Bill Clinton Birthplace
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| Clinton, Bill, Birthplace | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Bill Clinton Birthplace
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| Location: | Hope, AR |
| Coordinates: | 33°40′1.82″N 93°35′47.36″W / 33.6671722°N 93.5964889°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1946 |
| Architect: | Dr. H. S. Garrett |
| Architectural style(s): | Other |
| Governing body: | Private |
| Added to NRHP: | May 19, 1994 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94000472[1] |
The Bill Clinton Birthplace 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. (Maraniss 1995)
On May 19, 1994, the property was listed on 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, if the property is donated to the federal government the United States Secretary of the Interior will designate the property as William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, a new unit of the National Park System.[3] This change in status was originally proposed by Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ "Clinton Birthplace". The Clinton Birthplace Foundation. 2008-04-23. http://www.clintonbirthplace.org/index.html.
- ^ Public Law 111-11
[edit] References
- Maraniss, David. (1995). First In His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton. Pp. 21-32. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-87109-9
