First Ladies National Historic Site
Ohio
Canton, Ohio holds the only site in the world dedicated to the nation's First Ladies. The centerpiece is the Saxton-McKinley House on Market Avenue South, built in the eighteen forties. It was the family home of Ida Saxton, who married William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States.
The house became the couple's Canton residence during his presidency in the late eighteen nineties. It fell into disrepair for decades before being restored to its Victorian character. Congress designated it a National Historic Site in two thousand.
A second building nearby, an eighteen ninety-five bank, serves as the Education and Research Center, with exhibits on every First Lady from Martha Washington forward.
