President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas.^[2] Built in 1917 by H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.^[3][4] The house was owned by Clinton's maternal grandparents, Edith Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy, and they cared for him when his mother, Virginia, was away working as an anesthetist in New Orleans.^[5]

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
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Location	117 S. Hervey St., Hope, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°40′1.82″N 93°35′47.36″W
Built	1917
Architect	H. S. Garrett
Website	www.nps.gov/wicl
Part of	North Elm Street Historic District (ID95000904)
NRHP reference No.	94000472[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1994
Designated CP	July 28, 1995

On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places (as "Bill Clinton Birthplace"). Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–11 (text) (PDF)§7002), the Secretary of the Interior accepted the property on December 14, 2010, establishing it as a national historic site and a unit of the National Park System.^[2][6] This change in status was originally proposed by Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Bill Clinton and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar formally dedicated the site on April 16, 2011.^[7]

The museum is a stop on the "Billgrimage", which includes the Clinton House in Fayetteville and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library, among other sites.^[8][9]

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See also

• List of residences of presidents of the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hempstead County, Arkansas
• List of areas in the United States National Park System#National Historic Sites
• Presidential memorials in the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Notices" (PDF). Federal Register. 75 (248). GovInfo. December 28, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. Murphy, Sean. "American Presidents with Irish Ancestors". Directory of Irish Genealogy. Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
4. Clinton, Bill (2004). My Life. Random House. ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.
5. Maraniss, David (1995), First In His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, Simon & Schuster, pp. 21–32, ISBN 0-671-87109-9
6. Hugh Vickery (December 14, 2010). "Secretary Salazar Announces Formal Establishment of Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
7. Hugh Vickery (April 16, 2011). "Salazar Joins President Clinton to Dedicate President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
8. "Billgrimage: Clinton Sites | Arkansas.com". www.arkansas.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
9. Clift, Zoie (October 10, 2016). "Take a 'Billgrimage' in Arkansas". Arkansas Times. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

External links

• Official NPS website
• "Life Portrait of Bill Clinton", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from the Clinton Center and Birthplace, December 20, 1999