Huff announced the next number on the program as one of general interest in which everyone could take a part under the head of general remarks. He said that he would first call upon various persons in the audience for a few remarks, after which the audience would be glad to hear from anyone.
Rev. Bescherer was the first man called upon, and in introducing him, the chairman stated that he was the man of the hour, when the time came for securing the finances with which to construct the new building, and that the people of Porter owned much to him for his assistance in securing the finances at a very low rate of interest and upon very favorable terms. Mr. Bescherer responded in a happy manner and his remarks brought forth much applause.
E. T. Funk of Valparaiso was the next man called upon, and in introducing him, Mr. Huff remarked that he was a stranger from the south part of the county. Mr. Fund responded in a happy manner, denying the imputation of being a stranger to Porter.
Others who were called upon were John McNay, trustee of Center township, Dr. Theorell, A. J. Bowser, County Auditor Blachly, H. L. Ruggles, Charles W. Jensen, J. Lowenstine, Mr. Weber, the architect, John P. Carlson, J. G. Graessle, E. F. Brody.
The remarks by each of these gentlemen were well received by the audience and we have in another column, attempted to give a brief digest of the speeches that were made.
Following this feature of the program, Raymond Brockmiller, rendered a violin solo, “Angels Serenade” which was followed by an encore. The male quartet rendered another selection, and the closing of the program came with a benediction by the Rev. Smith, pastor of the Congregational church.
Much credit is due Chairman Huff, the members of both the present and incoming members of the board of trustees, Town Clerk Edgar Yost, Marshall Wannegar, Town Attorney Batteiger and the members of the Fire company for the excellent manner in which the exercises of the evening were carried out.
The Building.
Porter has a municipal building of which the inhabitants of the village can feel proud; it is a building of which the whole of Porter county can well take pride. It is probably the finest structure of its kind in a town of the size of Porter in the state. In fact there are not many communities in the state that have a handsomer or better equipped town hall within their borders. The men who are responsible for its construction are entitled to a full measure of praise for the success that has crowned their efforts. It is a structure where not only the records of the town can be safely housed; the business of the town trustees transacted in a comfortable manner; the apparatus for fire protection safely and conveniently kept; prisoners and other offenders securely confined; but in addition a public meeting place is provided. The large auditorium will accommodate conveniently as many as usually gather at public meetings in a village of this size. The building is large enough to accommodate all the business of the town for many years but should future growth make larger quarters necessary, the architect has wisely designed the structure so that additions can be easily made.
Porter’s town hall was designed by the firm of Furst & Webber, architects of Chicago, and the plans and supervision was in personal charge of Mr. Webber. When completed it will cost about $12,000, although the exact cost cannot be given at this time. The general contract was let to Joseph Ameling, of Chesterton for $9,990. This did not include the electrical work and fixtures, the bell and operating device, the vault, architect’s fees and expenses, and a number of other necessary things that will bring the cost up to the figure named.
Mr. Webber was in town Monday, and furnished The Tribune some data regarding the building. He said:
The outside dimensions of the building are 46x46 feet, two stories. The first floor has fire engine and boiler room, a cell room, with two cages and room for three. Toilet in each cell. The marshal has a room for his office.
There are two entrances to the building, one from the north side, leading to both floors, and one from the east leading to the fire house. All floors on this story are of cement. A fire proof vault is also on this floor.
The second floor has a large assembly hall 24x44, which is so arranged that two rooms can be made of it by the use of a rolling partition that weighs 1600 pounds, making each room 22x44. The design is that when the trustees meet they have a smaller room, and when the public want a hall they can have one by simply opening the rolling partition. In addition there is a clerk and treasurer’s office, a large fire-proof vault for the keeping of records of the towns, and toilet rooms for both men and women. The hallway is in the center of the building and is large and capable of handling large crowds.
A Kewanee boiler furnishes steam for the heating of the building and is the last word in heating. The first floor entrance is mosaic, and the rest is cement. The building is trimmed in oak finish, and the upper floors are all of hardwood.
The building is built of brick, all from the plant of the Chicago Hydraulic plant at Porter. The roof is of slate, non-fadeable [sic], and sea green. The belfry houses a one thousand pound bell, operated from the engine room, with fire alarm and ordinary signal attachments.
The men who did the work are: Joseph Ameling, Chesterton, general contractor; Carlson Brothers, Porter, mason and cement work; plumbing, Charles Nickel, Chesterton; steam fitting, Ed Isbey, Chesterton; plasterer, E. N. Hyde, Chesterton; painter, Nels Miller, Porter; roofing and sheet metal work, L. Gannon, Valparaiso; electrical work and fixtures, C. H. Harvil, Chesterton.
The architect says that he has only words of praise for the men who did the work, and that when it is finally turned over to the town it will be in first class condition. There are still a few things yet to do, but all will be done before he gives his final O. K. to the work.
The New Bell.
One of the marked features of the new building and one that was heralded to the surrounding territory the opening of the evening’s program is the new bell, which is to be used for fire alarm purposes as well as a signal for the opening of meetings that may be held at the new town hall. The bell has an exceptionally clear, pure tone and can be heard miles away. Residents as far away as South Chesterton say they can hear the ringing of the new bell as clearly as though it was but a block or so away. It will serve as an efficient fire alarm throughout the towns of both Porter and Chesterton and is something that has long been needed in this locality.
Out of Town Visitors.
While no formal invitations had been issued by the town board a general invitation to the public had been given, and the importance of the event attracted many out of town guests who came to congratulate the people of Porter on their new municipal home. Among the out of town visitors were the speakers of the evening, Hon. Harry B. Darling of Laporte, Judge H. B. Tuthill of Michigan City, H. H. Loring of Valparaiso. Others from Valparaiso were Superintendent E. T. Funk, County Auditor Blachly, Sheriff Lindall, County Clerk Bornholt, Trustee John McNay, J. Lowenstine, Morris Lowenstine, and Gene Stanton. Several from Gary and Chicago were present.
The Construction.
The buildings of the new hall, including the architects, the various con-
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tractors and the men at the head of the town’s business affairs much credit is due for the success that has attended them throughout the designing, planning and construction of the building. The new hall was planned over a year ago. The closing of Seivert’s hall late in 1912 left the town without any place where a public meeting could assemble in comfort that the board of trustees took up the matter and after due deliberation decided that public necessity made the building of a new hall a matter of the utmost importance. A number of visits were made to surrounding towns to inspect public buildings and after several months of investigation the board deemed it best to build a building that would be adequate for the town’s needs for a long time. They decided that there would be no make shift arrangement, but that the various departments of the town’s organizations should be safely housed. They also planned that a large auditorium, suitable for all gatherings of a public nature would be provided. An investigation of the list of taxable property revealed the fact that the burden of building a new hall would be borne in large part by the various railroad corporations that run through Porter. In fact out of every three dollars spent the railroads would have to pay at least two. The made the burden upon the general taxpaying public a very light one. The probable benefits so far exceeded the probable expense that the members of the town board felt they could not do otherwise than go ahead and prepare the plans for the construction of the building. Every move they made was carefully considered; every step taken towards the construction was made only after a careful investigation. Noth only were the taxpayers of the town consulted daily and due deference given in their wishes, but experts on municipal building consulted and the best possible advice sought.
One of the first steps was the condemning of the old building which had served its time and was ready for the wrecking crew. This was done and the building sold and torn down. Then came the question of a site and after long deliberation the board choose [sic] the present site and secured it by an advantageous exchange. Much time was spent in studying the plans and specifications of the new building and the architects were compelled to change their preliminary sketches many times.
Early in the spring of this year the [---?---] was cleared for action and the board adopted the necessary resolutions that are required by law for the letting of public contracts. These went through in their regular course and early in the summer the contract was let to Joseph Ameling on terms that seemed unusually satisfactory. Mr. Ameling, upon being notified that he had been the lucky bidder lost no time in beginning the work, and ground for the new building was broken within forty-eight hours. From that time on until the completion of the building not a moment’s time has been lost by any workmen. During the entire course of construction not the least but of friction arose to hinder the progress of the work. There was no strike of workmen, no signs of even any dissatisfaction among the men at any time, the relations between architect and contractors were always at all times pleasant, and it is doubtful of even an unpleasant word was spoken. Material arrived promptly on time when needed and not a single workman met with an accident.
The citizens of Porter can well feel proud of the new town hall, and they give a vote of thanks to the men who are responsible for its construction, and the trustees, with whom the plan originated, the architects, the contractors and to the workmen, all of whose efforts were combined to the successful finishing of the work there is not the slightest taint of graft; it send forth a monument to honesty and civic government. It is something of which the citizens of the entire community can well feel proud, and of which visitors to the town can [---?---] with pleasure.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 3, 1912; Volume 29, Number 28, Page 5, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 24, 1913; Volume 30, Number 5, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 15, 1913; Volume 30, Number 8, Page 3, Column 3. Column titled "Notice for Bids."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 15, 1913; Volume 30, Number 8, Page 7, Column 3. Column titled "Chesterton Items."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 19, 1913; Volume 30, Number 13, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 10, 1913; Volume 30, Number 16, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 31, 1913; Volume 30, Number 19, Page 3, Column 1. Column titled "Corner-Stone to be Laid."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 31, 1913; Volume 30, Number 19, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 7, 1913; Volume 30, Number 20, Page 3, Column 3. Column titled "Corner Stone Laid."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 14, 1913; Volume 30, Number 20, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 14, 1913; Volume 30, Number 20, Page 3, Column 3. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 18, 1913; Volume 30, Number 26, Page 3, Column 1.
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; November 13, 1913; Volume 30, Number 33, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; November 27, 1913; Volume 30, Number 36, Page 3, Column 3. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 4, 1913; Volume 30, Number 37, Page 8, Column 4. Column titled "Porter Department."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 18, 1913; Volume 30, Number 39, Page 1, Columns 1-4 and Page 5, Column 1. Column titled "New Town Hall is Dedicated."
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Noel Alexander Gilbert
Violinist Noel A. Gilbert was born in Scott's Hill, where he learned the fundamentals of the violin. In 1925 he moved to Memphis and began studies with Joseph Henkel, teacher and conductor of the Memphis Philharmonic. After joining the Memphis Federation of Musicians in 1926, Gilbert played in the pit orchestras at the Palace Theater and later the Orpheum Theater, where he absorbed the mystique and routine of the vaudeville era from older musicians.
Gilbert then began advanced studies on the violin with Scipione Guidi, concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony and former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. By 1939 Gilbert merited the concertmaster position of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Burnet Tuthill.
Beginning in the mid-1930s, Gilbert organized and conducted small orchestras for local hotels and led both the WREC and WMC radio staff orchestras. From 1947 to roughly 1980 he led an eight-week summer season at the Memphis Overton Park Shell, playing light classical and popular music.
As an educator, he taught at both the Memphis College of Music and Memphis State College (now the University of Memphis) in addition to instructing private students. In 1952 Gilbert was also the leader and organizer of the Evening Serenade on WMC-TV, a pioneering fifteen minute show that lasted three seasons.
Gilbert was also the associate concertmaster of the Memphis Sinfonietta, which eventually became the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in 1960. From 1961 through 1985 he was an active player, contractor, and coordinator for recording sessions held at the local Sun, Stax, American Sound, Hi, and Tanner studios. He can be heard on recordings by Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, and others.
Always eager to conduct, in 1976, after his retirement from the MSO and the University of Memphis, Gilbert founded the Germantown Symphony Orchestra, which performed four to six classical and pop concerts per season. Gilbert resigned in 1986 and immediately formed a similar group, the Memphis Civic Orchestra, which he conducted until a month before his death in 1991.
Senior;Dorothy Schmitt, Herbert Terry, Francis Larrouy, Bryson R. Bagley, Hans Renner, Raymond Blue, Patricia Dittman, Harry Tuthill, William Taylor
Ben Tuthill of Wannamoisett Country Club reacts to rolling in a birdie putt on No. 15 (par 5, 527 yards) during Day Two of the 71st Four-Ball at Potowomut GC (par 71, 6,380 yards).
The grave of Alexander Forrest (22 September 1849 – 20 June 1901) in Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Also, on this memorial are his daughter Sylvia (Pettie) Ada Eliza Lennard Woods nee Forrest (6 March 1881 - 18 December 1968) and her husband Dr Charles William Tuthill Woods (7 June 1876 - 30 November 1940). They married in St Martin in the Fields, London on 19 April 1909.
One the sons of Alexander Forrest is commemorated on this memorial. He was John Forrest (27 January 1887 - 24 December 1960) together with his wife Elsie Maud Forrest nee Warmington (23 July 1887 – 32 August 1966). One of John and Jean’s daughters was Jean Amy Forrest (13 October 1918 – 11 October 1997) and another was Mary Isobel Hampshire nee Forrest (13 June 1913 - 22 April 1979). Mary’s husband was Noel MacQuarie Hampshire (6 December 1912 – 23 May 1967)
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
A miniature of the Rally Team Janssens Porsche 911 RSR in Ypres Historic Rally 2013. The car won the Belgium championship and was prepared by FrancisTuthill Porsche
80-G-17335: Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, USN, addresses workers at New York Navy Yard, New York, on 15 May 1942. Speakers stand (left to right): Lieutenant Commander H.W. England, USN; Lieutenant Commander J.T. Tuthill, Jr., USNR; Captain S.S. Kennedy, USN; Lieutenant Bulkeley; and Captain G.C. Klein, USN. Taken by Third Naval District Public Relations. (7/2/2014).
Carnegie Hall, New York City. Built in 1891 and New York's most well-known concert venue. Designed by William Burnet Tuthill and sponsored by Andrew Carnegie. Pyotr Tchaikovsky conducted the opening concert. I recall Leontyne Price in recital here. 881 Seventh Avenue.
National Historic Landmark. National Register of Historic Places 66000535
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nation’s history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumseh’s War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumseh’s Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacy’s leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio’s 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrison’s usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tomb’s entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name “Harrison” emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the site’s nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Lance Cpls. Keith B. Lawson and Spence G. Press, scout snipers attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, work together to identify targets as Taliban fighters approached from Marjeh toward their position at the “Five Points” intersection Feb. 9. Marines of Charlie Co. conducted a helicopter-borne assault earlier that morning to seize the key intersection of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province. Lawson, 25, is from Reedly, Calif., and Press, 20, is from Newbury Park, Calif. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)