The William Jennings Bryan Boyhood Home is located in Salem, Illinois, the county seat of Marion County. William Jennings Bryan is noted as a three-time Democratic Party nominee for president. The Home has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. It, along with the Badollet House and Bachmann House, makes up fifty percent of the listed Historic Places in Marion County.
The city of Salem operates the home as a museum, including information and memorabilia about Bryan, his politics and his times. The house features two main rooms in the front, a kitchen and a dining room in back, and three bedrooms upstairs.
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