Buchanan-Blakemore House

James Augustus Buchanan commissioned the

building of this home, completed in 1875. The

bricks used in its construction were fired in

kilns on the property. The exterior walls are

three bricks deep, and the interior staircase

and banister are solid walnut.

Subsequent to the death ...

James Buchanan

15th President of the United States 1857 - 1861

James Buchanan, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania and the 15th President of the United States; born at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa., April 23, 1791; moved to Mercersburg, ...

Buchanan House

James Buchanan, lawyer, statesman, diplomat, 15th President of the U.S., born in Stony Batter, lived here 1796-1807. Sgt. Patrick Gass, carpenter for winter quarters on the Lewis & Clark expedition, 1803-06, worked here as an apprentice, 1794-95.

Marker is on N. ...

Governor John Prince Buchanan

(1847-1930)

John P. Buchanan, the 28th governor of Tennessee, was born in Williamson County on October 27, 1847. After serving in the Confederate Army, he moved to Rutherford County. In 1887, he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. Three ...

The Water Towers in Buchanan Park

Near this site stood two water towers that for approximately seventy years were part of Lancaster’s skyline. In the early twentieth century the Conestoga River was the sole source of public water in the city. As the west end grew, ...

James Buchanan

President

of the

United States

1857 – 1861

Given in memory by

Dulon F. Buchmiller

Marker is at the intersection of Buchanan Avenue and N West End Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Buchanan Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Buchanan Home

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker is at the intersection of Marietta ...

Buchanan

[Panel No. 1]:

James Buchanan of Pennsylvania

President of the United States

MDCCCIVII - MDCCCIXI

[Panel No. 2]:

The incorruptible statesman whose

walk was upon the mountain

ranges of the law

Marker is at the intersection of Florida Avenue and ...

Buchanan

This town site, named after President Buchanan, was laid out in October 1856. From September 1857 until May 1859 the place though little less than wilderness, was the seat of the U.S. Land Office for the Northeastern District of Minnesota. ...

Buchanan

The town was established in 1811 and named for Colonel John Buchanan, pioneer and soldier. It was incorporated in 1833. Its importance consisted in its being the western terminus of the James River and Kanawha Canal, which reached the town ...