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2015 White House Christmas Ornament; The General Store Icon
Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872, in a one-and-one half story house attached to the two-story family general store. In 1924, President Coolidge adapted the second floor of the store or “ballroom” as his summer White House office.