Well this definitely wasn’t planned, and doesn’t really count as a visit to a presidential site but we discovered this morning that Grover Cleveland lived here in Fayetteville NY during his boyhood. He’s the one who was elected in 1884, defeated by Benjamin Harrison in 1888, elected again in 1892, and turned down an opportunity to run against William McKinley in 1896. We spotted the historical marker as we drove along Route 5. We drove around the block so we could read the plaque then had to drive around the block again in order to see the house! We must have been a sight with our T@B in tow! Next time we’ll check with the Fayetteville Free Library to find out about the local tour of sites important to Cleveland during his boyhood here.
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