presidents homes to visit in ohio

Meet Ohio's 8 presidents, and the places they called home

Published: Feb. 10, 2016, 12:06 p.m.
Susan Glaser, cleveland.com

The Victorian-era home of 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont.

Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer

Ohio’s presidential sites are both modest and elaborate, ranging from Ulysses S. Grant’s one-room schoolhouse east of Cincinnati to Rutherford B. Hayes’ Victorian-era mansion in Fremont.

To see them all would take several days, traveling from Mentor to Canton, Marion to Cincinnati and beyond.

Interested? Check out our slideshow of Ohio’s presidents and their special places in the state. Then hit the road – on your own campaign to learn more about Ohio’s presidential past.

William Henry Harrison

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William Henry Harrison, 9th President

Served: 1841

Harrison was born in 1773 in Virginia – Virginia claims him as one of their eight presidents, too – and he settled in the Northwest Territory after fighting alongside Anthony Wayne in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He served as secretary of the Northwest Territory, governor of the Indiana Territory and congressman from Ohio before being elected President. He lived in North Bend, west of Cincinnati.

Harrison Tomb in North Bend, Ohio

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To see: Following his death in 1841 – he was president for just 32 days – Harrison's body was brought back in a river procession of black-draped barges. The Harrison family tomb in North Bend contains the bodies of Harrison, his wife, and their son, John Scott, the father of President Benjamin Harrison.

Open: The tomb is closed during winter months, though the grounds are open. Information: hsmfmuseum.org

Also: The Harrison Symmes Museum in nearby Cleves, offers exhibits on both Harrison presidencies.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President

Served: 1869-1877

Grant, born in 1822, lived for just one year in the Ohio River town of Point Pleasant. His family moved to nearby Georgetown in 1823. The son of a tanner, Grant enrolled at West Point at age 17 in part to get away from the family business. A wildly popular war hero, he was the first President elected after the end of the Civil War.

U.S. Grant boyhood home in Georgetown, Ohio.

To see: The U.S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant is open Wednesday through Sunday, April through October. Cost is $3.

The U.S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse are about 20 miles away, in Georgetown, and are open Wednesday through Sunday, May through October. Cost is $5.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President

Served: 1877-1881

Hayes, born in Delaware, Ohio in 1822, was a lawyer, Army general, congressman and governor of Ohio before getting elected to the presidency in 1876 – in one of the most controversial elections in U.S. history. He vowed to serve only one term, and kept that promise. After the presidency, he returned to Spiegel Grove, his estate in Fremont.

Hanging in the Rutherford B. Hayes home in Fremont: a portrait of the President with his daughter, Franny.

To see: The Hayes Home , recently restored to its Victorian-era appearance, is open Tuesday through Sunday, with Monday hours resuming in April. The house also is open Presidents Day, Feb. 15. Cost is $7.50.

The adjacent museum is closed for renovation and will reopen in late May.

James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield, 20th President

Served: 1881

The last of the log-cabin presidents, Garfield was born in Orange Township (modern-day Moreland Hills), just east of Cleveland in 1831. He rose from humble beginnings to serve as president of Hiram College, a nine-term congressman and military general before being elected President.

James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor.

To see: The James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor features the Victorian-era home purchased by Garfield in 1876 and expanded several years later. About 80 percent of the home's furnishings are original to the Garfield family.

The house is open year-round, daily May through October and Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November through April. Cost is $7.

Also: Don't miss the James A. Garfield Monument in Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery . The 180-foot-tall monument, a work of art, was dedicated in 1890. Open April through November.

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President

Served: 1889 to 1893

Born in 1833 on a farm near Cincinnati, Harrison studied at Miami University, practiced law in Cincinnati and moved to Indianapolis in 1854.

What's to see: The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site is in Indianapolis. His birthplace home, in North Bend, Ohio, was destroyed by fire in 1858. An Ohio Historical Marker marks its location, at the corner of Symmes and Washington streets, two blocks from the Ohio River.

William McKinley

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William McKinley, 25th President

Served: 1897-1901

William McKinley was born in Niles in 1843, but spent most of his professional life in Canton. He served in the U.S. Army under fellow Ohioan (and future president) Rutherford B. Hayes, spent 14 years in Congress representing Ohio and was a two-term governor of the state.

A McKinley rocking chair on display at the McKinley Museum in Canton.

John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer

What to see: There are several Northeast Ohio sites that pay tribute to McKinley, though his boyhood home in Niles and famous "front porch" residence in Canton are no longer standing. In Canton, the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum offers a gallery filled with McKinley exhibits and artifacts, childhood to presidency. Open daily. Admission is $9.

Nearby, the McKinley National Memorial, a 96-foot-high domed mausoleum, was dedicated in 1907. It is the final resting place for McKinley and his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley. Open: April 1 through Nov. 1.

In Niles, the McKinley Birthplace Museum also features a gallery of McKinley memorabilia from his years in office and before. Open: Monday through Thursday. Free.

William Howard Taft, at the McKinley Memorial in Canton.

Andrew L. Kraffert

William Howard Taft, 27th President

Served: 1909-1913

Born in 1857 in Cincinnati, Taft – from a prominent family in Ohio -- was a judge before and after his four years in the White House, and he much preferred law to politics. He is the only President to have also served as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

What to see: The William Howard Taft National Historic Site includes the home where Taft was born and spent his first 18 years. It's in the wealthy Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati. It became a National Park Service site in 1970. Open: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Free.

Warren Harding

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Warren G. Harding, 29th President

Served: 1921-1923

Harding, born outside Marion in 1865, worked as a newspaper publisher, state senator and U.S. senator before getting elected to the presidency in 1920. He served less than three years of his term; he died in 1923 of a heart attack.

The Harding Home in Marion.

What to see: The Harding Home in Marion was inhabited by Warren and Florence Harding from 1891 through 1921, when they moved to the White House. It's been open to the public since 1926 and includes thousands of original family artifacts. Open: Wednesday through Sunday, May 7 through Nov. 6 (and by appointment). Admission: $7.

Also: The Harding Memorial, dedicated in 1931, is nearby, the burial site of the president and first lady. It's located about a mile south of the Harding Home, and is open year round.

First Ladies National Historic Site in Canton.

Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer

First Ladies National Historic Site, Canton

To learn more about the women behind the men in the White House, take a trip to Canton, home of the First Ladies National Historic Site, which opened in 1998. Visitors can tour the childhood home of Ida Saxton McKinley, the wife of 25th President William McKinley. This was also the primary home of Ida and William McKinley during McKinley’s years in Congress.

The First Ladies site also includes the Education and Research Center in a nearby building, which hosts rotating exhibits. Currently on display: "A Gift to Cherish." The site is open Tuesday through Saturday. Admission: $7. Information: firstladies.org , nps.gov/fila .

When will an Ohioan next occupy the Oval Office?

Susan Walsh

Follow the Ohio Presidential Trail

We know that the state of Ohio is the birthplace of several U.S. presidents, but now you can see where they lived, worked and played through a unique online guide. The new Ohio Presidential Trail launched this month through an effort by TourismOhio and the Ohio History Connection.

You will find 14 places with significant presidential connections, from the Ulysses S. Grant birthplace to the William McKinley memorial and the Rutherford B. Hayes library. The new site gives the addresses, directions, times of operation and special events for each destination.

We commend Ohio for promoting these important presidential sites.

– Edward Stevens , Stevens Strategic Communications

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Follow in the footsteps of ohio’s 8 presidents.

By Fran Golden

December 14, 2023

In this election year, gain insight from past leaders by visiting presidential memorials in Ohio. An epicenter of national politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Buckeye State sent 8 men to Washington, including 7 natives.

The attraction of presidential homes, museums, libraries, and tombs has less to do with politics and more with learning about American history and getting a glimpse into the lives of famous people, says Belinda Weiss, director for the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Museum in downtown Niles, a small city in northeastern Ohio.

“A lot of people are just very interested in presidential sites,” she says. “It’s about a nation connecting with someone’s greatness rather than someone tooting their own horn.”

Map of presidential sites throughout Ohio

Illustration by Virginia Vallely and Cynthia Geskes

Tourism Ohio and the Ohio History Connection created the Ohio Presidential Trail with more than 20 destinations that showcase the state’s nationally significant history.

Here are Ohio’s 8 presidents and their major attractions:

1. James A. Garfield

James a. garfield national historic site.

James A. Garfield’s farm in Mentor, Ohio, is a national historic site. Photo by Daniel Dempster Photography/Alamy Stock Photo

The 20th president (1881) was the first presidential candidate to run a front porch campaign. He did so in 1880 from his farm in Mentor , about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland. Garfield greeted thousands of supporters and reporters at “Lawnfield,” where the rear of the property served as a temporary train stop for the campaign.

After being shot in Washington in July 1881, President Garfield died that September. First Lady Lucretia added a memorial library to the home between 1884 and 1886.

Operated by the National Park Service, the farm’s visitors center has video and exhibits. Guided tours of the Garfield home reveal mostly original furnishings. Visitors may also tour the grounds with cellphone-accessible commentary. Free. Open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tour times vary seasonally.

James A. Garfield Memorial

President Garfield and Lucretia are entombed in an impressive hilltop mausoleum in Cleveland’s scenic Lake View Cemetery . With a circular 180-foot tower, the building was dedicated in 1890.

Five exterior panels with more than 100 life-size bas-relief figures detail President Garfield’s life and death. Inside, the president’s statue sits under a golden dome surrounded by red granite columns. Fourteen stained-glass windows represent each of the original colonies, plus Ohio. The balcony offers views of Lake Erie and the Cleveland skyline. Free.

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2. Ulysses S. Grant

U.s. grant boyhood home & schoolhouse.

Inside the Ulysses S. Grant schoolhouse.

Ulysses S. Grant received his early education in this Georgetown, Ohio, schoolhouse. Photo by Kayte Deioma/Alamy Stock Photo

Honor the 18th president (1869–1877) and Civil War general at the house where he was raised in Georgetown, about 42 miles southeast of Cincinnati.

Built in 1823, the 2-story brick house has been restored to how it looked in 1839, when Grant left home for West Point. Also in town is the 2-room schoolhouse the future president attended, plus dual statues of Grant. The newest, with sword, was inspired by the statue in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building. Adult admission, $5. Open May 1 through October 31, Wednesdays–Sundays, noon–5 p.m.

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3. Warren G. Harding

The warren g. harding presidential sites.

Historical marker outside of Warren G. Harding's home.

Warren G. Harding conducted his 1920 presidential campaign from this home in Marion, Ohio. Photo by Andre Jenny/Alamy Stock Photo

The 29th president (1921–23) was born near Marion, about 50 miles north of Columbus. The newspaperman conducted his 3-month presidential campaign in 1920 from the front porch of his Victorian-era house in Marion. Some 600,000 fans traveled to see him, arriving by train and walking about a mile to the house while passing by enterprising locals selling food and souvenirs.

Looking as it did in 1920, the Harding Home showcases period antiques and artifacts that include Italian marble sculptures collected by the president and first lady Florence on trips to Europe. The adjacent Harding Presidential Library & Museum opened in 2021. Some of its artifacts reflect that Harding was the first president to visit Canada and Alaska. Adult admission, $16. Hours vary seasonally.

Also: The Harding Memorial Presidential Gravesite in Marion is a large, circular, columned monument created of Georgia marble, reminiscent of a Greek temple. Free. Open daily during daylight hours.

4. Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin harrison marker.

Sign designating North Bend as home of William Henry Harrison and birthplace of Benjamin Harrison.

North Bend is famed for its 2 Ohio presidents: Benjamin Harrison followed in his grandfather's footsteps. Photo by James Nesterwitz/Alamy Stock Photo

The southwestern Ohio village of North Bend is a presidential twofer. The 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893), was born and raised on a farm established by his grandfather, President William Henry Harrison. Benjamin left for Miami University in Oxford before establishing a legal career in Indianapolis. He’s honored with an Ohio Historical Marker at the site of his boyhood home.

5. William Henry Harrison

William henry harrison tomb state memorial.

William Henry Harrison's tomb, decorated with a flag and wreaths.

William Henry Harrison is buried in a tomb on Mount Nebo in North Bend, Ohio. Photo by Kayte Deioma/Alamy Stock Photo

The 9th president, a Virginia native who resided in North Bend as an adult, served just 31 days in office in 1841 before dying of pneumonia. He is memorialized with a 60-foot limestone obelisk on Mount Nebo, overlooking the Ohio River. Below the obelisk is a 24-vault tomb, the final resting place of the president, his wife Anna (nee Symmes), and family members. Free. Open daily during daylight hours.

Also: About a mile away in Cleves, the small Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation Museum displays family artifacts. Free. Open by appointment only (2 weeks’ notice requested).

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6. Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford b. hayes presidential library & museums.

Exterior of the Rutherford B. Hayes’ Museum Library.

Rutherford B. Hayes’ presidential library is located in his childhood home of Fremont, Ohio. Photo by North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo

The 19th president (1877–1881), who survived 5 wounds during the Civil War, grew up in a wealthy uncle’s summer home in what later became Fremont. The president expanded the already large northwestern Ohio house into an elegant, 22,000-square-foot mansion with 18 bedrooms.

When Hayes died in 1893, his son led an effort to create a museum and library; Spiegel Grove , home to the sprawling mansion and 25 acres of parkland, was deeded to the state. Founded in 1916, the adjacent museum and library were open for tours even as some family members occupied the house into the 1960s. Almost all the original furnishings and fixtures in the mansion were preserved—even the embroidered linens in the master bedroom.

Today, the museum has educational exhibits and such items as first lady Lucy's wedding dress. A granite tombstone marks the wooded knoll on the property where the couple are buried. Adult admission to the house and museum, $20. Open January through April; closed Mondays and Wednesdays. Hours vary.

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7. William McKinley

National mckinley birthplace memorial museum.

William McKinley, the 25th president, served from 1897 to 1901, when he was assassinated while in office. His childhood friend, industrialist Joseph Butler, began a fundraising effort to build a memorial in Niles, where McKinley was born and lived until age 9.

The effort raised $500,000, resulting in a massive Georgia marble structure that opened in 1917 with an outdoor courtyard surrounded by 2 indoor wings. The southern wing contains the local public library. In the northern wing, the museum’s collection of artifacts details the president’s life and legacy, including the Spanish-American War. Free. Library hours vary; closed Sundays. Museum open Tuesdays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Also: Across a street, a replica of the house where McKinley was born is filled with period antiques and a fine collection of political cartoons. Free. Open Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

McKinley National Memorial

William McKinley burial site, featuring a statue of the former president.

Canton, Ohio, has several memorials to William McKinley, including his burial site, shown here. Photo by William Manning/Alamy Stock Photo

President McKinley and his wife, Ida, lived in Canton, where their burial site is an elaborate, domed marble and granite monument towering over parkland. Walk up the 108 steps, and past a statue of the president, to view their marble sarcophagi in the center of the large rotunda. Free. Hours vary seasonally, April through November.

You can meet an animatronic William and Ida in the adjacent McKinley Presidential Library & Museum . Adult admission, $13. Open Tuesdays–Saturdays, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Also: In downtown Canton, the First Ladies National Historic Site offers guided tours of Ida McKinley’s family home ($7) and a separate Education Center dedicated to all First Ladies. Through April 2024, the main exhibit honors Jacqueline Kennedy. Free. Hours vary seasonally.

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8. William Howard Taft

William howard taft national historic site.

Interior of William Howard Taft's childhood home.

William Howard Taft grew up in this ornate Cincinnati, Ohio, house. Photo by William Manning/Alamy Stock Photo

William Howard Taft, the 27th president (1909–1913), grew up in Cincinnati’s fancy Mount Auburn neighborhood. The restored 2-story house of his youth is elegantly furnished to reflect the Victorian era.

Taft, who followed his father in attending Yale, is the only president who also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court. His fellow Ohioan, President Warren Harding, nominated him.

Visitors to the Taft Education Center view an introductory film before taking guided tours of the home. Free. Grounds open daily during daylight hours. Visitors center open daily 8:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

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The Definitive List of Every Presidential Home You Can Visit in the U.S.

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Travel Guide to the 22 Presidential Libraries and Museums You Can Visit

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How to Visit the 39 Presidential Gravesites in the U.S. + Travel Tips, Details, and Interesting Facts

You’ve probably heard of Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier. But what about Wheatland, Grouseland, or FDR’s Little White House? Some presidential homes are more well-known than others. That’s why I decided to spend a few weeks researching and writing about all the presidential homes you can visit.

This definitive list, to the best of my knowledge, includes homes where presidents lived at one point in their life that you can visit . There are a lot of recreated homes at historic sites that I have left off this list because the presidents never walked those halls like you can. I also did not include the remnants of homes or foundations because there isn’t anything to see.

How many of these homes have you visited? Which would you like to visit next? Leave me a comment below!

Independence national historical park, mount vernon, adams national historical park, poplar forest.

Tuckahoe Plantation

The Hermitage

Martin van buren national historic site, berkeley plantation, virginia executive mansion, sherwood forest plantation, president james k. polk home & museum, millard fillmore presidential site, franklin pierce homestead historic site, the pierce manse, knob creek farm, lincoln cottage, lincoln home national historic site, andrew johnson national historic site, mordecai historic park, the ulysses s. grant boyhood home and school, ulysses s. grant national historic site, u.s. grant birthplace, u.s. grant cottage state historic site, u.s. grant home state historic site, rutherford b. hayes presidential library & museums, james garfield national historic site, grover cleveland birthplace state historic site, new york state executive mansion, benjamin harrison presidential site, first ladies national historic site, sagamore hill national historic site, theodore roosevelt birthplace national historic site, william howard taft national historic site, the boyhood home of president woodrow wilson, the president woodrow wilson house, the woodrow wilson family home, the woodrow wilson presidential library & museum, harding home presidential site, president calvin coolidge historic site, herbert hoover national historic site, hoover-minthorn house museum, rapidan camp, home of franklin d. roosevelt national historic site, roosevelt’s little white house, harry s. truman birthplace state historic site, harry s. truman national historic site, harry truman’s little white house, dwight d. eisenhower presidential library, museum & boyhood home, eisenhower birthplace state historic site, eisenhower national historic site, john fitzgerald kennedy national historic site, lyndon b. johnson national historical park, richard nixon presidential library and museum, georgia governor’s mansion, jimmy carter national historical park, ronald reagan birthplace museum, ronald reagan boyhood home, the george w. bush childhood home, texas governor’s mansion, arkansas governor’s mansion, president william jefferson clinton birthplace home national historic site, the white house, map of presidential homes.

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Tips for Visiting Presidential Homes

Like most museums, hours change and special events change everything. It’s always a good idea to check the latest status of a presidential home before visiting. But, there are a few other tips that can help you make the most of your trip.

Check their website for the latest information about visiting and temporary closures
Many of the historic sites operate seasonally. Summer is the best time to visit to guarantee the site will be open.
The best time of the week to visit smaller historic sites is the weekend. But the best time to visit larger sites like national historic sites and presidential libraries is the middle of the week.
Schedule guided tours in advance to guarantee your spot on the tour
Plan to spend several hours at these unique sites to see everything on display
Research requests must be approved in advance

George Washington

The Germantown White House, built in 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sheltered George Washington twice during his life. In 1793 Washington went to the home to escape the yellow fever epidemic sweeping through Philadelphia, and the very next year he returned to escape a heat wave. Today visitors to the house can take a guided tour to see its original 18 th century appearance and learn about the various other people who were once sheltered here.

526 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-965-2305 | www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm

In 1734 Augustine Washington, the father of President George Washington, built a one-and-a-half story house on the banks of the Potomac River just south of Alexandria, Virginia . When George Washington took over the estate in 1754 he began a series of expansions, eventually finishing 50 years later with a 21-room mansion he called Mount Vernon. Visitors can take a guided tour of the mansion, walk through the gardens and historic areas on the grounds, and visit a recreation of the grist mill and distillery where Washington once made whiskey.

3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA | 703-780-2000 https://www.mountvernon.org/

READ MORE: Everything You Need to Know to Visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

Two presidents were born on this historic property in Quincy, Massachusetts. The John Adams Birthplace is a two-story log structure built in 1681 and purchased by Adams’ father in 1720; in 1735 John Adams was born in the house. The John Quincy Adams House was built in 1663, ironically making it older than his father’s house, and in 1767 John Quincy Adams was born in the house. Visitors can take guided tours of both homes while also exploring the grounds and attending special events.

133 Franklin Street, Quincy, MA | 617-770-1175 | www.nps.gov/adam/index.htm

Thomas Jefferson

At the age of 26 Thomas Jefferson inherited land from his father in Charlottesville, Virginia . Jefferson immediately set to design a plantation house he would later name Monticello, one of the most magnificent presidential homes in the country. Visitors to Monticello can take a guided tour of the house, explore exhibits at the museum, and explore the gardens.

931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA | 434-984-9800 | https://www.monticello.org/

In 1773, Thomas Jefferson’s wife, Martha, inherited a 4,819 acre plantation in Virginia called Poplar Forest. At first, Jefferson managed the plantation from his home in Monticello. But when the British invaded the area in 1781 during the Revolutionary War, he was forced to seek shelter at Poplar Forest. The octagonal house was built in 1806 and Jefferson would visit 3-4 times each year as a retreat to escape the constant flow of guests to Monticello.

Today, visitors can take a guided tour of the house and learn about the history of the plantation, explore Jefferson’s eclectic architecture, and learn about the things he did while visiting the retreat.

1542 Bateman Bridge Road, Forest, VA | 434-525-1806 | www.poplarforest.org

Historic Tuckahoe

From 1730-1740 the gorgeous plantation home was built by William Randolph and his wife Maria Judith Page in Richmond, Virginia . By 1745 the Randolph’s children were left orphaned when both William and Maria died. Shortly after William’s death his good friend Peter Jefferson arrived to tend to the children, bringing with him his own two-year-old son Thomas Jefferson. Today the home is a popular wedding venue, but visitors can still take guided tours of the house and self-guided tours of the grounds during “open hours”.

12601 River Road, Richmond, VA | 804-774-1614 | http://tuckahoeplantation.com/

James Madison

In 1764 President James Madison, just a boy at the time, helped his family move into their new home at Montpelier in Orange, Virginia . Built by his father, James Madison, Sr., the house underwent several expansions over the next forty years. When President James Madison left office after his second term in 1817 he retired to Montpelier until his death. Visitors can take a guided tour of the house, walk the miles of trails across the grounds, and explore galleries in the museum.

11407 Constitution Highway, Montpelier Station, VA | 540-672-2728 | https://www.montpelier.org/

Andrew Jackson

Located in Nashville , Tennessee , The Hermitage is one of the most impressive presidential homes to visit in the country. In 1804 Andrew Jackson purchased 425 acres of farmland. Initial construction on the plantation house began in 1819 and lasted through several phases over the years. Aside from his time serving as president, Jackson lived at The Hermitage until his death in 1845. Today visitors to the sprawling estate can take a guided tour of the mansion, walk through the gardens, and visit many of the other historical structures.

4580 Rachel’s Lane, Nashville, TN | 615-889-2941 | https://thehermitage.com/

READ MORE: Discover a President’s Boyhood at Andrew Jackson State Park in Lancaster, SC

Martin Van Buren

In 1839, while serving as president of the United States, Martin Van Buren purchased a grand thirty-six room mansion in Kinderhook, New York . In 1841 after he failed to win a second term as president, losing to William Henry Harrison, he moved into the house, which he named Lindenwald, and remained until his death in 1862. Today visitors can take a guided tour of Lindenwald and learn about his presidency and life on the property in the late 1800s.

1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, NY | 518-758-9689 | www.nps.gov/mava/index.htm

William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison

In 1726 this gorgeous Georgian style mansion was built by Benjamin Harrison IV at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia . In 1773 William Henry Harrison, the 9 th president of the United States, was born at Berkeley Plantation. Then, in 1833, the 23 rd president of the United States Benjamin Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and later lived in this same plantation house. Visitors to Berkeley Plantation can take a guided tour of the mansion with guides dressed in period costumes and take self-guided tours of the grounds.

12602 Harrison Landing Road, Charles City, VA | 804-829-6018 | www.berkeleyplantation.com

William Henry Harrison

When William Henry Harrison was appointed governor of the Indiana Territory in 1800 he purchased 300 acres along the Wabash River in present-day Vincennes, Indiana, and built a governor’s mansion. Modeled after his Berkeley Plantation home in Virginia, Grouseland was the first brick building in Indiana. Also called the “White House of the West”, Harrison used the home to sign several treaties with Native Americans during his presidency. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the mansion and freely walk the grounds.

3 West Scott Street, Vincennes, IN | 812-882-2096 | www.grouselandfoundation.org

In 1779, Governor Thomas Jefferson opted to move the state capital from Williamsburg to Richmond to be in a more centralized location within the state. Initially, there was no formal residence for the governor and his family, so Jefferson rented a small frame house on nearby Broad Street.

When Benjamin Harrison was elected in 1781, he became the first governor to live on the capitol grounds in a two-story frame house in the northeast corner. However, when James Monroe was elected governor in 1799, he refused to live in the dilapidated structure and instead rented a nearby house. When Monroe was elected to a second, non-consecutive term in 1811, he signed a law that authorized the construction of the first permanent governor’s mansion in Virginia.

Completed in 1813, Governor James Barbour was the first to live in the new Executive Mansion. But John Tyler was the only president to live in the building during his term from 1825-1827.

Visitors can book a guided tour of the Executive Mansion during their visit to Richmond. The tours are free of charge and must be booked in advance. During the tour, visitors can see the interior of the house, explore the grounds, and learn the history of the oldest continuously occupied governor’s house in the country.

Capital Square, Richmond, VA | 804-371-2642 | www.executivemansion.virginia.gov

In 1720 one of the longest frame homes in the country was built on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia . In 1842 President John Tyler, still serving in office at the time, purchased the property from his cousin. After leaving office Tyler moved to the property and remained until his death in 1862. Visitors today can take a guided tour of the house, by appointment only, and self-guided tours of the grounds.

14501 John Tyler Memorial Highway, Charles City, VA | 804-829-5377 | http://www.sherwoodforest.org/

The gorgeous and simple two-story house in Columbia, Tennessee was built by Samuel Polk in 1816 while future President James K. Polk was attending the University of North Carolina. James lived in the house for six years of his life and after that it remained the home for his mother and brother. Today visitors to the only remaining home of President James K. Polk can take a guided tour and see the largest collection of artifacts remaining from his presidency and life.

301 W 7 th Street, Columbia, TN | 931-388-2354 | http://www.jameskpolk.com/

Millard Fillmore

This small frame house, no longer at its original location, is the only remaining home of President Millard Fillmore. The Aurora Historical Society purchased the house in 1975 and conducted an extensive restoration project to return the house to its 1826 condition. Visitors today can take a guided tour of the house, gardens, and carriage house.

24 Shearer Avenue, East Aurora, NY | 716-652-4735 | www.aurorahistoricalsociety.com/pages/millard-fillmore-presidential-site

Franklin Pierce

In 1804 Franklin Pierce was born in a small log cabin in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Shortly after birth the family moved into a new house built by Pierce’s father, where Franklin Pierce would live until his marriage in 1834. Today visitors to this historic site can take a guided tour of the homestead and learn about the early life of the 14 th president.

301 2 nd NH Turnpike, Hillsborough, NH | 603-478-3165 | www.nhstateparks.org/visit/historic-sites/franklin-pierce-homestead-historic-site

The three-story frame house called The Pierce Manse was the only home ever owned by President Franklin Pierce, and it was not originally located at its current site in Concord, New Hampshire. When the home was slated for demolition in the 1970s a group of volunteers formed the Pierce Brigade, raised the funds to move the house to a new location, and saved it from destruction. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house that served as the Pierce family home 1842-1848.

14 Horsehoe Pond Lane, Concord, NH | 603-225-4555 | www.piercemanse.org

James Buchanan

In 1828, an unknown architect built Wheatland, a grand mansion on 156 acres, for William Jenkins, a lawyer and bank president. After changing hands a couple of times, James Buchanan bought the property in 1848. At the time, he was serving as Secretary of State under President Polk.

About a year later, Buchanan left the White House and moved his family into the sprawling estate in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Buchanan lived in the mansion, apart from his four years as the 15th President of the United States, from 1857 until 1861. He died in 1868 from respiratory failure.

Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane Johnston, inherited the estate. After the tragic deaths of her husband and children, she sold the house in 1884. After the Wilson family resided in the mansion for fifty years, it was again put on the market. Eager to preserve the historic home, the Junior League of Lancaster bought it. In 1936, the house was open to the public for the first time.

Today, the home is owned and operated by LancasterHistory – an organization created when the James Buchanan Foundation and Lancaster Historical Society merged in 2009. Visitors can take a guided tour of the house, explore the main museum building, and explore the grounds where a president once roamed.

230 North President Avenue, Lancaster, PA | 717-392-4633 | https://www.lancasterhistory.org/visit/

Abraham Lincoln

The main attraction at this small historic site is a one-room log cabin that was the boyhood home of President Abraham Lincoln. In 1811, when Lincoln was just two years old, the family moved to Knob Creek and remained for five years. Today visitors can take a tour of the historic site.

7120 Bardstown Road, Hodgenville, KY | 270-358-3137 | www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sites/knob.htm

For three summers during the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary left The White House to live at this small cottage on a hill in Washington, D.C. While spending time at the cottage Lincoln would contemplate the war and created the framework of the Emancipation Proclamation. Visitors to the cottage can take a guided tour inside the home and learn about the decisions made by the president while there.

140 Rock Creek Church Road NW, Washington, DC | https://www.lincolncottage.org

In 1839 this 12-room Greek Revival style house was built in downtown Springfield, Illinois and served as Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s home for 17 years. The home was first opened to the public for tours in 1887. Today visitors can take guided tours of the house and learn about the Lincoln family.

426 South Seventh Street, Springfield, IL | 217-492-4241 | www.nps.gov/liho/index.htm

Andrew Johnson

The two-story Greek Revival house at this national historic site was built in 1830 in Greeneville, Tennessee . After President Andrew Johnson left office in 1869 he lived at this house with his wife until his death in 1875. Visitors to the historic site are interestingly given a ticket to cast their vote in the impeachment trial of President Johnson. Visitors can take a guided tour of the house, walk the small grounds, and visit his grave at nearby Johnson National Cemetery.

101 North College Street, Greeneville, TN | 423-638-3551 | https://www.nps.gov/anjo/index.htm

Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh, North Carolina is home to many historic structures, but one of particular note is the birthplace home of President Andrew Johnson. The small house was saved from demolition in the late 1800s and moved to the park along with other historic homes. Visitors to the historic park can tour many of the historic structures.

1 Mimosa Street, Raleigh, NC | 919-996-4364 | www.raleighnc.gov/places/mordecai-historic-park

Ulysses S. Grant

This privately-owned historic site in Georgetown, Ohio includes two significant places to President Ulysses S. Grant: his boyhood home and his first schoolhouse. The home was built in 1823 by Grant’s father and saved from demolition in the early 1980s to open as a house museum. The two-room school was about around 1829. Visitors to the historic site can tour the boyhood home, schoolhouse, and the Tannery across the street where a very young Grant worked for his father.

219 East Grant Avenue, Georgetown, OH | 877-372-8177 | http://usgrantboyhoodhome.org/

In 1848 Ulysses S. Grant married Julia Dent in St. Louis, Missouri. Grant was still in the U.S. Army so she spent most of her time living at her father’s house at the center of this national historic site. When Grant left the army in 1854 he returned to White Haven, the name of the house, where he lived with his wife and children until 1860 when they moved to Galena, Illinois. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house, learning about the Grant and Dent families and life on the farm.

7400 Grant Road, St. Louis, MO | 314-842-1867 | www.nps.gov/ulsg/index.htm

In 1822 Ulysses S. Grant was born in a small frame cottage in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The cottage would only serve as home for a year, though, as Grant’s father earned enough money to build a new brick house and tannery in Georgetown. Today visitors to the historic house can tour inside and enjoy one of many events on the small property.

1551 State Route 232, Moscow, OH | 513-497-0492 | https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/u-s-grant-birthplace/

Dying of throat cancer and desperate to finish his memoirs to provide financial security for his wife, Ulysses S. Grant moved to a small cabin in Wilton, NY in mid-1885. Six weeks later Grant finished his memoirs and sent them off to his publisher, Mark Twain. Two days later Grant died in the cottage. Today visitors can take a of the cottage which has been furnished and decorated just as it would have been in 1885.

1000 Mt. McGregor Road, Wilton, NY | 518-584-4353 | www.grantcottage.org

When Ulysses S. Grant moved to Galena, Illinois with his wife they initially rented a small home for $100 a year. Only a few months later Grant returned to military service during the Civil War. At the end of the war he returned to Galena and was presented a new brick Italianate house by the people of the city in appreciation for his achievements. Today visitors can take guided tours of the house where the Grand family lived sporadically between 1860 and 1880.

500 Bouthillier Street, Gelena, IL | 815-777-3310 | www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/experience/sites/northwest/pages/grant-home.aspx

Rutherford B. Hayes

In 1856 Richard Birchard purchased 25 acres of wooded property in Fremont, Ohio, with the intent to build a house where he could live with his nephew, future President Rutherford B. Hayes. In 1873 Hayes and his family moved into the two-story brick mansion at Spiegel Grove. In 1880, nearing the end of his presidency, Hayes began a series of expansions to the house that lasted through his death in 1893. Today visitors can take a guided tour through the home with rooms that were recently restored to the last time period used by the Hayes family.

Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH | 419-332-2081 | https://www.rbhayes.org/

James Garfield

In 1876 James Garfield purchased a large house in Mentor, Ohio for his family. In 1880, while running for president, Garfield would frequently give campaign speeches to large crowds from the covered front porch. Visitors to the national historic site today can stand on that very same covered porch and take a guided tour inside the house.

8095 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH | 440-255-8722 | www.nps.gov/jaga/index.htm

Grover Cleveland

In 1832 the First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell, New Jersey built a home as a “manse”, or home where the church’s pastor would live. From 1834-1841 the Reverend Richard Falley Cleveland lived in this house and in 1837 Grover Cleveland was born. In 1907 a group of Cleveland’s friends purchased the house and six years later opened it has a birthplace museum. Today visitors can tour the house, browse through the gift shop, and learn about the life of President Grover Cleveland.

207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ | 973-226-0001 | www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/historic/grover_cleveland/gc_home.htm

Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt

In 1856, an Italianate-style home was built for banker Thomas Olcott in Albany. When Samuel Tilden was elected in 1874, there was no permanent residence for governors. Tilden rented Olcott’s house for $9,000 per year during his two terms in office. His successor, Lucious Robinson, was elected in 1877 and immediately purchased the house for $1.1 million, officially name it the New York State Executive Mansion.

From 1883-1885, Grover Cleveland served a single term as New York governor, living in the residence. During a single term from 1899-1900, Theodore Roosevelt lived in the residence, and then from 1929-1932, the residence was occupied by Franklin Roosevelt.

Visitors to Empire State Plaza can take guided tours of the Executive Mansion and New York State Capitol, view the Plaza Art Collection, and explore the grounds. The governor’s residence and capitol building are located about four city blocks apart.

138 Eagle Street, Albany, NY | 518-474-2418 | https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov

Benjamin Harrison

In 1875 the three-story Italianate Victorian style house was built for the Benjamin Harrison family. President Harrison is the only native of Indiana to ever be elected president. Today visitors can start at the welcome center in the reconstructed carriage house and take a tour of all three floors of the restored home.

1230 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN | 317-631-1888 | https://bhpsite.org

William McKinley

A visit to this national historic site in Canton, Ohio, will give you two incredible treats: it was the home of President William McKinley and Ida Saxton-McKinley, and today it is operated as the First Ladies National Historic Site !

The home was built in two stages in 1841 and 1865. It originaly served as the family home of Ida Saxton, but from 1878-1791 Ida lived at the house with her husband, William, while he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house while learning about the history of the home and all the first ladies.

205 Market Avenue South, Canton, OH | 330-452-0876 | https://www.nps.gov/fila/index.htm

Theodore Roosevelt

In 1884 Theodore Roosevelt hired an architect to design and build a grand home on property he had purchased in Oyster Bay, New York . A year later he moved into the only home he would know for the rest of his life, aside from his time living in The White House. During his seven summers as president Roosevelt would visit Sagamore Hill, earning the house the nickname of “Summer White House”. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house and several other buildings on the property.

20 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY | 516-922-4788 | www.nps.gov/sahi/index.htm

In 1858 Theodore Roosevelt would become the first president to be born in New York City. Roosevelt grew up in the townhouse in the city, calling it his home until he was 15. The home was restored in 1923 and opened as a house museum. Visitors can take a guided tour to visit many of the period-specific rooms throughout the townhouse.

28 East 20 th Street, New York, NY | 212-260-1616 | www.nps.gov/thrb/index.htm

William Howard Taft

This two-story Greek Revival style house in Cincinnati, Ohio was the birthplace and childhood home of President William Howard Taft. His father, Alphonso, moved to Cincinnati in 1838 to open a law practice and bought this house almost ten years later. Visitors to the national historic site can take a guided tour of the home.

2038 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH | 513-684-3262 | https://www.nps.gov/wiho/index.htm

READ MORE: Visiting the William Howard Taft National Historic Site – and a Few Related Places – in Cincinnati, OH

Woodrow Wilson

In 1860 the First Presbyterian Church of Augusta, Georgia purchased a house for use by the Reverend Joseph Wilson. At the time Thomas Woodrow Wilson was just two years old, and he would spend the next twelve years of his life living in the manse. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house that is remarkably filled with furniture and items owned by the Wilson family.

419 Seventh Street, Augusta, GA | 706-722-9828 | www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org

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This gorgeous three-story Georgian style home was built in 1915 and in 1921, at the end of his second term, President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith, moved here. Woodrow Wilson would only live here until his death in 1924, but Edith remained until her death in 1969. Today The President Woodrow Wilson House offers guided tours daily and several special events throughout the year.

2340 S Street NW, Washington, DC | 202-387-4062 | www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org

In 1870 the Reverend Joseph Wilson moved his family, along with 14-year-old Thomas Woodrow Wilson, to Columbia , South Carolina . Joseph and his wife Jessie designed and built a two-story Italian Villa style home where they lived for four years. Today the home is maintained by Historic Columbia and used as The Museum of Reconstruction , displaying exhibits and information on the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War. The home is open for guided tours throughout the week.

1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC | 803-252-1770 | https://www.historiccolumbia.org/woodrow-wilson-family-home

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in 1856 in the manse, a term used to describe the residential home owned by the Presbyterian Church for their pastor. The three-story brick house, built in 1846, is maintained today as part of The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum. Visitors can take a guided tour of the birthplace home and explore the museum where they will see Wilson’s 1919 Pierce Limousine on display.

20 North Coalter Street, Staunton, VA | 540-885-0897 | https://www.woodrowwilson.org

Warren G. Harding

The Harding Home was designed by Warren Harding and his fiancée, and future wife, Florence in 1890 in Marion, Ohio. The next year they were married at the house. The Hardings would call this home until 1921 when they left for The White House after winning the election. After Warren Harding died in 1923 and Florence in 1924 the house opened as a museum and has continued since that time. Visitors to the house can take a guided tour and see hundreds of the house after a 2020 restoration to its 1920 appearance.

380 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Marion, OH | 740-387-9630 | www.hardinghome.org

Calvin Coolidge

This state historic site in Plymouth Notch, Vermont is probably the coolest presidential home site to explore in the country because it’s not just a house, it’s an entire village! The Wilder House, built in 1830, was the childhood home of President Calvin Coolidge’s mother, Victoria Josephine Moor. In 1876 Colonel John Coolidge purchased a one-and-a-half story farmhouse where Calvin Coolidge would grow up. Visitors can take a guided tour of the homes while also exploring the village green, 1840 church, 1890 schoolhouse, and a pre-1835 general store and post office.

3780 Route 100A, Plymouth Notch, VT | 802-672-3773 | https://historicsites.vermont.gov/calvin-coolidge

Herbert Hoover

In 1874 Herbert Hoover was born in a tiny two-room cottage. Hoover only lived in the cabin for the first three years of life and after leaving he never returned to live there again. But in 1935 Hoover, along with his wife Lou Henry, purchased the old cabin and restored it. Today visitors to the national historic site can visit the location of the Birthplace Cottage while also exploring the Presidential Library and Museum and visiting Hoover’s final resting place.

110 Parkside Drive, West Branch, IA | 319-643-2541 | www.nps.gov/heho/index.htm

This gorgeous home was built in 1881 by Jesse Edwards, the Quaker founder of Newberg, Oregon. In 1885 Dr. Henry Minthorn moved into the house with his family. Learning of a recently orphaned Herbert Hoover, Minthorn offered to foster the future president. Hoover lived in this house for three years. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house museum and learn about the Quaker history of the area and people who lived in the house.

115 S. River Street, Newberg, OR | 503-538-6629 | www.hooverminthorn.org

Shortly after Herbert Hoover was elected president in 1928 he began a search for a place to build a retreat within one hundred miles of Washington, D.C. He eventually selected a site at the headwater of the Rapidan River inside what would later become Shenandoah National Park. Hoover spent his own money to purchase the land and building materials for the construction of a small camp including The Brown House, a lodge where he would spend quite a bit of time during his presidency. Today visitors to Shenandoah National Park can participate in a 2.5-hour guided ranger trip to Rapidan Camp to explore several of the buildings.

540-999-3500 | www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm

Franklin D. Roosevelt

In 1866 James Roosevelt purchased an estate with an Italianate style mansion on the property. In 1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in a bedroom on the second floor. Springwood, as the mansion was named, would remain his home throughout his life. Just before his death Roosevelt donated the house to the federal government and was eventually transferred to the National Park Service. Visitors to Springwood can take a guided tour of the house and visit the gravesite of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY | 845-229-9115 | www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm

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In 1921 Franklin Delano Roosevelt fell ill on family vacation and was later diagnosed with polio. He was paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life. In 1932, while governor of New York, Roosevelt built a house in Warm Springs, Georgia, in a hope that hydrotherapy could cure his paralysis. FDR visited several times during his 12-year presidency and died at the Little White House in 1945. Today visitors can tour the Little White House, Historic Pools Museum, and several other buildings on site.

401 Little White House Road, Warm Springs, GA | 706-655-5870 | https://gastateparks.org/LittleWhiteHouse

Harry Truman

In 1884 Harry S. Truman was born in a small house in Lamar, Missouri. When he was just ten months old the family moved to Harrisonville. In 1957 the birthplace house was sold to the state of Missouri and two years later President Truman himself attended the dedication ceremony of the new state historic site. Visitors to the site can explore the birthplace home and grounds.

1009 Truman Street, Lamar, MO | 417-682-2279 | https://mostateparks.com/park/harry-s-truman-birthplace-state-historic-site

From 1867-1885 the gorgeous home in Independence, Missouri at the heart of this park was built by George Potterfield Gates. In 1919 President Harry S. Truman married Gates’ granddaughter, Bess Wallace, and the couple made this their permanent home until 1972. Today visitors can take guided tours of the Truman Home and visit many other historic buildings located around the historic site.

223 North Main Street, Independence, MO | 816-254-2720 | www.nps.gov/hstr/index.htm

Originally built in 1890 as housing for naval officers at the submarine base in Key West, Florida, in 1946 the house was used by a president for the first of many times. President Harry Truman spent 175 days of his presidency at the Little White House from 1946-1952. Visitors can take a guided tour of the home to learn about the history of Key West, conversation of the house into the Little White House, and the other presidents who have visited since.

11 Front Street, Key West, FL | 305-294-9911 | www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Eisenhower Boyhood Home is the original house where the Eisenhowers lived from 1898 until 1946, in its exact location, and furnished with items from the family, making it one of the most authentic presidential homes in the country to visit. Visitors to the site can also explore the research library, museum, and watch an orientation film at the visitor center.

200 SE 4 th Street, Abilene, KS | 785-263-6700 | www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in 1890, the third son of David and Ida. David worked for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway, and the family lived in a rented two-story frame house in a working-class neighborhood. Dwight only spent the first 18 months of his life in Denison before his father was transferred to Kansas, and he never lived in Texas again.

Eisenhower rose to fame as the Supreme Allied Commander of forces in Europe during World War II. In 1946, the City of Denison purchased the old two-story frame house where Eisenhower once lived. A foundation was formed to raise funds for a restoration. Today, the home is owned and operated by the Texas Historical Commission – visitors can take guided tours inside the restored house and learn the early history of the 34th president of the United States.

609 South Lamar Avenue, Denison, TX | 903-465-8908 | https://www.thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/eisenhower-birthplace-state-historic-site

In 1950 General Dwight D. Eisenhower purchased almost 700 acres of farmland adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. After becoming president in 1953, Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, demolished and rebuilt the main home on the property. After completion of the house he would spend a total of 365 days of his presidency on the property and would retire to the home after leaving The White House. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the house that has been kept furnished and styled as it would have been in the 1960s.

Tours of this historic site are administered through Gettysburg National Military Park.

1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA | 717-334-1124 | www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

John F. Kennedy

In 1914 Joseph Kennedy purchased a five-year-old house on Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Three years later John Fitzpatrick Kennedy was born in the upstairs bedroom of that house. The family moved out of the house in 1920 but in 1966 Rose Kennedy, JFK’s mother, purchased the house and restored it to the original 1917 condition. Visitors to the historic house can take a guided tour, learning about the Kennedy family and life in America in the early 1900s.

83 Beals Street, Brookline, MA | 617-566-7937 | www.nps.gov/jofi/index.htm

Lyndon B. Johnson

This national historical park has two components surrounding Johnson City, Texas. In Johnson City visitors can take a guided tour of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s childhood home and his grandparents’ log cabin settlement. The second area to explore is the LBJ Ranch, a popular retreat during Johnson’s presidency and his final resting place today.

100 Lady Bird Lane, Johnson City, TX | 830-868-7128 | https://www.nps.gov/lyjo/index.htm

Richard Nixon

Yorba Linda, CA

In 1912, Frank Nixon bought a property in Yorba Linda, California, a suburban city near Los Angeles. He built a modest one-story frame house. The application to the National Register of Historic Places notes, “the house has little merit architecturally; it is typical of the small California types of dwellings is often built by itinerant carpenters.”

The following year, Richard Nixon was born. He spent the early years of his life growing up in the small house until the family ranch failed in 1922, and they moved.

In 1990, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated before a crowd of 50,000 guests and Presidents H.W. Bush, Ford, and Reagan. The 52,000-square-foot facility contains many of the presidential records Nixon initially sought to destroy, leading to Congress passing the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act.

The small frame house remains behind the library and museum on the 9-acre site. Visitors can explore the exhibits in the museum, see President Nixon’s Helicopter, and visit the birthplace house.

Jimmy Carter

Savannah was Georgia’s first capital, followed by August, Louisville, and Milledgeville. In 1868 – nearly 80 years after the state was founded – the capital was moved to Atlanta. In 1870, the state purchased a Victorian-style home from John H. James for the city’s first governor’s residence. After housing seventeen governors the rundown house was demolished. In 1925, the state purchased the estate and mansion of Edwin Ansley where the next eleven governors lived. But that house was also demolished.

Finally, in 1967, the state of Georgia decided to build a governor’s residence. Located on 18-acres of land that belonged to former Atlanta mayor Robert Maddox, the 24,000 square foot home was dedicated a year later. Designed by Georgia architect A. Thomas Bradbury, the three-story Greek Revival-style house features thirty rooms and 24-foot-high columns made from California redwoods.

Elected in 1971, Jimmy Carter was just the second governor to live in the mansion. Carter lived in the mansion throughout his single term as governor, and just two years later was elected the 39 th president of the United States.

Guided tours are offered free of charge on select days of the week throughout the year.

391 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA | 404-261-1776 | https://gov.georgia.gov/governors-mansion

In 1928, Earl Carter moved his family, including a four-year-old Jimmy, into a three bedroom house in Plains, Georgia. Jimmy lived in the house for thirteen years until he attended college in 1941. After a multiyear restoration, the National Park Service restored the house to its 1937 appearance. Today, visitors can take a self-guided tour of the boyhood home of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States.

300 North Bond Street, Plains , GA | 229-824-4104 | www.nps.gov/jica/index.htm

Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in an apartment above a bakery in Tampico, Illinois. He only lived there four months before his family moved into a house down the street. Today the second-floor apartment has been restored and the first floor restored as an early 1900s bank. Visitors can take guided tours of the apartment beginning at the gift shop next door.

111 Main Street, Tampico, IL | 815-622-8705 | www.tampicohistoricalsociety.com/R_Reagan_Birthplace_Museum.html

Throughout the 1920s the family of President Ronald Reagan lived in this small house in Dixon, Illinois. Visitors today can take guided tours April – October to see the home where Reagan lived as a young boy and learn about his history in the small town.

810 S. Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, IL | 815-288-5176 | https://reaganhome.org/

George W. Bush

In 1951 George H.W. Bush spent $9,000 to buy an 11-year-old house in Midland, Texas. For the next four years the house would be home to President George H.W. Bush, his son President George W. Bush, and his other son Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Today visitors can take a guided tour of the childhood home and explore the life of the Bush family in 1950s Texas.

1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, TX | 432-685-1112 | http://www.bushchildhoodhome.org/

Texans wasted no time in building a permanent residence for their governor – Texas was admitted to the union as the 28 th state in in 1845, and just eleven years later the Governor’s Mansion was completed.

The Greek Revival-style house was built by Abner Cook – many of the bricks came from his clay pit on the Colorado River. The 6,000 square foot home featured four bedrooms, but not a single bathroom. A 1914 renovation of the house added an additional 3,000 square feet of living space and seven bathrooms.

Since its completion in 1856, the Governor’s Mansion has been the primary residence of every Texas chief executive and their family. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor. He lived in the mansion with his family from 1995-2000, until he resigned midway through his second term as governor when he was elected the 43 rd president of the United States.

Visitors to the Texas Governor’s Mansion can a free guided tour of the residence and grounds on select days of the week throughout the year. A background security screening is mandatory for all visitors, so tours must be booked at least a week in advance.

1010 Colorado Street, Austin, TX | 512-463-5518 | https://tspb.texas.gov/prop/tgm/tgm/mansion.html

Bill Clinton

In 1836, Arkansas became the 25 th state admitted into the union. Over one hundred years later, in 1947, the state legislation established a commission to build a residence for the governor. Design by architects Frank J. Ginocchio, Jr. and Edwin B. Cromwell, the two-story Georgian Colonial-style house was completed in 1950. In lieu of a dedication ceremony, the Governor’s Mansion was opened to the public for guided tours – over 180,000 people visited during the week-long event.

When Bill Clinton was elected in 1978 at the age of 32, he was the youngest governor in the country at the time. He served a term from 1979-1981, and then another five terms from 1983-1992. Clinton left the Governor’s Mansion when he was elected the 42 nd president of the United States in 1992.

Visitors to the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion can take guided tours of the residence or self-guided tours of the gardens. Tours are offered on select days throughout the year – check their website to book a tour in advance.

1800 Center Street, Little Rock, AR | 501-324-9805 | https://governor.arkansas.gov/arkansas-governors-mansion

At this small National Parks site in Hope, Arkansas visitors can explore the two-story home where President Bill Clinton grew up. Begin at the visitor center for a walk through of Clinton’s life in a small museum, then take the guided tour of the birthplace home next door.

117 South Hervey Street, Hope, AR | 870-777-4455 | https://www.nps.gov/wicl/index.htm

I couldn’t write a list of presidential homes without mentioning the residence of the current president, even though it’s owned by the people. From 1792-1800 The White House was built in the newly designated Federal district of Washington, D.C. On November 1 of that year John Adams became the first president to occupy The White House. Guided tours are offered, but it takes a bit of effort. Anyone hoping to tour The White House must submit a request through their Member of Congress.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-456-7041 | www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/tours-events

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James Buchanan died in 1868 at age 77 of respiratory failure

Mario, thank you for letting me know. I have corrected my error. I did not vet the information in this article like I normally would because it was such a complex topic. But, it looks like I did to polish this again. Thank you!

Is the Nixon birthplace in California not the original structure? I did not see it on the list.

At the time I wrote the article, the foundation that owns the house had closed it to the public. They had posted a notice that it might open again in the future. I will check into it and update the article if it’s open again.

I have been to several of these homes. My goal is to see as many as I can. Going to The Hermitage soon. Looking forward to it. Thanks for this great list.

Its also one of my goals now to visit every site on this list. I’ve been to Nashville twice and still haven’t visited The Hermitage, though. Have fun!

I didn’t see the James K Polk childhood home in Pineville, NC. It is open for visits. Great list, we love US history and this helps keeps the kids interested and the best way to help them connect with what they are learning.

Hi Mary! This list only includes original presidential homes. The house at the James K. Polk State Historic Site is not original – it was reconstructed from two nearby barns. So you can visit the land where he was born, but you can’t walk the same hallways he walked.

This is a great and informative list! I just wanted to tell you, you left out the Jimmy Carter boyhood farm in Georgia.

You’re right, Carson! Thank you so much for letting me know. I did research for days trying to find all these sites – but I still missed a few. I have updated this article. Thank you!

Hey! I looked some more, and saw you didn’t include James Monroe’s Highland in Virginia, the Zachary Taylor home in Louisville, The Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York, and the Octagon House in Washington, D.C. I’m trying to reach out to you so that I can hopefully use this list to travel to some of these sights when I’m nearby. Thank you!

Carson, I did not include Highland because the original house where James Monroe lived burned to the ground in 1829. The Zachary Taylor Boyhood Home is a private residence and not open to the public for tours. I did indeed miss Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and will add that to the list as soon as possible. I may eventually include The Octagon House, but currently – since early 2020 – tours are only given to groups of 5+. Thank you for keeping me updated on everything! I still have not included the homes where presidents lived while they were governors – it’s on my to do list.

Great job! Been to about 30 sites. For another road trip, Route 66 is great. The people I have met are fantastic and helpful. This trip is really a great way to see America!

Rick, to be honest I may never drive Route 66. It’s been done to death haha. But I will eventually drive all the backroads across America.

Glaring omission! You have left out two Gerald R. Ford sites in Michigan. The Presidential Library in Ann Arbor and the Presidential Museum and Burial Place in Grand Rapids.

Susan, this is a list of presidential homes you can visit – Ford never lived at either of the sites you listed.

Hi Jason, a great list, thanks. Just informing that the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is actually a reproduction. There was only 7 years between the original building being torn down and the reproduction (the shortest time span between an original and a reproduction), so it’s likely to be a faithful reproduction due to recent records at the time the reproduction was built, but still a reproduction nevertheless. (See the book by Louis Picone “Where the Presidents Were Born”.) Cheers, Michael

Lincoln also has a boyhood home in Indiana and his birthplace in Kentucky.

The Lincoln boyhood home in Indiana no longer exists. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is nothing more than a marker. At the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Kentucky there is only a symbolic recreation of the cabin he was born in. I only included actual homes in this list; no recreations or memorial markers.

And what about all the state mansions of all the Governors who became president?

After reading your comment I thought about it, a lot, but decided not to add the governor’s mansions to this list. I mostly decided not to do it because it would have added an additional 15 items to this already massive list. But I also wanted to keep this list to private homes with one exception: the White House.

Thank you for this list. By my count I have visited 46 of these homes! I always enjoy your posts.

You’ve been to FORTY-SIX of these homes? Good grief that’s awesome! Thank you for being such an amazing fan of my travel writing!

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Ohio Presidential Places

William Henry Harrison Gravesite - North Bend, Ohio
William Henry Harrison farm - North Bend, Ohio
William Henry Harrison Equestrian Statue - Cincinnati, Ohio
Abraham Lincoln Statue - Cincinnati, Ohio
Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace - Point Pleasant, Ohio
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse - Georgetown, Ohio
Grant, Hayes, Garfield statue - Columbus, Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace - Delaware, Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes Gravesite - Fremont, Ohio
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center - Fremont, Ohio
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center/Spiegel Grove (NPS site) - Fremont, Ohio
James A. Garfield Birthplace - Moreland Hills, Ohio
James A. Garfield Gravesite - Cleveland, Ohio
James A. Garfield statue - Hiram, Ohio
James A. Garfield statue - Cincinnati, Ohio
James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Mentor, Ohio
Benjamin Harrison Birthplace - North Bend, Ohio
William McKinley Birthplace - Niles, Ohio
William McKinley Memorial - Niles, Ohio
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial & Museum - Niles, Ohio
McKinley Memorial Library - Niles, Ohio
William McKinley gravesite (McKinley National Memorial) - Canton, Ohio
McKinley Presidential Museum and Library - Canton, Ohio
William McKinley Statue - Columbus, Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt Bust - Niles, Ohio
William Howard Taft Bust - Niles, Ohio
William Howard Taft Birthplace — Cincinnati, Ohio
William Howard Taft National Historic Site — Cincinnati, Ohio
Warren Harding Birthplace - Morrow County (Blooming Grove), Ohio
Warren Harding Gravesite - Marion, Ohio
Warren Harding Bust - Niles, Ohio
The Harding Home - Marion, Ohio
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Field Trip Guide: Presidential Birthplaces, Houses, and Libraries

When planning a weekend adventure or a summer vacation, you can connect your kids with American history by visiting a presidential site. More than twenty states boast presidential birthplaces, historic homes, libraries, museums, and tombs.

Click any state to find a list of presidential destinations there. In states that include sites for more than one president, the sites are listed alphabetically by the presidents’ names. To find historic sites and legacy information listed by president, visit the “ Presidential Fact Files ” or use your browser’s search function to search this list for sites associated with a particular president.

The Clinton Center and Birthplace Hope, Arkansas nps.gov/wicl

Built in 1917 this wood-frame house was William J. Clinton’s first home. After the death of his father three months before his birth in 1946, Clinton lived with his maternal grandparents until his mother’s remarriage in 1950.

William J. Clinton Presidential Center Little Rock, Arkansas ClintonFoundation.org/clinton-presidential-center

Housing the most comprehensive digital archive of presidential materials to date, the Clinton Presidential Center site includes the Presidential Library and Museum and the renovated Choctaw Station, built in 1899, home of the Clinton School of Public Service.

Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Yorba Linda, California NixonLibrary.gov

The twenty-two galleries of the museum memorialize Richard Nixon’s political career. Interactive video and touchscreen technology present the highlights and timeline of important events of his presidency, including the Watergate scandal. On the grounds are the gravesites of Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, which are surrounded by a beautiful English country garden, and the restored 1912 farmhouse where Nixon was born.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum Simi Valley, California ReaganLibrary.gov

Housing a comprehensive collection of Ronald Reagan’s papers, photographs, video, audiotapes, and other film archives and related artifacts, the library also features temporary and permanent exhibits such as an exact replica of the Oval Office.

Harry S Truman Little White House Museum Key West, Florida TrumanLittleWhiteHouse.com

President Truman frequently vacationed at this house where there are now two permanent exhibits featuring the “Harry Truman Story” and “The Florida Keys: Where Presidents Vacation.”

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Atlanta, Georgia JimmyCarterLibrary.gov

The Jimmy Carter Library is a research facility and museum. Also on the grounds is the Carter Center, a non-governmental organization founded to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care.

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Plains, Georgia nps.gov/jica

Featured prominently in this collection of sites are the highlights of Plains, Georgia, where President Carter grew up—Plains High School, the Carter Boyhood Home, Plains Train Depot (the site of Carter’s campaign headquarters), and the current Carter residence, which is not open to the public.

FDR’s Little White House Historic Site Warm Springs, Georgia nps.gov

The waters at Warm Springs provided relief to President Roosevelt’s health conditions, and he later died here in 1945 after suffering a fatal stroke. In addition to the house, which has been preserved as FDR left it, visitors can also see the Memorial Fountain, the Walk of the States, a new FDR Memorial Museum, a new film narrated by Walter Cronkite, two of Roosevelt’s classic cars, and the original bump gate that opened with an automobile bumper. The Historic Therapy Pools and Springs Complex are also open to visitors.

Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson Augusta, Georgia WilsonBoyhoodHome.org

One of two boyhood homes of President Wilson open to the public, this former Presbyterian manse shares the site with the boyhood home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Lamar.

Ulysses S. Grant Home Galena, Illinois GrantHome.com

This home was presented to the Grant family after the general’s impressive Civil War service and remained in the family until 1880. It has been faithfully restored with many original Grant family furnishings.

Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site Springfield, Illinois nps.gov/liho

Carefully restored to its 1860 appearance, the only home owned by Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln is the centerpiece of a four-block historic neighborhood where they lived until his election to the presidency.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Springfield, Illinois LincolnLibraryandMuseum.com

Showcasing the 46,000-item collection of Lincoln memorabilia owned by the State of Illinois, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum also houses the Illinois State Historical Library.

The Lincoln College Collection Lincoln, Illinois Museum.LincolnCollege.edu

Many personal items are included in the documents, artifacts, and memorabilia in this collection willed to the college by Judge Stringer. Many later acquisitions have created a treasure for history buffs.

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site Petersburg, Illinois LincolnsNewSalem.com

Although most of the buildings are reconstructions of the homes, stores, school, mill, and tavern that were part of Lincoln’s early adulthood, this 650-acre village gives visitors a real feeling of life in 1830’s Illinois. While he lived in New Salem, Lincoln clerked in the stores, split rails, served as postmaster and surveyor, and had other odd jobs.

Obama Presidential Center Chicago, Illinois BarackObamaFoundation.org

When completed, the Obama Presidential Center will include a library, museum, and foundation programming on the South Side of Chicago.

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Dixon, Illinois ReaganHome.org

Restored in 1980 to its 1920 appearance, this home was rented by the Reagan family during the president’s childhood and it is the only home mentioned in his autobiography, Where’s the Rest of Me?

Ronald Reagan Birthplace Tampico, Illinois TampicoHistoricalSociety.com/R_Reagan_Birthplace_Museum

Ronald Reagan was born in a second-floor apartment over a bakery. The apartment is open to the public and features furnishings authentic to the 1911 time period, while the adjacent museum features photos and other memorabilia.

Reagan’s birthplace is just one of many stops on the Ronald Reagan Trail , a self-guided driving tour through Illinois.

Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka College Eureka, Illinois Eureka.edu/reagan/museum

President Reagan earned his college degree from Eureka College, and the campus museum dedicated to him chronologically exhibits approximately 2,000 items featuring his student life through the presidency. Outside the museum is The Ronald Reagan Peace Garden.

Benjamin Harrison Home Indianapolis, Indiana PresidentBenjaminHarrison.org

This brick Italianate Victorian home figures prominently in Benjamin Harrison’s presidency. It was here that he learned of his nomination and, over the following weeks, spoke to over 300,000 people who marched to the home. He also learned here of his election to the presidency. The home maintains many of Harrison’s own furnishings and the carriage house features an exhibit about the women’s suffrage movement.

William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland Mansion Vincennes, Indiana GrouselandFoundation.org

This Federal style mansion was the home of William Henry Harrison for eight years in the early 19th century. Authentically furnished with many of Harrison’s own pieces, the house features distinctive curved walls, and a gallery of artifacts and exhibits about our ninth president.

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln City, Indiana nps.gov/libo

This park is the site of Lincoln’s home for fourteen years of his youth and contains a memorial to his beloved mother who died and is buried here. Adjacent to the park is the Lincoln Living Historical Farm, a reconstruction of an 1820’s homestead.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site West Branch, Iowa nps.gov/heho

The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site features Hoover’s birthplace cottage and boyhood home, and the Presidential Library and Museum. The small frame schoolhouse where Hoover attended primary grades has been moved to the site—it was also used as a Friends meeting house and was attended by the Hoover family.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum West Branch, Iowa Hoover.nara.gov

Not a library in the traditional sense, this library is a repository for Hoover’s papers and historical materials and is available only to scholars and researchers. The museum is devoted to Hoover’s life of public service.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home Abilene, Kansas Eisenhower.archives.gov

Five buildings—the Family Home, Museum, Library, Place of Meditation, and Visitor Center—comprise the Eisenhower Center. Rich in family history, the Family Home was occupied by the Eisenhower family from 1898 to the death of Eisenhower’s mother in 1946, with the furnishings reflecting the many decades the family lived here. The Museum features temporary exhibits, the First Lady’s Gallery, the Military Gallery, and the Presidential Gallery. The Library houses twenty-two million pages and other materials and is open to researchers. The Place of Meditation is the final resting place of the president and his wife, Mamie.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Hodgenville, Kentucky nps.gov/abli

The Memorial Building houses a log cabin “symbolic of one in which Lincoln was born” on the site in which it is believed Lincoln was born. The Visitor Center enhances the exhibit with memorabilia of the Lincoln family and is adjacent to the Sinking Spring Farm purchased by Lincoln’s father in 1808.

Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek Hodgenville, Kentucky nps.gov/abli

The place of Lincoln’s earliest recollection, the log cabin is indicative of one that was home to the Lincoln family during Lincoln’s early youth.

Zachary Taylor Monument and Memorial in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/zacharytaylor.asp

The Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was established in 1928 by an act of Congress initiated by the Taylor family to have the government take title to the family burial site where President Zachary Taylor was interred. Two donations of land from the state of Kentucky increased the original half-acre Taylor plot to the national cemetery’s present size of 16 acres. Although the Taylor family plot, which includes a tomb and mausoleum, is encompassed within the walled cemetery, it does not belong to the United States. Despite the best efforts of the Taylor family, the Army judge advocate general decided against federal possession. The Taylor family burial ground is, however, cared for and maintained by the National Cemetery Administration.

Massachusetts

Adams National Historical Park Quincy, Massachusetts nps.gov/adam

The Adams National Historical Park features a number of structures, including the birthplaces of John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, and the Old House. The homes feature original furnishings and personal possessions of four generations of the Adams family. Also on the site is the still active United Parish Church which was partially financed by the Adams family and is the burial site of the second and sixth presidents and their first ladies.

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum in the Forbes Library Northampton, Massachusetts ForbesLibrary.org/calvin-coolidge-presidential-library-and-museum

This library and museum houses all the Coolidge vice-presidential and presidential papers and thousands of pieces of related memorabilia.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum Boston, Massachusetts jfklibrary.org

Established to advance the legacy of Kennedy’s life and career, the museum houses many themed exhibits, extensive documents, and audiovisual and documentary holdings for research and educational purposes.

John F. Kennedy National Historical Site Brookline, Massachusetts nps.gov/jofi

Birthplace of President Kennedy, this home was been restored with many Kennedy family furnishings and household items. Also in the neighborhood are the Naples Road Residence (a private home, not open to the public), St. Aidan’s Catholic Church, and the Dexter School (known as the Edward Devotion School when Kennedy and his brother were students there.)

Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, Michigan FordLibraryMuseum.gov

Interactive with up-to-date technology, there are also traditional exhibits, temporary exhibits from the Smithsonian and other sources, which run the spectrum of Ford’s life and career, pop culture of the day and historical facets of other presidencies.

Gerald R. Ford Library Ann Arbor, Michigan FordLibraryMuseum.gov

This presidential library collects and preserves documents and other related media materials relating to the administration of President Ford.

Mississippi

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University Libraries Mississippi State, Mississippi USGrantLibrary.org

The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library is located in the Congressional and Political Research Center in the Mississippi State University’s Mitchell Memorial Library. The Grant Presidential Collection consists of some 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia and includes information on Grant’s childhood from his birth in 1822, his later military career, Civil War triumphs, tenure as commanding general after the war, presidency, and his post-White House years until his death in 1885. There are also 4,000 published monographs on various aspects of Grant’s life and times. Undergraduate and graduate students and on-campus and visiting scholars may use the collection. Others may request permission from the Presidential Library staff.

Hardscrabble Cabin at Grant’s Farm St. Louis, Missouri nps.gov/ulsg

Built by the president himself, this was home to the Grant family for a very short time. It is located on a 280-acre wildlife preserve owned by the Anheuser-Busch Company. Visitors to the farm can see an extensive wildlife collection as well as the carriage collection of the Busch family.

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site St. Louis, Missouri nps.gov/ulsg

Four of the five buildings at the historic site—the main house, stone building, chicken house, and ice house—have been restored to their 1875 appearance while the barn used as the museum is of 1868 vintage. The Grants considered the main house—White Haven—their home.

Harry S Truman National Historic Site Independence, Missouri nps.gov/hstr

This historic site is made up of a number of homes of President Truman and his family. The focal point is the Victorian home at 219 North Delaware Street which was his home from his marriage in 1919 until his death, and was known as the “Summer White House” during his presidency. Walking tours of the neighborhood are available and other homes significant to the president are featured.

Harry S Truman Library & Museum Independence, Missouri TrumanLibrary.org

Truman’s presidential library houses over 15-million pages of documents, papers and books. The extensive audiovisual collection includes photos, film, and audio recordings. The president and his wife, Bess, are buried in the museum’s courtyard.

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site Lamar, Missouri MoStateParks.com/park/harry-s-truman-birthplace-state-historic-site

The birthplace and early childhood home of President Truman is furnished in the style of a typical home of the late nineteenth century.

New Hampshire

The Pierce Manse, Historic Home of Franklin Pierce Concord, New Hampshire PierceManse.org

Home of New Hampshire’s only president, this Greek Revival house was the home of Franklin Pierce for six years in the mid-nineteenth century. It has been faithfully restored with many furnishings belonging to the family.

Franklin Pierce Homestead Hillsborough, New Hampshire nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/franklin_pierce_homestead

Built by the president’s father, Governor Benjamin Pierce, this home was lived in by Franklin Pierce for thirty years. Elegant in its day, the house features imported wallpapers, hand-stenciled walls, furniture contemporary to its era, and even a ballroom!

Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site Caldwell, New Jersey nj.gov

The president was born in this house while his father was pastor of the nearby First Presbyterian Church. Open to the public, it is furnished faithful to 1837 and features some artifacts dating to the time of Cleveland’s occupancy.

Millard Fillmore House East Aurora, New York nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/millard_fillmore_house

The first home of Millard Fillmore and his first wife was rescued from disrepair, relocated, and renovated by the artist Market Evans Price. Restored to its 1826 appearance, many of the Fillmore’s furnishings were found and returned to the house.

Millard Fillmore Log Cabin at Fillmore Glen State Park Moravia, New York Parks.ny.gov/parks Located in a state park with hiking trails and other activities is a replica of the birthplace of Millard Fillmore.

Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site Wilton, New York GrantCottage.org

While dying from throat cancer, President Grant lived in this cottage outside of Saratoga Springs during the summer of 1885. During this time, he struggled to complete his memoirs so that he could provide for his family after his death.

Grant’s Tomb New York, New York nps.gov/gegr GrantsTomb.org

Overlooking the Hudson River from the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan, General Grant National Memorial is the largest tomb in North America. Grant’s Tomb (as it is commonly called) is not only the final resting place of the General, but a memorial to his life and accomplishments.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Hyde Park, New York fdrlibrary.marist.edu

The first presidential library to be administered by the federal government was conceived and built under President Roosevelt’s direction on the original family estate. The museum contains extensive displays on the lives and public service careers of both Franklin and Eleanor.

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Hyde Park, New York nps.gov/hofr Springwood, the Roosevelt family’s estate, was donated to the American people by President Roosevelt. On the same grounds are the presidential library and Eleanor’s cottage, Val-Kill.

Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site Hyde Park, New York nps.gov/elro

Dedicated to the First Lady, Val-Kill is truly Eleanor Roosevelt’s own. Built on the grounds of the Roosevelt estate, Eleanor spent weekends here during her husband’s presidency and returned to the cottage after his death.

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Home of Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, New York nps.gov/sahi

This home of President Teddy Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1916 served as the “Summer White House.” Adjacent to the house is the Old Orchard Museum and a visitor center. Furnished as it was during Roosevelt’s lifetime, the emphasis of the exhibits is on the post-presidential period and his many hobbies and interests.

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site New York, New York nps.gov/thrb

The site of Teddy Roosevelt’s birthplace and home for his first fourteen years contains a re-creation with an interesting history. The original New York brownstone was demolished to build a commercial building; then a group of prominent New York citizens purchased the commercial building and tore it down to rebuild Roosevelt’s boyhood home.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Kinderhook, New York nps.gov/mava

President Van Buren bought the estate he named Lindenwald in 1839 and lived there until his death in 1862.

North Carolina

Andrew Johnson Birthplace at Mordecai Historic Park Raleigh, North Carolina RaleighNC.gov/parks

The birthplace of Andrew Johnson is a late 18th-century structure which was a kitchen and residence behind the inn where his parents were employed.

James K. Polk Memorial State Historic Site Pineville, North Carolina JameskPolk.net

Located on the birthplace site of President Polk, the attractions commemorate Polk’s presidency and life in North Carolina. The site is part of a parcel of land owned by Polk’s father, Samuel. The buildings are reconstructions and their furnishings are not original to the Polk family but are of the period.

James A. Garfield National Historic Site Mentor, Ohio nps.gov/jaga

Garfield bought this home to accommodate his large family, expanded it to twenty rooms and, after his death, his widow added the Memorial Library wing to house his papers. Nicknamed Lawnfield by the reporters who witnessed Garfield’s “front porch” campaign, the home was recently restored to the 1880-1904 time period and nearly all the artifacts are original to the Garfield family.

James A. Garfield Monument Cleveland, Ohio DeadOhio.com/GarfieldMonument

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the James A. Garfield Monument is the final resting place of the 20th President of the United States. The building combines Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine styles of architecture. Designed by architect George Keller, the Garfield Monument stands 180 feet tall and is constructed of Berea Sandstone. Around the exterior of the balcony are five terra cotta panels by Casper Bubel, with over 110 life-size figures depicting Garfield’s life and death.

Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace Point Pleasant, Ohio OhioHistory.org

A three-room cottage built in 1817, the birthplace of President Grant was restored and furnished with period pieces, some of which belonged to the Grant family. The structure had an interesting history traveling barges and trains on an extensive tour of the country.

Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse Georgetown, Ohio usgrantboyhoodhome.org

Built in 1823, this was the boyhood home of President Grant. The home is near the tannery Grant’s father built and two schoolhouses that Grant attended as a boy.

Warren G. Harding Home Marion, Ohio HardingHome.org

Restored and furnished with Harding family possessions, this is the home from which Harding launched himself to the White House with his “front porch” campaign.

Warren G. Harding Memorial Marion, Ohio HardingHome.org/harding-memorial

The Harding Memorial is a circular monument of white Georgia marble containing the remains of President and Mrs. Harding. The monument, set in ten acres of landscaped grounds, is similar in appearance to a round Greek temple. The simple Doric features and spacious surroundings combine to create one of the most beautiful presidential memorials outside Washington, D.C.

William Henry Harrison Tomb North Bend, Ohio OhioHistory.org/visit/museum-and-site-locator/william-henry-harrison-tomb

Harrison was laid to rest in this simple family tomb on July 7, 1841 on the summit of Mt. Nebo in North Bend, Ohio. The tomb has 24 vaults containing the bodies of William Henry Harrison; his wife, Betty, who died in 1864; their son, John Scott, father of President Benjamin Harrison; and other members of the family. Several sealed vaults are unmarked. The site provides a wide view of the Ohio River and of the corners of three states—Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Fremont, Ohio rbhayes.org

The first presidential center is located on part of the Hayes family estate and was the retirement home of the President and his wife, Lucy. On the grounds are his Victorian home with original family furnishings, the Hayes Museum and Library, and the burial site of Hayes and his wife.

National McKinley Birthplace Memorial and Museum Niles, Ohio McKinleyBirthplaceMuseum.org

The birthplace memorial monument is constructed of Georgian marble with two lateral wings—one wing houses the public library called the McKinley Memorial Library, and the other wing houses the McKinley Museum and an auditorium. The museum contains artifacts of the life and presidency of William McKinley.

William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum Canton, Ohio McKinleyMuseum.org

Using objects and images from the museum’s vast collection, this gallery contains the largest collection of McKinley artifacts in the world and chronicles the life and career of our 25th president from his birth to his tragic death at the hands of an assassin.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site Cincinnati, Ohio nps.gov/wiho

Restored to its original condition, the Taft house is the birthplace and boyhood home of the only person to serve as President and Chief Justice of the U.S. Adjacent to the house, is the Taft Education Center.

Pennsylvania

James Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park Ft. Loudon, Pennsylvania dcnr.state.pa.us

A stone pyramid marks the site of the cabin where President James Buchanan was born—the cabin itself was moved to the grounds of Mercersburg Academy.

James Buchanan’s Wheatland Lancaster, Pennsylvania LancasterHistory.org/visit/wheatland

Built in 1828, Wheatland was home to James Buchanan from 1848 to his death in 1868. Furnished with Buchanan’s original possessions and furnishings, the home once served as Buchanan’s campaign headquarters and the front porch was the site of his first campaign address.

Eisenhower National Historic Site Gettysburg, Pennsylvania nps.gov/eise

Purchased by the Eisenhowers in 1950, this house was used as a weekend retreat during the presidency and then as their retirement home. Nearly all the furnishings are original and the exhibits chronicle Eisenhower’s life from boyhood in Kansas through the war years and the years in the White House. Still a working farm, the home is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield.

South Carolina

Andrew Jackson State Park Lancaster, South Carolina SouthCarolinaParks.com/andrewjackson

Although Jackson’s exact birthplace is unknown, this state park on land once owned by Jackson’s uncle was created to honor President Jackson. A small museum focuses on Jackson’s boyhood and colonial life in South Carolina.

Woodrow Wilson Family Home Columbia, South Carolina HistoricColumbia.org/woodrow-wilson-family-home

This house was built by the Wilson family but was their home for only a short time. The focal point of the historic exhibits is the bed in which President Wilson was born in 1856.

Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage Nashville, Tennessee thehermitage.com

Andrew Jackson built this beautiful Greek Revival mansion during his second term as president, but lived in a succession of homes on this property from 1804. It has been carefully restored to the period and completely furnished with original pieces and Jackson’s personal possessions.

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Greeneville, Tennessee nps.gov/anjo

Two of Johnson’s homes and other related buildings are open to the public along with a visitor center. Nearby is the cemetery where Johnson and his wife are interred.

Andrew Johnson Museum and Library Greeneville, Tennessee ajmuseum.tusculum.edu

President Andrew Johnson spent most of his adult life in Greeneville and, although never a student at the college, was active on its Board. The museum and library exhibits family and political memorabilia along with Johnson’s personal library.

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum Harrogate, Tennessee Museum.lmunet.edu

Situated on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University, this library and museum was created by a Civil War general who had been requested by Lincoln to “do something for the loyal people of East Tennessee” if either survived the war.

James K. Polk Home and Museum Columbia, Tennessee JamesKPolk.com

The only surviving home of President Polk, this was home to the young Polk after his college graduation until his marriage. Exhibits in the outbuildings feature memorabilia from Polk’s presidential campaign and his years in the White House, in addition to formal gardens and other features.

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum College Station, Texas Bush41.org

The Bush library is an academic research institution and is part of the Texas A&M Campus. The museum has extensive exhibits devoted to Bush’s life of public service and his presidency.

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas GeorgeWBushLibrary.smu.edu

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum “serves as a resource for the study of the life and career of George W. Bush, while also promoting a better understanding of the Presidency, American history, and important issues of public policy. The Library and Museum accomplishes its mission by preserving and providing access to Presidential records and other donated collections, hosting public programs, creating educational initiatives, preserving artifacts, and producing innovative museum exhibits. ”

Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site Denison, Texas thc.state.tx.us/historic-sites/eisenhower-birthplace-state-historic-site

The birthplace of President Eisenhower, furnished with period furniture, is the centerpiece of this ten-acre park with hiking trails and picnic areas.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Austin, Texas lbjlibrary.org

The Johnson Library is a research facility with 45 million pages of documents from Johnson’s political career. In addition, there are photos and other media available for research. The museum exhibits a wide range of items related to the life and presidency of LBJ.

Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site Stonewall, Texas tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lyndon-b-johnson

This historic site features a visitor center, the Behrens Cabin and the living history center, The Sauer-Beckmann Farm.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Johnson City, Texas nps.gov/lyjo

Comprised of the Johnson City District and the LBJ Ranch, the park provides a complete look at Johnson’s life—his birth and childhood, his political life, retirement, and his final resting place.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Dallas, Texas jfk.org

Located on the sixth floor of the former Texas Book Repository, this museum is devoted to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site Fairfield, Vermont HistoricSites.vermont.gov/directory/arthur

A recreation of the childhood home of President Arthur, a pictorial exhibit offers an insight into Arthur’s early life.

Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site Plymouth Notch, Vermont HistoricSites.vermont.gov/directory/coolidge

Set in the Vermont Hills, the town of Plymouth Notch is a historic district featuring a cluster of buildings including the birthplace and early home of President Coolidge, a community dance hall that once served as the summer White House, and other exhibits relating to his life and presidency.

Berkeley Plantation, Birthplace of William Henry Harrison Charles City, Virginia BerkeleyPlantation.com

The birthplace of our ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and his father, Benjamin, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, this house is also the site of the country’s first Thanksgiving.

Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson Charlottesville, Virginia Monticello.org

Filled with new ideas about architecture after years abroad, Jefferson designed this beautiful example of Roman neoclassicism. Filled with Jefferson’s innovations, it is the only house in the U.S. on the United Nation’s World Heritage List of international treasures.

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Forest, Virginia PoplarForest.org

Poplar Forest is a beautifully designed Palladian villa that Jefferson intended for his use after his retirement. The original was damaged by fire in 1845; however, it is being carefully restored.

Tuckahoe Plantation, Boyhood Home of Thomas Jefferson Richmond, Virginia TuckahoePlantation.com

The boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson, this plantation is the finest existing example of an early 18th century plantation and the only remaining Randolph home found on its original site. A private home, it is open by appointment only.

James Madison’s Montpelier Montpelier Station, Virginia Montpelier.org

Madison’s lifelong home, the house was built by Madison’s father and significantly enlarged by later owners. Madison is buried on the grounds of the estate.

James Monroe Birthplace Visitors Center Colonial Beach, Virginia MonroeFoundation.org

The James Monroe Birthplace Park and Museum reside at the heart of the mission of the James Monroe Foundation to educate visitors about the life and legacy of James Monroe. The park provides passive recreation, a boat ramp, and picnic area.

James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library Fredericksburg, Virginia JamesMonroeMuseum.umw.edu

The museum is dedicated to the study and presentation of the social, political, and intellectual influences of Monroe and is situated on land that was the sight of Monroe’s law office. The library holds the collection of thousands of historical papers and other items available for research.

James Monroe’s Highland Charlottesville, Virginia Highland.org

Home of President Monroe from 1799 to 1823, the property showcases a variety of furnishings and decorative items from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Sherwood Forest Plantation, Home of John Tyler Charles City, Virginia SherwoodForest.org

The longest frame house in America, President Tyler bought this house in 1842 and lived there until his death. It has been continually owned by the Tyler family, but is open to the public.

George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore Fredericksburg, Virginia Kenmore.org

The childhood home of our first president, Washington inherited the property upon the death of his father. It is the site of the famous cherry tree legend.

George Washington’s Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Virginia MountVernon.org

Washington’s home for 45 years, he inherited the estate and enlarged both the house and the acreage over the years. The house and outbuildings have been restored to their appearance in 1799, the year Washington died. His tomb is also on the property.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument Washington’s Birthplace, Virginia nps.gov/gewa

At this birthplace and earliest childhood home of Washington, the visitor can experience the recreation of an 18th century colonial plantation. It is decorated with period furniture, including a table thought to be original to the Washington family. Also on site is a cemetery where many of Washington’s family lie interred.

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum Staunton, Virginia WoodrowWilson.org

President Wilson was born in 1856 in this house that was formerly a Presbyterian manse,. The museum features exhibits on Wilson’s life and career and there is a research library on site.

Washington, D. C.

The Stephen Decatur House Museum Washington, D.C. https:WhiteHouseHistory.org/the-historic-decatur-house

A significant example of early-American original architecture, this house has been the home of many of America’s leaders, including Martin Van Buren.

Ford’s Theater National Historic Site Washington, D.C. Fords.org

The site of the first presidential assassination, Ford’s Theatre is still a working theater. In addition, the Petersen Boarding House across the street, the site of Lincoln’s death, is open for visitors.

President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldier’s Home Armed Forces Retirement Home Campus Washington, D.C. LincolnCottage.org

Located on a picturesque hilltop in Washington, D.C., President Lincoln’s Cottage is the most significant historic site directly associated with Lincoln’s presidency aside from the White House. During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863, and 1864.

Woodrow Wilson House Washington, D.C. WoodrowWilsonHouse.org

The only presidential museum in Washington D.C., this is the retirement home and final home of President Wilson. Remodeled by the president and his wife, the interior has been carefully preserved with authentic furnishings—an excellent example of American life in the 1920s.

Roosevelt Campobello International Park Welshpool, New Brunswick, Canada fdr.net

Campobello was the family retreat of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The park features many natural resources and opportunities for hiking, picnicking, and sightseeing.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill to ensure Biden will appear on state's general election ballot

President Joe Biden speaks to supporters in Cleveland, Ohio in 2022

CLEVELAND — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Sunday he had signed a bill to secure President Joe Biden’s spot on the state’s November ballot, ending weeks of political gamesmanship over a deadline that in past years was relaxed without drama.

The bill passed Friday in a special session of the state Senate before heading to the governor's desk.

DeWine, a Republican, called the special session to resolve the Biden issue and tackle unrelated campaign finance legislation.

“I don’t think anybody on this side of the aisle really feels like they’re going to be voting for President Biden, but at the same time, Ohioans deserve a choice in this election, and that’s what we’re seeking to give them today,” state Sen. Rob McColley, a Republican, said Friday in supporting the measure.

The bill’s approval is not expected to halt a push to nominate Biden by a virtual roll call vote well ahead of a late August convention.

The Democratic National Committee announced that plan earlier this week, preferring to sidestep what had become an unpredictable partisan fight and ensure Biden is certified as the nominee before Ohio’s Aug. 7 deadline. The DNC indicated Friday that a Tuesday meeting for its rules and bylaws committee to advance on a resolution that would enable the virtual roll call will go on as scheduled. A full DNC vote would follow.

“Today’s action echoes what we already knew: Since the beginning of this process, Ohio Republicans have been playing partisan games and trying to chip away at our democracy, while Democrats have been defending Ohioans’ right to vote,” DNC senior spokesperson Hannah Muldavin said. “Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states, and we are already taking action to make sure that’s the case, regardless of Ohio Republicans’ shenanigans.”

In the past, both parties have had to reconcile late summer nominating conventions with earlier state deadlines to certify candidates for the general election ballot. Ohio, for example, eased the deadline four years ago for both Democrats and Republicans without much fanfare or controversy. This year, the issue only applies to Democrats in Ohio, as the GOP has planned a mid-July convention.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, warned Democrats last month that Biden was in danger of not qualifying for the ballot. In recent weeks, many GOP lawmakers conditioned their support for moving the deadline on a vote to ban non-U.S. citizens from donating to campaigns for state ballot initiatives. DeWine requested that the state legislature consider both of those issues in his call for this week’s special session.

Democrats have described the restrictions on foreign money and other elements of the legislation as an unnecessary “poison pill” that would weaken citizen-led petition drives. Voters in Ohio last year codified abortion rights in the state’s constitution, and progressives are backing a redistricting reform measure targeted for the November ballot.

Republicans hold supermajorities in both the state House and Senate, but the GOP leaders of both chambers were rarely on the same page when negotiating the legislation, a reflection of fractious internal politics that have rocked the Ohio Statehouse in recent years. The uncertainty frustrated Democrats and prompted Biden and the DNC to set the virtual roll call in motion.

In the end, the state House and Senate approved both the campaign finance-related legislation and Biden fix in separate bills. DeWine also announced he had signed the former bill Sunday.

“This bill — only a temporary fix — was conditional through the attack on voter ballot initiatives,” state Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, a Democrat, said in a Thursday floor speech in support of the Biden-related bill. “The political maneuvering and legislative tricks that have brought us here to today’s special session are a stark reminder of why we must end gerrymandering in Ohio.”

Jarrells and other Democrats voiced frustration that the bill only relaxed this year’s certification deadline, meaning that presidential nominees of either party could face a similar situation in future elections. Democratic amendments to make the fix permanent were tabled Thursday and Friday. Republican lawmakers said they are open to the idea but want more time to seek input from state and local elections officials

“I think we ought to take some input from the secretary of state,” state Rep. Bob Peterson, the Republican who chairs the House Government Oversight Committee, said Wednesday. “I think we need to talk to local boards of elections. There's reasons why those time frames are put in place so that they can do the work.”

Henry J. Gomez is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.

Emma Barnett is a 2024 NBC News campaign embed.

Bills to expand Ohio’s ban on foreign political contributions, put Joe Biden on 2024 ballot head to Gov. Mike DeWine

C OLUMBUS, Ohio—A pair of bills banning non-U.S. citizens from contributing to statewide ballot-issue campaigns and allowing President Joe Biden on Ohio’s fall ballot are on their way to Gov. Mike DeWine after clearing a final Senate vote Friday.

The Senate’s vote to pass House Bills 1 and 2 brings an end to this week’s special legislative session , convened by DeWine after the GOP-dominated legislature deadlocked for weeks on whether to pass the foreign-money ban as the price Democrats should pay for rescuing Biden from an administrative snag.

DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said he expects the Republican governor will sign both bills sometime over the weekend.

The Republican-dominated legislature moved ahead with both bills, even though national Democrats are planning to take action on their own to ensure Biden makes Ohio’s general-election ballot, making it a far less pressing issue for state lawmakers to address.

House Bill 1, if signed by DeWine, would extend the state’s existing ban on political contributions by foreign nationals to candidates and political parties to also include state ballot-issue campaigns and dark-money groups. Foreign governments and businesses based outside of the United States would also be prohibited from making such donations.

The bill, which passed on a 24-7 party-line vote, would prohibit lawful permanent residents, also known as green-card holders, from giving money to Ohio political candidates or ballot-issue campaigns as well. That provision, added via a last-minute House amendment on Thursday, led some Republican supporters of HB1 to express concern that it will result in the ban being struck down in court, though some other GOP lawmakers waved off such worries and said it’s needed to close a glaring loophole in the state’s foreign-money ban.

Under the bill, non-U.S. citizens who make Ohio political contributions, or candidates or campaign officials who accept such money, would face up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for a first offense, and up to a year behind bars and a $2,500 fine for most repeat offenses. They would also be required to pay a fine of three times the amount of the illegal contribution or $10,000 — whichever is greater.

Republicans have sought such a ban since a political nonprofit tied to billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss citizen who lives in Wyoming, gave millions of dollars to a dark-money group that helped Democrats score two key wins on statewide ballot measures last year, including a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights. That group, the Washington, D.C.-based Sixteen Thirty Fund, has also given $550,000 so far to the campaign looking to place an Ohio redistricting reform proposal on the statewide ballot this fall.

“We’re dealing with what will be an international white-collar scheme to get this money into the state of Ohio,” said Senate Majority Floor Leader Rob McColley, a Henry County Republican, during a floor speech in favor of HB1.

Legislative Democrats said they support prohibiting foreign political contributions in principle, but they opposed HB1 because of a part of the bill that would give Attorney General Dave Yost more power to investigate potential violations of the foreign-contributions ban.

Democrats said they worry that Yost, a Columbus Republican, would use that power to launch politically motivated prosecutions of liberal ballot-issue campaigns.

“I still believe there is enough poison in this bill to really kill the will of the people,” said Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, a Lakewood Democrat, in a floor speech. “This version (of the bill) really adds an incredible amount of power to the attorney general’s office.”

Yost said earlier this week that he didn’t ask lawmakers to expand his authority, but he added that Ohio needs to put a stop to foreign money in state politics.

The Senate also voted 30-1 to pass HB2, which would allow Biden to make Ohio’s 2024 general-election ballot, even though this year’s Democratic National Convention is set to be held about two weeks after Ohio’s Aug. 7 candidate certification deadline. HB2 would push back that deadline, just for this year, to Sept. 6, more than two weeks after the Democratic convention is scheduled to end.

After Secretary of State Frank LaRose alerted Democrats to the problem in April, House Speaker Jason Stephens of Lawrence County proposed simply pushing back the deadline for Biden, as lawmakers previously did without fanfare in 2012 and 2020, when both major-party presidential nominees were in a similar predicament.

However, Senate Republicans (as well as some House Republicans) argued that they should attach the foreign-donations ban as the political price Democrats must pay to get Biden out of his jam.

The Senate previously passed a handful of other bills with Biden ballot fixes, though each of them also included some other policy proposals that Democrats called “poison pills,” such as making it easier to appeal temporary restraining orders from county judges that apply statewide (such as a Hamilton County judge’s order in 2022 preventing Ohio’s “heartbeat” abortion limits from taking effect). After lengthy House-Senate negotiations, those proposals ended up being left out of HB1 and HB2, leaving the AG’s proposed new investigative powers in HB1 as Democrats’ main objection.

The impasse over a Biden ballot fix led DeWine to call this week’s special session. However, soon after lawmakers began the special session on Tuesday, national Democrats announced that Democratic National Convention delegates will meet remotely before Aug. 7 to certify Biden as the nominee in order to ensure Biden makes Ohio’s ballot.

National Democrats are still planning to hold that virtual roll-call vote even with the passage of HB2, according to Hannah Muldavin, a Democratic National Committee spokeswoman.

“Today’s action echoes what we already knew: Since the beginning of this process, Ohio Republicans have been playing partisan games and trying to chip away at our democracy, while Democrats have been defending Ohioans’ right to vote,” Muldavin said in a statement after Friday’s vote. “Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states, and we are already taking action to make sure that’s the case, regardless of Ohio Republicans’ shenanigans.”

Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, told reporters after Friday’s votes that lawmakers went ahead with a Biden ballot fix because they weren’t certain the Democrats would follow through on holding their roll-call vote. Huffman also said there’s a chance that someone could file a lawsuit challenging whether holding a virtual roll-call vote would be enough for Biden to meet Ohio’s candidate certification requirements.

“We just want to get the question answered and move on,” he said.

Antonio told reporters that she considers HB2 to be “insurance” for Democrats to ensure that Biden makes the Nov. 5 ballot, noting that LaRose still has to affirm that the Democrats’ online roll-call session meets the requirements of state election law.

“I have always felt confident that the president would be on the ballot,” Antonio said. “Now we have two ways that that can happen. Two is better than one — I feel real good about that.”

Both House and Senate Democrats tried unsuccessfully to amend HB2 to permanently move back the state’s certification deadline, so that future presidential nominees won’t run into the same problem. Republicans shot down those attempts on the grounds that lawmakers first need to hear from LaRose and other elections officials about what the new deadline should be.

Jeremy Pelzer covers state politics and policy for Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.

Ohio House Pairs Fix Assuring President Biden Is on Fall Ballot With Foreign Nationals Giving Ban

A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot has cleared the Ohio House, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate

Alex Brandon

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. A temporary fix allowing President Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, May 30, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate.

The Senate was expected to take up both bills on Friday — though fractured relations between the chambers means their successful passage was not guaranteed.

The special session was ostensibly called to address the fact that Ohio’s deadline for making the November ballot falls on Aug. 7, about two weeks before the Democratic president was set to be formally nominated at the party’s Aug. 19-22 convention in Chicago.

But when the Senate — and then Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's proclamation calling lawmakers back to Columbus — tied the issue to the foreign nationals prohibition, the Democratic National Committee moved to neutralize the need for any vote in Ohio. In tandem with the Biden campaign, it announced earlier this week that it would solve Biden’s problem with Ohio’s ballot deadline itself by holding a virtual roll call vote to nominate him. A committee vote on that work-around is set for Tuesday.

On Thursday, Democrats in the Ohio House accused Republican supermajorities in both chambers of exploiting the Biden conundrum to pass an unrelated bill that undermines direct democracy in Ohio, where voters sided against GOP leaders' prevailing positions by wide margins on three separate ballot measures last year. That included protecting abortion access in the state Constitution, turning back a proposal to make it harder to pass such constitutional amendments in the future, and legalizing recreational marijuana .

Political committees involved in the former two efforts took money from entities that had received donations over the past decade from Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss , though any direct path from him to the Ohio campaigns is untraceable under campaign finance laws left unaddressed in the House legislation. Wyss lives in Wyoming .

“We should not be exchanging putting the President of the United States on the ballot for a massive power grab by the Senate majority. That is what this vote is about,” state Rep. Dani Isaacsohn, a Cincinnati Democrat, said before both bills cleared a House committee along party lines.

State Rep. Bill Seitz, a Republican attorney from Cincinnati who spearheaded House negotiations on the compromise, said the amended House bill offered Thursday was significantly pared down from a version against which voting rights advocates pushed back Wednesday.

Among other things, it reduced penalties for violations, changed enforcement provisions and added language to assure the prohibition doesn't conflict with existing constitutional protections political donations have been afforded, such as through the 2020 Citizens United decision.

“What we're trying to do here, folks — at least, what we all should be trying to do — is ferret out the evil construct of foreign money on our elections. This is not a good thing," Seitz said during floor debate on the measure, which cleared the chamber 64-31.

However, Seitz voted against a successful floor amendment brought by state Rep. Brian Stewart, a fellow Republican, that broadened the definition of “foreign nationals” in the bill to include lawful permanent residents of the U.S., also known as green card holders. Stewart said the change would close “a glaring loophole” in the bill.

“Without this amendment, folks, the Biden administration can fast-track a green card for their favorite preferred foreign billionaire of the day, from Switzerland or elsewhere, before the ink is even dry on House Bill 1,” Stewart argued. “We are well within our legal rights to do this under federal law.”

Seitz strongly opposed the addition, citing a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that suggested such an extension “would raise substantial questions” of constitutionality.

House Democratic Leader Allison Russo, whose caucus helped force a vote on the amendment, said the addition could provide an opening for litigation. “It certainly puts the law in conflict now with federal law,” she said.

Republican House Speaker Jason Stephens said he has no plans to reconvene the House for further special session business, even if the Senate should remove the Stewart provision on Friday — requiring another House vote to approve the change. He said the House will return to regular business in June, as scheduled.

“We'll see what happens in June," he said, noting that's when the House had originally planned to address the Biden ballot issue anyway.

If the foreign nationals legislation does become law, it has the potential to impact ballot issue campaigns making their way toward Ohio's Nov. 5 ballot. Those include measures proposing changes to Ohio's redistricting law changes, raising the minimum wage to $15, granting qualified immunity for police and protecting certain voting rights.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in a ruling Wednesday night to certify language on the qualified immunity measure, which would make it easier for Ohioans to sue police for using excessive force, and to send it directly to the Ohio Ballot Board. Yost has appealed that ruling. One of his decisions on the voting rights measure is also caught up in court.

Legislation containing the ballot fix, which applies only to this year's election, cleared the chamber 63-31, with some Republicans opposing action that they saw as solely helping Democrats. Lawmakers have temporarily tweaked the deadline twice in the past to help candidates of both parties.

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(The Center Square) – The Ohio House approved in special session Thursday what it said was a compromise between House and Senate Republicans that would prohibit foreign contributions to any political campaign and create a legislative fix to allow President Joe Biden on the November ballot.

The two bills come despite the Democratic National Committee saying Tuesday it would hold a roll call vote ahead of the planned late-August convention to officially nominate Biden and beat Ohio’s Aug. 7 deadline to make the general election.

“What we’re trying to do here, folks, is to ferret out the evil construct of foreign money on our elections. This is a mighty good thing,” Rep. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, said on the House floor. “It is a dangerous world out there. The Chinese are busy hacking our systems. There are many other countries around the world that are not our friends, and we believe Ohioans should decide ballot elections with money that comes from Americans.”

The Ohio House approved a bill in a special session that would create a legislative fix that allows President Biden to appear on the ballot in the Ohio election.

Ohio law already bans foreign money from going to candidates. The new bill adds statewide ballot initiatives to the prohibited list but does not include local ballot issues.

Republicans also amended the bill on the floor to ban legal foreign nationals with green cards from contributing to political campaigns.

Not only would House Bill 1, which Republicans passed along party lines 64-31, ban foreign campaign contributions to issue campaigns or candidates, but it would also ban foreign money to issues that have not been certified to be on the ballot.

It also allows the attorney general to investigate and prosecute potential cases.

Dani Isaacsohn, D-Cincinnati, said the bill creates an atmosphere of fear among Ohioans and is a power grab by the attorney general.

He said Democrats would have supported a clean bill that matched a federal law that already bans foreign money.

“This bill creates an incredibly confusing and broad set of potential violations,” Isaacsohn said. “This bill is an affront to the people of Ohio. This bill is an attack at the root of our Democratic process.”

During the special session, Democrats in the House and Senate pushed for a clean bill that dealt only with Biden’s appearance on the ballot.

House Bill 2, which passed 63-31, extends the deadline for major party presidential candidates to appear on the November ballot in 2024.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vowed to sign both of the bills.

Gov. Mike DeWine, who last week called the Legislature into special session for the first time in a decade to deal with the Biden and foreign money issues, said Thursday he would sign both bills as soon as they reached his desk.

“I thank the House Committee for this morning advancing the two bills which will put President Biden on the fall ballot and which will restrict foreign contributions to Ohio campaigns. I urge the bills’ passage and remain optimistic I will receive these bills to sign in the coming days,” DeWine said in a statement.

Earlier this week, the Senate approved a bill introduced in regular session that did the same things as the House’s two bills.

On Wednesday, House Republicans called the Senate’s actions unconstitutional and questioned the legality of voting on regular session bills in the special session.

The Senate had not scheduled a session for Thursday but could meet on Friday, although no full session was on the calendar for Thursday afternoon.

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Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. A temporary fix allowing President Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, May 30, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate.

The Senate was expected to take up both bills on Friday — though fractured relations between the chambers means their successful passage was not guaranteed.

But when the Senate — and then Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s proclamation calling lawmakers back to Columbus — tied the issue to the foreign nationals prohibition, the Democratic National Committee moved to neutralize the need for any vote in Ohio. In tandem with the Biden campaign, it announced earlier this week that it would solve Biden’s problem with Ohio’s ballot deadline itself by holding a virtual roll call vote to nominate him. A committee vote on that work-around is set for Tuesday.

On Thursday, Democrats in the Ohio House accused Republican supermajorities in both chambers of exploiting the Biden conundrum to pass an unrelated bill that undermines direct democracy in Ohio, where voters sided against GOP leaders’ prevailing positions by wide margins on three separate ballot measures last year. That included protecting abortion access in the state Constitution, turning back a proposal to make it harder to pass such constitutional amendments in the future, and legalizing recreational marijuana .

FILE - Former Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputy Jason Meade, center, stands with two of his defense attorneys, Steve Nolder, left, and Mark Collins, Jan. 31, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. On Friday, May 31, prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss one of two murder counts brought against Meade, a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy who will soon face a retrial in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

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Among other things, it reduced penalties for violations, changed enforcement provisions and added language to assure the prohibition doesn’t conflict with existing constitutional protections political donations have been afforded, such as through the 2020 Citizens United decision.

“What we’re trying to do here, folks — at least, what we all should be trying to do — is ferret out the evil construct of foreign money on our elections. This is not a good thing,” Seitz said during floor debate on the measure, which cleared the chamber 64-31.

Seitz strongly opposed the addition, citing a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that suggested such an extension “would raise substantial questions” of constitutionality.

“We’ll see what happens in June,” he said, noting that’s when the House had originally planned to address the Biden ballot issue anyway.

If the foreign nationals legislation does become law, it has the potential to impact ballot issue campaigns making their way toward Ohio’s Nov. 5 ballot. Those include measures proposing changes to Ohio’s redistricting law changes, raising the minimum wage to $15, granting qualified immunity for police and protecting certain voting rights.

Legislation containing the ballot fix, which applies only to this year’s election, cleared the chamber 63-31, with some Republicans opposing action that they saw as solely helping Democrats. Lawmakers have temporarily tweaked the deadline twice in the past to help candidates of both parties.

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See a moon rock, two full-sized aircraft flown by Neil Armstrong, the Gemini VIII space capsule, artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission and more.

Walk a mile-long boardwalk through this 450-acre preserve, a haven for many rare plants and animals including some that are Ice Age remnants.

Get a look at comfortable small-town life of the 1950s in the home of local industrialist Randolph Dorn and his wife, Estelle, built in 1844 for Civil War financier Jay Cooke’s father.

See monuments honoring Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne and the soldiers and American Indians who died in 1794 during the final battle of the Northwest Indian War.

Visit the monument at the site of Fort Amanda, a major supply depot for the American army during the War of 1812, and enjoy a walk along the river.

Fort Jefferson

Find a stone memorial recalling that this small park was the site of Fort Jefferson from 1791 to 1796. A confederacy of American Indians defeated Gen. Arthur St. Clair’s army in a 1791 battle that became known as “St. Clair’s Defeat,” and the army retreated to Fort Jefferson.

Explore the reconstructed War of 1812 log fort that’s one of the largest in America and learn more about Ohio's critical role in the war in the adjacent education center.

Fort Recovery Museum & Monument

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Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve

Visit the largest ice-sheet-created grooves in the world scoured in the limestone bedrock about 18,000 years ago.

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

Walk in the footsteps of Rutherford B. Hayes, a Civil War General, Ohio Governor and 19th President of the United States! Tour his restored mansion, walk the grounds of his estate, Spiegel Grove and explore the nation’s first presidential library and museum.

Visit the nation's first museum of milling, in an 1861 mill built on the site of a mill erected for the Wyandotte Indians. Learn the story of milling from ancient times to the present.

Johnston Farm & Indian Agency

Find 2,000 years of history, from American Indian mounds through Ohio’s canal era, at this peaceful 250-acre site. Tour the 1829 Johnston home, the American Indian museum, explore the farm and ride a mule-drawn boat on the historic Miami and Erie Canal.

Explore the remnants of the Miami and Erie Canal, which opened in 1845, linking Cincinnati and the Ohio River to Toledo and Lake Erie.

Visit the site of George Armstrong Custer’s birthplace and see the monument to the young soldier whose "Last Stand" made him a household name.

Explore the site of Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort, built in 1778 as a wilderness outpost, and visit a museum that tells the story of soldiers on the frontier

Tour the pre-civil war home of Daniel McCook, now a museum honoring this Ohio family remembered as the "Fighting McCooks” for the large number of members who served in the Civil War.

Get fired up in the nation’s Pottery Capital at a museum devoted to wares made by the hundreds of potteries that once operated in the area. See the largest public display of the rare American porcelain, Lotus Ware.

Tour the first Quaker yearly meeting house west of the Alleghenies. Built in 1814, it was the center of a community important in the antislavery movement. It was used regularly until 1909.

Tour this reconstructed Delaware Indian mission community of the 1770s and see log buildings, gardens and the original mission cemetery.

Discover Shaker Heights through the story of the North Union Shakers who once lived on the site of today's Shaker Heights, plus exhibits telling the story of the planned suburban community developed there in the early 20th century.

Step inside an 1825 Federal-style church that’s an architectural landmark and reminder of northeast Ohio’s New England heritage.

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor

Learn about the steel industry that dominated Youngstown in the 20th century and check out the “last heats,” the final batches of steel produced at each of the mills before they closed.

Explore a one-of-a-kind village, home from 1817 to 1898 of a communal society of German religious dissenters. Visit restored Zoarite buildings and enjoy a walk in Zoar’s big public garden, preserved and maintained as it was in the 1800s.

Hike trails through the 533-acre preserve and see ancient pits left by American Indians who came from far and wide to quarry flint here. In an on-site museum, learn about the official state gemstone.

Visit the family home of Benjamin Hanby—abolitionist, teacher, minister and composer of songs including the Christmas favorite, Up on the Housetop. The home was also a busy station on the Underground Railroad.

Visit the site said to be the place where, in 1774, Chief Logan of the Cayuga tribe delivered an eloquent speech on relations between American Indians and early Ohio settlers.

Visit the Great Circle Earthworks, Octagon Earthworks and Wright Earthworks, remnants of a 2,000 year-old complex that is the largest set of geometric earthworks ever known.

Ohio History Center & Ohio Village

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Walk around one of the last ancient cone-shaped burial mounds remaining in Columbus, located in one-acre Campbell Park.

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See the largest cone-shaped burial mound in Ohio, constructed by people of the ancient Adena culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100).

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Tour the restored home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), who gained international acclaim as a writer and voice for equality for African Americans.

See the largest and finest serpent effigy earthwork in the world, likely built by people of the Fort Ancient culture circa A.D. 1100. Follow a footpath around the serpent and hike wooded trails nearby.

Find Story Mound, constructed by people of the Adena culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100) and excavated in 1897, in a Chillicothe neighborhood.

Visit President Ulysses S. Grant’s birthplace in Point Pleasant and learn how the Civil War hero has been honored.

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Explore young Ulysses Grant’s life by visiting his school and his boyhood home, restored to its appearance in 1839, the year Grant left for West Point.

See the monument and tomb of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, and learn about his life and accomplishments.

Visit the site of a 1791 attack on settlers by American Indians that marked the start of four years of warfare in Ohio. See a monument marking the site, which earned its name from the large floodplain on which it is located.

Visit Buckeye Furnace and learn how iron-making complexes much like this one scattered across rural southern Ohio in the 19th century helped win the Civil War. See the original blast furnace, reconstructed furnace buildings, museum and nature trails.

Visit the site of the only significant Civil War battle on Ohio soil and see a monument commemorating it. Spoiler Alert: the battlefield is near the bank of the Ohio River, not on the nearby island.

Explore the museum and learn about Campus Martius, a civilian stockade built in 1788 as the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory. See the 1788 Ohio Company Land Office and the Rufus Putnam House, once part of the Campus Martius stockade.

John & Annie Glenn Museum

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See ancient American Indian carvings in sandstone on the edge of a beautiful ravine—outstanding examples of American Indian rock art thought to date between A.D. 1000 and 1550.

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Explore the story of the Ohio River and step aboard the W.P. Snyder Jr., the nation’s last intact steam-powered, stern-wheeled towboat.

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