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Hayes Presidential Center Hayes' uncle, Sardis Birchard, named the site Spiegel Grove from the German word for mirror. It was based on the reflections from the pools of water under the trees. The homestead, a stately mansion, is furnished in late-nineteenth century style.
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The Hayes Presidential Center contains the residence
of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, a library and museum, and the
tomb of the president and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes. 
The library
and museum building houses the personal papers and mementos of the Hayes family, the Civil
War and the White House. Hayes' tomb is encased in a monument of Vermont granite from his
father's farm.