National McKinley Birthplace Memorial National McKinley
Birthplace Memorial The Memorial in 2008, undergoing renovation.
|Location:||40 N. Main Street |Area:||less than one acre|
|Architect:||McKim, Mead and White| |Architectural
style:||Beaux-Arts (exterior)| |Governing body:||Private Museum
and public library| |Added to NRHP:||October 31, 1975| The
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Library and Museum is the
national memorial to President William McKinley located in
Niles, Ohio. Also known as the McKinley Memorial Library, Museum
& Birthplace Home, the Memorial is a 232 foot by 136 foot by 38
foot marble monument with two wings. One houses the McKinley
Memorial Library, which is a public library. The second wing
features the McKinley Museum with exhibits about President
McKinley, and an auditorium. The McKinley Birthplace Home and
Research Center is located near the Memorial at 40 South Main
Street in Niles. The historic house museum has been furnished
for the period when President McKinley was in office