Wheatland
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Mocadeki
N 40° 03.165 W 076° 19.469
18T E 387027 N 4434452
The home of James Buchanan..
Waymark Code: WM765
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2006
Views: 25
The home of James Buchanan, statesman, diplomat and the fifteenth President of the United States (1857-61), is located on Marietta Avenue, seven blocks south. Buchanan maintained Wheatland as his home from 1848 until he died there on June 1, 1868.
Marker Name: Wheatland
County: Lancaster
Date Dedicated: 05/14/1971
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: N. President Ave. near Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century
Website: Not listed
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