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The Zachary Taylor House, also known as Springfield, was the boyhood home of the twelfth President of the United States, Zachary Taylor. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Taylor lived there from 1790 to 1808, held his marriage there in 1810, and returned there periodically the rest of his life. ==History== Zachary Taylor's father, Colonel Richard Taylor, purchased a farm on the Muddy Fork of Beargrass Creek in 1785, while Zachary was eight months old. They initially lived in a log cabin on the property, but within the first five years Richard Taylor built a house at the highest point on his property, dubbing it "Springfield". By 1800 Richard Taylor purchased an additional three hundred acres, making his property in total. The property was adjacent to Locust Grove, the farm where George Rogers Clark lived from 1809 until his death in 1818. Before he began his military career in 1808, Zachary Taylor lived twenty years in the house. He would later return to the house to be married on June 18, 1810, and have five of his six children born in the house. In 1829 the house was sold upon Richard Taylor's death, due to debts he had acquired. After his death in 1850, Zachary Taylor was buried in the family cemetery located on the property. This later became the original section of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.〔Hayne, Hugh. ''(Zachary Taylor House )'' (1974) pg.2,3,6〕〔Kleber, John E. ''Encyclopedia of Louisville''. (University Press of Kentucky). pg.868,869.〕 Much of the original Taylor property remained together until the 1950s, when it was divided. Of the original , the Taylor property is only 3/4 of an acre in size.〔Hayne pg.2〕 During the Super Outbreak of tornadoes on April 3–4, 1974, Springfield suffered major wind and water damage, including the two porches and the roof being blown off.〔 There have been attempts to make the house a National Historic Site, but these attempts have failed due to the required demolition of surrounding buildings needed to make it a National Historic Site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zachary Taylor 12th President, 1849-1850 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zachary Taylor House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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