A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
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The Millard Fillmore House sits at 24 Shearer Ave. in East Aurora. Fillmore constructed the house in 1826 and lived there with his wife, Abigail, until 1830, when they moved to a mansion on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo. Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States and served from 1850 to 1853. The East Aurora house is a National Historic Landmark and is open to tours from June to October.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The home of Millard and Abigail Fillmore that they occupied from 1826 to 1830 in East Aurora.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
Millard and Abigail Fillmore had two children, Millard Powers Fillmore, who was born in this house in 1828, and Mary Abigail Fillmore, who was born in 1832.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
Millard Fillmore was a member of the Whig Party and became the 13th president (1850-1853) after the death of President Zachary Taylor.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
A portrait of Millard Fillmore hangs on the wall in the living room.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
Millard Fillmore's cup that he used in the White House is on display on the fireplace mantel.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
An official campaign poster of the Whig Partyu2019s President Zachary Taylor and Vice President Millard Fillmore.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The original law desk of Millard Fillmore.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The original front door and hardware at the Millard Fillmore House.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The six-panel front door represents the Christian symbols of the cross in the top panels and an open Bible on the bottom.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
Hand-hewn framing of the original structure that was built by Millard Fillmore in 1826.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
A sewing room at the Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
Abigail Fillmore created this silk tumbling-block pattern quilt that lays on the bed.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
At the outdoor inaugural ceremonies for Franklin Pierce, the successor to Millard Fillmore, Abigail Fillmore caught a cold and the next day came down with a fever, which turned into bronchitis and then developed into pneumonia. At age 55, Abigail died just 26 days after leaving the White House, on March 30, 1853.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
A quote by President Millard Fillmore hangs on the wall of the house in East Aurora.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
A lock of President Millard Fillmore's hair is on display. Fillmore suffered a stroke in February 1874, and died after a second one on March 8. Two days later, he was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo after a funeral procession including hundreds of notables.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
A silver plated teapot from Millard Fillmore's Buffalo home.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The signature of President Millard Fillmore on display in the library. First Lady Abigail Fillmore established the first permanent library in the White House that remains to this day.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
The harp of President Fillmore's daughter, Mary Abigail Fillmore. An accomplished musician, she played the piano, harp and guitar and performed at White House functions. Mary Abigail Fillmore died 24 days after Fillmore's presidency ended from cholera at age 22.
A Closer Look: Millard Fillmore House in East Aurora
From a Peter F. Rothermel engraving: Vice President Fillmore (upper right) presides over the Compromise debates in 1850 as Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber. John C. Calhoun (seen in part standing just to Fillmore's right) and Daniel Webster (seated to the left of Clay) look on.
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