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Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters

Columbus, US

Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters

The Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters, commonly known as the Harrison House, is a historic Federal-style brick building at 570 West Broad Street in Franklinton, a neighborhood of Columbus. It was built in 1807 by Colonel Robert Culbertson, a Revolutionary War veteran and early Franklinton lan

downer. By tradition, the house served as a headquarters for General William Henry Harrison when his Army of the Northwest was sporadically based in Franklinton during the War of 1812. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 1972, and on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1985. It is the only remaining building in Ohio associated with Harrison's military presence in the region. In 2021, the Columbus Historical Society assumed ownership of the site from the City of Columbus.

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