The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas.
Built in 1917 by Dr. H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd
president of the United States
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,
Bill Clinton
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, spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in
Hope, Arkansas
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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
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On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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(as "Bill Clinton Birthplace"). Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (§7002), the
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accepted the property on December 14, 2010, establishing it as a national historic site and a unit of the
National Park System
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.
This change in status was originally proposed by
Senator
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Mark Pryor
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of Arkansas. Bill Clinton and Secretary of the Interior
Ken Salazar
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formally dedicated the site on April 16, 2011.
File:First home of Bill Clinton (24058932888).jpg, Side view
File:Bill Clinton Birthplace.jpg, Other side view
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hempstead County, Arkansas
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List of areas in the United States National Park System#National Historic Sites
References
External links
Official NPS website"Life Portrait of Bill Clinton" from
C-SPAN
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's ''
American Presidents: Life Portraits'', broadcast from the Clinton Center and Birthplace, December 20, 1999
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Houses completed in 1917
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
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Presidential homes in the United States
Houses in Hempstead County, Arkansas
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Historic house museums in Arkansas
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National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas