President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
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Bill Clinton Birthplace
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| Location: | Hope, AR |
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| Coordinates: | 33°40′1.82″N 93°35′47.36″W / 33.6671722°N 93.5964889°WCoordinates: 33°40′1.82″N 93°35′47.36″W / 33.6671722°N 93.5964889°W |
| Built: | 1917 |
| Architect: | Dr. H. S. Garrett |
| Architectural style: | Other |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94000472[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 19, 1994 |
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located at 117 South Hervey Street (U.S. Route 278) in Hope, Arkansas.[2] Built in 1917 by Dr. 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 at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope on August 19, 1946. The house was owned by his 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.[3]
On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-11§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][4] 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.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010". http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-12-28/pdf/2010-32550.pdf. Retrieved 2011 January 28.
- ^ Maraniss, David (1995), First In His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, Simon & Schuster, pp. 21–32, ISBN 0-671-87109-9
- ^ Hugh Vickery. "Secretary Salazar Announces Formal Establishment of Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Formal-Establishment-of-Clinton-Birthplace-Home-National-Historic-Site.cfm. Retrieved 2010 December 16.
- ^ Hugh Vickery. "Salazar Joins President Clinton to Dedicate President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Joins-President-Clinton-to-Dedicate-President-William-Jefferson-Clinton-Birthplace-Home-National-Historic-Site.cfm. Retrieved 2011 April 22.
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