Grover Cleveland Birthplace | Caldwell, New Jersey
Grover Cleveland Was The 22nd And 24th President Of The United States
He was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey, where his father as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
The family moved away when the future president was four years old.
His birthplace is a historic landmark in Caldwell. Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the home most of the time, but I took some outside photos of the home dressed up for the holidays!
The home is open year-round from Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free.
Always call ahead to make sure that it is open!
Here is a photo of Cleveland with his brothers and sisters:
(Photo: Courtesy of NJ Div. of Parks and Forestry, State Park Service, Grover Cleveland Birthplace State Historic Site.)
The Baby Ruth candy bar is an American classic.
Rumors have persisted through the years that the chocolate bar was named after Babe Ruth, the iconic baseball player, but the candy company insisted that it was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth.
You can read more about Grover Cleveland here.
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40 Comments
Paula
What a pretty home… Thanks for sharing for WW!
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NanaHood
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stevebethere
How wonderful 🙂
Have a fantabulosa week and Christmas 😉
caite
oh my, I did not even know Grover was born in NJ.
Unknown
I vaguely remember visiting Grover Cleveland's birth place when I was either in elementary or middle school on a class trip. The elementary school I went to was called Grover Cleveland =)
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It is pretty, isn't it?
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Yes, he didn't live here very long, but Caldwell is very proud!
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That's great!
Veronica Lee
Very interesting! Love the pics you shared.
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Rebecca
what a nice home! well, i loved the pics that you've posted! 🙂
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Beth F
Another great historic site in NJ that I need to visit.
Kaye
Thanks for the photos and the info. I didn't know that about Cleveland. 🙂 My Outdoor/ Wordless Wednesday is HERE
Anonymous
I'm super into history, thanks for sharing this!
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Thank you very much!
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It's an interesting place.
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Beautiful!
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Simply Delicious
What a beautiful home.
Unknown
Love it… and it is interesting about the candy bar… especially since if it was named after the ball player don't you think they would have called it "The Babe Ruth?"
posh
Could you imagine having to dress like those women? I would have lasted about a minute.
Julia @ Mini Van Dreams
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I had heard that before about the Babe Ruth candy bar, but I wasn't sure if it is true or not. Great post!
Julia @ Mom on the Run x2
Growing Tween
That post turned out so much more fun than I expected from the title! Now I want to go there. What a great blog you have here!
Mommy Evolution
Didn't know that about the Babe Ruth bar. Cool!
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Latane Barton
That was very interesting. I knew nothing about Grover Cleveland, although I am sure there must have been a tad of info passed on to us school children (a kazillion years ago)
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Yes, it is!
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Supposedly they didn't want to pay any royalties to the Babe.
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It would be hard to breathe.
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We still don't know the truth . . .
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Anonymous
Thanks so much for sharing this story, we all can learn new things every day. And this is so very interesting.
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Unknown
Your blog was very good
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