September 8, 2019 -- The Eisenhower National Historic Site in Gettysburg, PA, preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, war hero and 34th president of the United States. The farm served as a weekend retreat when Ike became president in 1953 and a meeting place for world leaders. It became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961. It was the only home they ever owned.
34th President of the United States
Eisenhower National Historic Site
The house was completed in 1955.
Sun room where Ike painted
The Eisenhowers donated their home and farm (230 acres) to the National Park Service in 1967, with lifetime living rights for the former president. Two years later, Eisenhower died at the age of 78. Mamie Eisenhower lived on the farm until her death in 1979. The National Park Service opened the site in 1980.
Guesthouse
President Eisenhower maintained a show herd of black Angus cattle. He entered cattle in livestock shows across the country. By the 1960s, the Eisenhower herd numbered 100 cows with calves. Today, a herd of 40 to 50 Angus still graze the pastures of the President's farm and the cattle ribbons are displayed on the walls of the show barn.
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