Harrison’s Grouseland

Here is William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland which was built in 1803-1804. It served as the home for the Governor of the Indiana Territory from 1800 – 1812 and is located on the banks of the Wabash River in Vincennes, Indiana. It is a Presidential Home and a National Historic Landmark.

The home is preserved and restored as Harrison’s home with its period of significance being 1800-1812. Family members owned the home until approximately 1850. The museum features an impressive collection of art, furniture, and memorabilia. There are three original portraits of Harrison in the collection, Harrison family pieces, military and campaign memorabilia collected since the house opened in 1911.

William Henry Harrison would later be elected in 1840 as the 9th President of the United States, taking office in 1841.

History of the Indiana Territory.

Harrison led a military force in the opening hostilities at the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) and in the subsequent invasion of Canada during the War of 1812.  Indian campaigns, while he was a territorial governor and army officer, put him into the national spotlight and led to his election in 1840.

Pictured here is a funeral ribbon for the 9th President. Harrison was the oldest man, at age 67, ever elected president up to that time, the last president born under British rule, and the first to die in office—after only one month’s service, March 4 – April 4, 1841. His grandson Benjamin Harrison would later become the 23rd president of the United States (1889–93).

The Harrison dinning room in the Grouseland home. The name of the home was Grouseland, it was called that because of the large number of grouse, or game birds, that were common on the property.

The museum includes a display of the Indiana State Rifle as shown here.

For more infomation about the museum, go to: grouseland.org/explore-history