Following his departure from the presidency, Benjamin Harrison returned to his home in Indianapolis, Ind. In 1896, he married Mary Lord Dimmick, the widowed niece of his deceased wife Caroline. He returned to practicing law and represented the Republic of Venezuela in its boundary dispute with British Guiana in 1898. In February 1901, doctors believed Harrison was suffering from a severe case of influenza. Despite treatment, his condition worsened, and he died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery next to his first wife. In 1948, Mary Dimmick Harrison was buried next to her husband in the family plot. Crown Hill Cemetery is almost…
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Touring the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
In 1875, Benjamin and Caroline Harrison relocated their family from downtown Indianapolis to the Old Northside. While campaigning for president in 1888, he gave speeches outside the house. After leaving the presidency, Harrison married Mary Lord Dommick after his first wife’s death and resided at the house until his death in 1901. Eventually, Mary Dimmick Harrison sold the house on the condition that it remain a memorial to her husband. In 1974, the Arthur Jordan Foundation renovated the house and opened it as a historic house museum. The home is now known as the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Arriving at the museum The museum is at the intersection of North…
