Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Garden Tour

The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, located at 13th and Delaware in downtown Indianapolis, is a National Historic Landmark, an American Alliance of Museums (AAM)-accredited museum, and an organization that serves more than 35,000 visitors annually (16,000 of whom are students). As the home of Indiana’s only president, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site has a special place in Hoosier history and community.

The President’s home is part of The Old Northside Neighborhood. From the time Harrison purchased the empty lot in 1868 until the last room was painted in 1875, his Northside home had cost $29,000. With H. Brandt as the architect and Petrie and Cummings as excavators, the 10,000 square-foot-home, complete with 16 rooms, three stories and a basement, was finished in one year.

Except for the periods 1881 to 1887 when Harrison was in the U.S. Senate and 1889 to 1893, the presidential years, Benjamin and Caroline lived in the Delaware Street home.