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William H. Taft Mansion
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The William H. Taft Mansion, a Second Empire structure built in 1870 and situated at 111 Whitney Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, is primarily known for its ownership by U.S. President William Howard Taft around the time of World War I, though he may never have resided there. The house gained notoriety in 1920 when it was burgled by Carl Panzram in revenge for Taft's role in sentencing him to three years imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth; Panzram subsequently used a gun stolen from the mansion during a subsequent crime spree. Taft retained ownership until 1921. In 2014, the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale University relocated to the mansion with an option to purchase it, finding the location across from the Peabody Museum fitting given Taft's status as both a Republican and Yale alumnus.
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