Calvin Coolidge Homestead

Plymouth Notch, Vermont

Nestled in the hills of Vermont, is a quiet, little rural village that served as the birthplace and boyhood home to the 30th President of the United States. It was here on an August night in 1923 that a vacationing vice president Coolidge received a message from Washington D.C. informing him of the death of President Warren Harding. At 2:47 am, in the old family homestead and by the light from a kerosene lamp, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as President of the Unites States by his father, a Notary Public.

A visit to Calvin Coolidge’s homestead is a visit to the past. Here visitors and guests will find a nearly perfect example of an early 20th century Vermont town. Many of the buildings contain original furnishings including the back of the general store, which has attached to it the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge.

President Calvin Coolidge Historical Site: www.dhca.state.vt.us/HistoricSites/html/coolidge.html
Calvin Coolidge Web Site: www.calvin-coolidge.org

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