Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

On September 14, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as the 26th and youngest president of the United States in the library of Ansley Wilcox’s fine house in Buffalo. Only 42 years old, he succeeded President William ...

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

"I never would have been President if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, came to the Badlands of what is now North ...

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt, the sickly child who became the energetic 26th president of the United States, was born on this site in 1858 and lived here until he was 14.  The original birthplace was a typical New York brownstone located ...

Grover Cleveland Home (Westland)

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was the only president ever to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was also the first Democratic president since the Civil War. A man committed to honesty, fairness, and ...

Grover Cleveland Birthplace

Born in this modest house in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837, Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. The house was the residence ...

James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Lawnfield)

James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, made his home at Lawnfield from 1876 until his death in 1881. Here he conducted the first “front porch” presidential campaign, giving speeches from the verandah. The many reporters ...

Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center)

Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th president of the United States in one of the most disputed elections in American history. He was a champion of civil service reform, supported hard money policies, and worked to reconcile North and ...

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site consists of four units: the Visitor Center Complex, which includes a museum and the Tailor Shop; an early Johnson home; the Andrew Johnson Homestead; and the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. Together they represent ...

Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

This national historic site consists of two units: Ford's Theatre, the scene of one of the most tragic events in American history—the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States; and the Petersen House, the house ...

President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home (U.S. Military Asylum; The Old Soldiers' Home)

Four presidents of the United States escaped the heat and humidity of summer in Washington, DC at The Old Soldiers' Home on a hill three miles from the White House.  During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln spent June ...