Tom Heckles, center, is welcomed home from Vietnam by his wife, Kathy, and his father, John, at the Heckles home on Springside Drive in Lancaster. Heckles served two tours in the Navy as a Sea Bee.
Photograph- Hiram Witmer home along Route 30 in Paradise. On back of photo: 'Original house was built by Hiram Witmer, son of Daniel Witmer. Hiram married Margaret Hoover. This will be torn down 1964 to build the new state ? Paradise Building."
Photograph- Hiram Witmer home along Route 30 in Paradise. On back of photo: 'Original house was built by Hiram Witmer, son of Daniel Witmer. Hiram married Margaret Hoover. This will be torn down 1964 to build the new state ? Paradise Building."
Description
Hiram Witmer home along Route 30 in Paradise. On back of photo: 'Original house was built by Hiram Witmer, son of Daniel Witmer. Hiram married Margaret Hoover. This will be torn down 1964 to build the new state ? Paradise Building."
Front facade of Wheatland. Note on back: "Dignity and grace are notable in the mansion Buchanan bought for $6250 in 1848 while Secretary of State in Polk's cabinet. With his niece Harriet Lane who was his White House hostess and companion to the end of his days, he entertained here frequently. Problems of state were dealt with during conferences in the spacious library. Buchanan died at Wheatland on June 1st, 1868 at the age of 77. Many original furnishings remain."
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
