Wendell Willkie 1940 home

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This site is the home of Wendell Willkie the 1940 presidential nominee of the United States. His home, which is in Rushville Indiana, was put on the National Register of Historical places in 1993. His home is a beautiful 2 and a half story house with Italianate style brick dwelling, that sat on a limestone foundation (York, 2020).

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This site is the home of Republican Wendell Willkie the 1940 presidential nominee of the United States. His home, which is in Rushville Indiana, was put on the National Register of Historical places in 1993. His home is a beautiful 2 and a half story house with Italianate style brick dwelling, that sat on a limestone foundation (York, 2020). Wendell Willkie was the United states presidential Nominee in 1940, up against President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He ultimately did not win in the election but is a very important person in the discussion of politics and legal affairs. He attended Indiana University and is known for his one world concept when it came to cooperating with international affairs. His home is commemorated for him, but also because the house shows a work of a certain period of house that middle class people living in the area would have had. The house also has a smaller addition near the house called the “Bookhouse”, which holds all of Willkie’s memorabilia (York, 2020). Willkie that his Hoosier roots made him qualifies for presidency. His ambition, strong morals, and push for change was what he was taught growing up in Elwood, Indiana that helped him be a great presidential candidate. He established his middle-class home in Rushville, Indiana as his campaign headquarters to connect him to his home state. Willkie defined his political career by his Hoosier roots with a middle class social background, and this site reflects this perfectly.

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Makayla York (per SZ). " The home of the 1940 Republican nominee for President of the United States, Wendell Willkie.." Clio: Your Guide to History. October 7, 2020. Accessed November 30, 2020. https://theclio.com/tour/1584/47

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Wendell Willkie.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Feb. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Wendell-Willkie.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service. “Wendell Willkie National Historical Registration Form.” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Oct. 1990, npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/e2aad474-0e8a-46e3-b357-af9c115810e8.