General Lew Wallace Study & Museum - Crawfordsville, Indiana
General Lew Wallace Study & Museum - Crawfordsville, Indiana
You probably have either read the book or seen the movie "Ben-Hur". The author of this book was an interesting man from Indiana, General Lew Wallace. Now his personal study building is available for the general public to visit. The National Historic Landmark was designed and built by him. He lived from 1827 - 1905.
The Museum is filled with personal mementos from his years of service to his country. He served as the Minister of Turkey from 1881-1885 under the appointment of President Garfield, before that President Hayes appointed him the Governor of New Mexico Territory form 1878-1881. He served as a military judge at Abraham Lincoln's assassination trial and at the court-martial of Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville prison.
