Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace - Delaware, Ohio

Address: 17 East William Street, Delaware, Ohio

Rutherford Hayes was born on October 4, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio in a home that had been built by his parents. The house fell into disrepair over the years and after a failed effort to preserve the house in the 1920s the house was demolished and a marker was erected at the site in 1926 by the Daughters of the American Revolution

  • photo of Rutherford B. Hayes birthplace
  • monument marking location were Rutherford Hayes was born
  • Interestingly, the site of Rutherford B. Hayes' birthplace (i.e. abbreviated BP) is now a BP gas station. The home in which he was born was demolished, but a photograph of the birth home is at the Delaware County Historical Society.