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President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
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President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
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Location	117 S. Hervey St., Hope, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°40′1.82″N 93°35′47.36″W / 33.6671722°N 93.5964889°W / 33.6671722; -93.5964889
Built	1917
Architect	H. S. Garrett
Website	www.nps.gov/wicl
Part of	North Elm Street Historic District (ID95000904)
NRHP reference No.	94000472
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1994
Designated CP	July 28, 1995

The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas. Built in 1917 by 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 on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. 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 in New Orleans.

On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places (as "Bill Clinton Birthplace"). Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–11 (text) (PDF)§7002), the Secretary of the Interior accepted the property on December 14, 2010, establishing it as a national historic site and a unit of the National Park System. This change in status was originally proposed by Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Bill Clinton and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar formally dedicated the site on April 16, 2011.

The museum is a stop on the "Billgrimage", which includes the Clinton House in Fayetteville and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library, among other sites.

• Side view
• Other side view

See also

• List of residences of presidents of the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hempstead County, Arkansas
• List of areas in the United States National Park System#National Historic Sites
• Presidential memorials in the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ "Notices" (PDF). Federal Register. 75 (248). GovInfo. December 28, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. Murphy, Sean. "American Presidents with Irish Ancestors". Directory of Irish Genealogy. Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
4. Clinton, Bill (2004). My Life. Random House. ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.
5. Maraniss, David (1995), First In His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, Simon & Schuster, pp. 21–32, ISBN 0-671-87109-9
6. Hugh Vickery (December 14, 2010). "Secretary Salazar Announces Formal Establishment of Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
7. Hugh Vickery (April 16, 2011). "Salazar Joins President Clinton to Dedicate President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site". U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
8. "Billgrimage: Clinton Sites | Arkansas.com". www.arkansas.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
9. Clift, Zoie (October 10, 2016). "Take a 'Billgrimage' in Arkansas". Arkansas Times. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

External links

• Official NPS website
• "Life Portrait of Bill Clinton", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from the Clinton Center and Birthplace, December 20, 1999

v t e Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001) 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992)
Presidency (timeline)	Transition 1st inauguration 2nd inauguration Timeline 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 January 2001 Economic policy AmeriCorps Health care plan North American Free Trade Agreement Balanced Budget Foreign policy International trips Clinton Doctrine Oslo I Accord Israel–Jordan peace treaty Dayton Agreement 2000 Camp David Summit Cruise missile strikes on Iraq 1993 1996 Operation Infinite Reach Bombing of Yugoslavia Bombing of Iraq (1998) National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 Transportation Equity Act One America Initiative Riegle-Neal Act Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Regulation Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 Telecommunications Act of 1996 Communications Decency Act Section 230 Nannygate Lincoln Bedroom for contributors controversy Commerce Department trade mission controversy 1996 United States campaign finance controversy Clinton–Lewinsky scandal Starr Report Impeachment efforts inquiry trial White House Millennium Council Pardons list Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Presidential transition of George W. Bush
Life and legacy	Childhood home Early life and career Governorships of Arkansas Presidential Library Post-presidency Clinton Foundation Clinton School of Public Service Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Chairman, National Constitution Center Honors and awards Public image Troopergate Sexual misconduct allegations Whitewater controversy
Speeches	Joint session of Congress (1993) Joint session of Congress (health care reform) (1993) State of the Union addresses 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Elections	U.S. House 1974 Gubernatorial 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1990 Presidential 1992 campaign "Make America Great Again" primaries running mate selection convention debates election theme song 1996 campaign primaries convention debates election
Books	Between Hope and History (1996) My Life (2004) Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (2007) Back to Work (2011) The President Is Missing (2018) The President's Daughter (2021) Citizen: My Life After the White House (2024)
Namesakes	William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building Bill Clinton Boulevard Clinton National Airport USS William J. Clinton
Popular culture	Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The War Room (1993 documentary) The Silence of the Hams (1994 film) Primary Colors (1998 film) The Final Days (2000 short film) The Hunting of the President (2004 film) The Special Relationship (2010 film) Clinton (2012 film) Hillary and Clinton (2016 play) Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021 miniseries) The American Presidency with Bill Clinton (2022 documentary series)
Family	Hillary Rodham Clinton (wife) Chelsea Clinton (daughter) William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (father) Virginia Clinton Kelley (mother) Roger Clinton Sr. (first stepfather) Roger Clinton Jr. (brother) Jeff Dwire (second stepfather) Socks (cat) Buddy (dog) Whitehaven (residence)
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