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The Hermitage’s homes changed over time with circumstance. Andrew and Rachel Jackson’s first home there was a substantial, well-furnished two-story log farmhouse, where they lived from 1804 until well after Jackson’s rise to national fame at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. After that victory, the first Hermitage no longer reflected Jackson’s status as a national hero or the fashions of the time. In 1819, he began building a Federal-style brick home, a style nearing the end of its popularity but a great step up from the log farmhouse. In 1831, during Jackson’s first term as president, he enlarged the mansion by adding library and dining room wings. The house standing today is the third version of Jackson’s brick mansion, created after a fire significantly damaged it in 1834 and Jackson remodeled it for the third and final time. The remodeling was finished in 1837, as Jackson completed his second term as president and retired to the Hermitage.
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