Eisenhower National Historic Site
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Eisenhower National Historic Site
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HABS photo of the main house
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| Location | Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′36″N 77°15′48″W / 39.79333°N 77.26333°WCoordinates: 39°47′36″N 77°15′48″W / 39.79333°N 77.26333°W |
| Area | 690.5 acres (279.4 ha) |
| Visitation | 61,210 (2010) |
| Website | Eisenhower National Historic Site |
| NRHP Reference # | 67000017 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 27, 1967 |
| Designated NHL | May 23, 1966 |
Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and its surrounding property of 690.5 acres (279.4 ha). It is located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, just outside of Gettysburg. Purchased by then-General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950, the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President and a meeting place for world leaders, and became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961.
With its putting green, skeet range, and view of South Mountain and the Gettysburg Battlefield, it offered President Eisenhower a much-needed respite from the pressures of Washington. It was also a successful cattle operation, with a show herd of black Angus cattle. Some of the more notable of Eisenhower's guests were Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union, President Charles de Gaulle of France, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain, and Governor Ronald Reagan of California.
Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower had a long history with the Gettysburg area. His graduating class from West Point had visited the battlefield in 1915. In 1918, he was assigned to nearby Camp Colt in his first independent command as an army officer, commanding a tank training unit; he and Mamie Eisenhower were newly married.
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