Fremont in Sandusky County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Spiegel Grove
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 30, 1995
1. Spiegel Grove Marker
Inscription.
Spiegel Grove was purchased in 1845 by Rutherford B. Hayes’s uncle Sardis Birehard. He named it for the reflecting pools of water which collect after a rainfall. “Spiegel” is the German word for mirror.
Birehard completed the residence in 1863 and it was first used by the Hayes family as a summer retreat. It became the family home three years before Hayes was elected President. Additions between 1873-1880 enlarged the home to its present size. Four generations lived in the residence before it was opened to the public in 1956,
Opened in 1916, the first Presidential library and museum houses artifacts, documents and books about the family and the Gilded Age.
A monument of granite from the President’s ancestral home in Vermont rests over the graves of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes on their favorite knoll in Spiegel Grove.
The Hayes Presidential Center is a private non-profit corporation created to manage Spiegel Grove, the Library and Museum, Residence and other properties.
President Hayes asked distinguished guests to place their hands on trees that were then named after them. Some trees are now more that 200 years old.
White House gates, a gift from the United States in 1928, stand at the six entrances to Spiegel Grove, honoring Presidents and military heroes.
The natural footpath around the Sandusky River rapids was part of an Indian Trail from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. Used by early French explorers, missionaries and Daniel Boone, it became Gen. William Henry Harrison’s supply route during the war of 18 12.
In 1790, Cherokee Indians bound the captive maiden, Peggy Fleming, to this tree. A Wyandot chief, Tarhe the Crane, rescued her from being burned at the stake.
Spiegel Grove was purchased in 1845 by Rutherford B. Hayes’s uncle Sardis Birehard. He named it for the reflecting pools of water which collect after a rainfall. “Spiegel” is the German word for mirror.
Birehard completed the residence in 1863 and it was first used by the Hayes family as a summer retreat. It became the family home three years before Hayes was elected President. Additions between 1873-1880 enlarged the home to its present size. Four generations lived in the residence before it was opened to the public in 1956,
Opened in 1916, the first Presidential library & museum houses artifacts, documents and books about the family and the Gilded Age.
A monument of granite from the President’s ancestral home in Vermont rests over the graves of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes on their favorite knoll in Spiegel Grove.
The Hayes Presidential Center is a private non-profit corporation created to manage Spiegel Grove, the Library & Museum, Residence and other properties.
President Hayes asked distinguished guests to place their hands on trees that were then named after them. Some trees are now more that 200 years old.
White House gates, a gift from the United States in 1928, stand at the six entrances to Spiegel Grove, honoring Presidents and military heroes.
The natural footpath around
Click or scan to see this page online
the Sandusky River rapids was part of an Indian Trail from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. Used by early French explorers, missionaries and Daniel Boone, it became Gen. William Henry Harrison’s supply route during the war of 1812.
In 1790, Cherokee Indians bound the captive maiden, Peggy Fleming, to this tree. A Wyandot chief, Tarhe the Crane, rescued her from being burned at the stake.
Location. 41° 20.495′ N, 83° 7.742′ W. Marker is in Fremont, Ohio, in Sandusky County. Marker is at the intersection of Hayes Avenue and Buckland Avenue on Hayes Avenue. The marker is on the grounds of the Rutherford B. Hayes Library and Museum, Residence and grave site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fremont OH 43420, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. American Elm (within shouting distance of this marker); Rutherford B. Hayes (within shouting distance of this marker); Sandusky County Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Spiegel Grove (within
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 30, 1995
2. Hayes Residence
shouting distance of this marker); Memorial Gateway (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Spiegel Grove (within shouting distance of this marker); Ralph Billow (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); On This Spot In 1790 (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fremont.
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 30, 1995
3. Inside the Hayes Museum
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 30, 1995
4. Rutherford B Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes grave marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 5, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 669 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 2, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
