Here’s a short clip from the Hayes birthplace:

The sign’s inscription reads:

At this site on October 4, 1822, Rutherford B. Hayes was born to Sophia Hayes. Hayes’ father, Rutherford, had passed away from a fever three months prior to the birth of his son. The Hayes family were renters on the property, originally owned by Delaware founder Moses Byxbe, while their home was being built at the northeast corner of William and Franklin Streets. Sophia and her three children moved to their new home in 1823.

The brick home fell into disrepair and was purchased in 1921 by Standard Oil. Learning it was a presidential birthplace, Standard Oil offered to put up the first $500 and sell the home back to the community for $8000. Many organizations worked to obtain the funding to purchase the home but were able to raise only $4,760. The home was demolished and a Standard Oil gas station was built on the location. In 1926, a memorial marker was placed in front of the gas station by the Delaware City Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to identify where Hayes’ birthplace structure once stood. In 2019, a statue of Hayes commissioned by Rutherford B. Hayes Heritage Fund was placed at the corner of William and Sandusky Streets.

The “original” DAR-placed granite memorial has been removed, but there’s now a Hayes statue down the street, near a timeline plaque of Hayes-related life events.

A historical marker indicates the birthplace of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, against a backdrop of a BP gas station and a cloudy sky.A statue of a man holding a hat stands on a pedestal labeled Hayes, surrounded by a public plaza with people sitting nearby.A metal plaque with a timeline detailing important events in the life of Rutherford B. Hayes is mounted on a brick wall.