Bush Family Home State Historic Site is a historic house that was home to former U.S. Presidents

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and

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from 1951 to 1955. It is located at 1412 W. Ohio Ave. in

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. The home was built in 1939Realtor Property Information
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in 1951 for $9,000 (). They lived in the home until late 1955. It was also the earliest childhood home of Governor

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. The house was added to the

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in 2004. It was purchased for $100,000 to become the museum, which had its opening dedication on April 11, 2006. The house, formerly the George W. Bush Childhood Home, was transferred to the Texas Historical Commission in 2023.

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Bush family residences George W. Bush Houses completed in 1940 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Museums in Midland County, Texas Presidential homes in the United States Presidential museums in Texas Buildings and structures in Midland, Texas Houses in Midland County, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Midland County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks 1940 establishments in Texas Museums established in 2006 {{Texas-museum-stub

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