The Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 established a system of privately erected and federally maintained libraries, which is now comprised of 13 Presidential Libraries. Beginning with Franklin Roosevelt, presidents privately raise funds to design and build a facility to house artifacts and documents from their administration. Once the building is complete it is maintained by the National Archives Department. These libraries are much more than traditional libraries - they are often architectural masterpieces, museums, theaters and research centers. Often on the same grounds are the President's birthplace, boyhood home or final resting place.
ARKANSAS, Little Rock, William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
CALIFORNIA, Simi Valley, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
CALIFORNIA, Yorba Linda, Nixon Library & Museum.
GEORGIA, Atlanta, Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
IOWA, West Branch, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum
KANSAS, Abilene, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum
MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Gerald Ford Presidential Library & Museum
MISSOURI, Independence, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
NEW YORK, Hyde Park, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
TEXAS, Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
TEXAS, College Station, George H. W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum
TEXAS, Dallas, George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum OPENS 5/1/13
PRESIDENTIAL SITES BY STATE
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ARKANSAS William J. Clinton First Home, HopeWilliam J. Clinton Presidential Library & Musuem, Little Rock, Archives
William J. Clinton, Various sites - Hope, Hot Springs
CALIFORNIARonald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi ValleyRichard Nixon Birthplace, Yorba LindaNixon Library and Museum, Yorba Linda
FLORIDAHarry S. Truman's Little White House, Key WestU.S. Car #1, Miami - Presidential Train Car (used by Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower)
GEORGIA Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, AugustaFranklin Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site, Warm SpringsJimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains (NPS, Boyhood home, High School, Train Depot)Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta
ILLINOISLincoln Home National Historic Site, SpringfieldLincoln Presidential Library and Museum, SpringfieldLincoln Tomb State Historic Site, SpringfieldLincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, PetersburgUlysses Grant Home State Historic Site, GalenaRonald Reagan Birthplace, TampicoRonald Reagan Boyhood Home, Dixon
INDIANA William Henry Harrison Home, GrouselandLincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln CityBenjamin Harrison Presidential Site, Indianapolis
IOWAHerbert Hoover National Historic Site, West BranchHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch
KANSASDwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene (also boyhood home and final resting place)
KENTUCKYZachary Taylor Home, SpringfieldAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Hodgenville
MASSACHUSETTSAdams National Historical Park, QuincyJohn F. Kennedy National Historic Site, BrooklineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.,BostonCalvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, NorthHampton
MICHIGANGerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum, Gravesite, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids
MISSOURI Ulysses S. Grant Historic Site, White HavenHarry S. Truman National Historic Site, IndependenceHarry S. Truman Library and Museum,IndependenceJefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, LaMar
NEBRASKAGerald Ford Birthplace and Gardens, Omaha
NEW YORK Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Birthplace, Kinderhook Millard Fillmore House, East Aurora General Grant National Memorial, Grant’s Tomb, New YorkChester A. Arthur House, New YorkTheodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New YorkTheodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill National Historic SiteTheodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, BuffaloFranklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde ParkEleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde ParkFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum., Hyde Park
NORTH DAKOTATheodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora
OHIORutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, FremontJames A. Garfield National Historic Site, LawnfieldWilliam McKinley Tomb, CantonWilliam Howard Taft Historic Site, CincinattiWarren G. Harding Home, MarionFirst Ladies National Historic Site, CantonUlysses Grant Birthplace, Point PleasantJames A. Garfield National Historic Site, MentorJames A. Garfield Tomb, ClevelandMcKinley Birthplace, Library, Museum, NilesMcKinley Presidential Museum and Library, Memorial, CantonWilliam Howard Taft Historic Site, CincinnatiB. Harrison Birthplace, North BendW. H. Harrison Tomb, North Bend
PENNSYLVANIAJames Buchanan Birthplace, McConnellsburg and Mercersburg,James Buchanan, Wheatland Home and Gravesite, LancasterDwight Eisenhower Historic Site, Gettysburg
SOUTH CAROLINAWoodrow Wilson Family Home, Columbia
SOUTH DAKOTAMount Rushmore, Keystone
TENNESSEEJames K. Polk Home, ColumbiaAndrew Johnson Historic Site, GreenevilleAndrew Johnson Museum and Library, GreenevilleAndrew Jackson Hermitage, Nashville
TEXASEisenhower Birthplace State Historical Park, DenisonLyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park, Johnson CityLyndon B. Johnson Museum, San MarcosLyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Austin
John F. Kennedy, The 6th Floor at Dealey Plaza, DallasBush Presidential Museum and Leadership Library, OdessaGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College StationGeorge W. Bush Childhood Home, MidlandGeorge W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Dallas
VERMONTChester A. Arthur State Historic Site, FairfieldCalvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth Notch
VIRGINIA George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Colonial Beach
George Washington - Mount VernonGeorge Washington’s Ferry Farm, Stafford County
Thomas Jefferson - Monticello
Thomas Jefferson - University of Virginia, Charlottesville
James Madison - Montpelier, Orange
James Monroe - Ash Lawn-Highland, Charlottesville.
James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library
James Monroe Tomb, Richmond, VA
John Tyler Birthplace, Charles City County
John Tyler Gravesite, Richmond
John Tyler Home, Sherwood Forest
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Staunton
Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover's Rapidan Camp
Gerald Ford Jr. House
William Henry Harrison birthplace, Charles City County
Zachary Taylor Birthplace, Montebello
William Howard Taft Gravesite, Arlington County
John F. Kennedy Gravesite, Arlington Cemetery
Lyndon B. Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, McLean
WASHINGTON D.C.
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Memorial
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theater
Abraham Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldier's Home
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Woodrow Wilson House
The White House and President’s Park
Smithsonian - First Ladies Exhibition
- NPS - National Park Service
SITE LOCATION BY PRESIDENT
GEORGE WASHINGTON –Virginia, Washington D.C.
JOHN ADAMS, Massachusetts
THOMAS JEFFERSON – Missouri, Virginia, Washington D.C.
JAMES MADISON - Virginia
JAMES MONROE - Virginia
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS - Massachusetts
ANDREW JACKSON - Tennessee
MARTIN VAN BUREN – New York
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON -Indiana
JOHN TYLER - Virginia
JAMES K. POLK - Tennessee
ZACHARY TAYLOR – Kentucky, Virginia
MILLARD FILLMORE – New York
FRANKLIN PIERCE – New Hampshire
JAMES BUCHANAN -Pennsylvania
ABRAHAM LINCOLN –Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Washington D.C.
ANDREW JOHNSON – Tennessee
ULYSSES S. GRANT –Missouri, Illinois, New York, Ohio
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES - Ohio
JAMES GARFIELD -Ohio
CHESTER ARTHUR – New York, Vermont
GROVER CLEVELAND – New Jersey
BENJAMIN HARRISON –Indiana, Ohio
WILLIAM MCKINLEY - Ohio
THEODORE ROOSEVELT –Georgia, New York, North Dakota, Washington D.C.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT –Ohio, Virginia
WOODROW WILSON – Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C.
WARREN HARDING - Ohio
CALVIN COOLIDGE – Massachusetts, Vermont
HERBERT HOOVER – Iowa, Virginia
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT –New York, Washington D.C.
HARRY TRUMAN – Florida, Missouri
DWIGHT EISENHOWER –Florida, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas
JOHN F. KENNEDY – Massachusetts, Texas, Virginia
LYNDON JOHNSON – Texas, Virginia
RICHARD NIXON - California
GERALD FORD – Michigan, Nebraska
JIMMY CARTER - Georgia
RONALD REAGAN –California, Illinois
GEORGE H. W. BUSH – Massachusetts, Texas
BILL CLINTON - Arkansas
GEORGE W. BUSH - Texas
BARACK OBAMA – President Obama has lived in Hawaii, New York, and Hawaii, and Washington D.C. There are no known specific sites to visit.