Editing Marion, Ohio (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Harding Tomb-2011 07 12 IMG 0879.jpg|thumb|The [[Harding Tomb]] is the burial location of the 29th President of the United States, [[Warren G. Harding]]]]

===Harding Home===
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The Harding Home was the residence of Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States. Harding and his future wife, Florence, designed the Queen Anne Style house in 1890, a year before their marriage. They were married there and lived there for 30 years before his election to the presidency.

===Harding Memorial (Harding Tomb)===
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The Harding Memorial, as it was called by thousands of people, including schoolchildren who donated to its construction fund, is the burial location (tomb) of the 29th President of the United States, [[Warren G. Harding]] and First Lady [[Florence Harding|Florence Kling Harding]]. Later referred to as the [[Harding Tomb]], it is located at the southeast corner of Vernon Heights Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. Construction began in 1926 and was finished in early 1927, the Greek temple structure is built of white marble. Designed by [[Henry Hornbostel]], Eric Fisher Wood and Edward Mellon, the structure is 103 feet in diameter and 53 feet in height. The open design honors the Hardings' wishes that they be buried outside.

===Hotel Harding (The Harding Centre)===
Constructed in 1924, the Hotel Harding was developed to provide lodging and fine dining for the expected post-White House visitors of President Harding. It was hoped by local entrepreneurs that the hotel would provide lodging for [[Warren G. Harding]]'s visitors who came to Marion after his presidency. It was located close to Union Station, the city's main rail station. The building is no longer used as a hotel. Renovated in 2005, the building is now an apartment style community for all, and as residence for OSUM students. Its lobby has been restored to much the same condition as the original.

===Marion Cemetery===
[[File:Marion Cemetery-2011 07 12 IMG 0917.jpg|thumb|Moving sphere atop the Merchant family grave marker in Marion Cemetery]]
'''Merchant Family Memorial (The Rotating Ball).''' Marion Cemetery is the home to the Merchant family grave marker, known for its unintended movements. The marker consists of a large grey granite pedestal capped by a two-ton granite sphere four feet in diameter. The sphere moves on its base a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch every year, as measured by the distance traveled by the unpolished spot from where it was mated to the pedestal. While the movement of the sphere is thought to be facilitated by freeze-thaw cycles, earth tremors, or trapped air or water under the base, there has been no conclusive explanation for patterns that the sphere seems to follow. The movements of the sphere have been documented by numerous news outlets and it has been featured in [[Ripley's Believe it or Not]] (September 29, 1927). This has also been documented in Frank Edwards' book, ''Strange World'', from an edition in the early to mid sixties. There are several web pages on the internet concerning this tombstone.

'''The Receiving Vault.''' The [[Marion Cemetery Receiving Vault]] is a funerary structure in the main cemetery of Marion, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the 1870s, this receiving vault originally fulfilled the normal purposes of such structures, but it gained prominence as the semipermanent resting place of Marion's most prominent citizen, U.S. President [[Warren G. Harding]].