Boyhood Home of Warren G. Harding Marker

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Caledonia in Marion County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Boyhood Home of Warren G. Harding
(1872 - 1881)
— 29th president of the United States —

Boyhood Home of Warren G. Harding Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., April 19, 2008

1. Boyhood Home of Warren G. Harding Marker

Inscription. In a Caledonia printing shop owned by his father, Dr. George T. Harding, Warren learned the fundamentals of the printing trade which inspired his interest in a journalism career.

Erected 1965 by The Harding Memorial Association and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-51.)

Location. 40° 38.133′ N, 82° 58.137′ W. Marker is in Caledonia, Ohio, in Marion County. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and South Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Caledonia OH 43314, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Claridon Prairie (approx. 3.4 miles away); Camp Marion, World War II Prisoners of War (approx. 4.6 miles away); The Marion Engineer Depot (approx. 4.6 miles away); World War II Displacement (approx. 5.6 miles away); Ohio Central College (approx. 7 miles away); Home of Warren G. Harding (approx. 8.7 miles away); Marion County Courthouse (approx. 9 miles away); Norman Mattoon Thomas (approx. 9.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Warren G. Harding Links. (Submitted on March 26, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)

Warren G. Harding Boyhood Home and Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., April 19, 2008

2. Warren G. Harding Boyhood Home and Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on March 26, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 3,748 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.