Presidential History Sites

Here is my ever-expanding database of presidential history sites, both those I have visited, and those I have not visited (yet).

The POTUS# field refers to the number traditionally assigned to each President based on the order of their presidency/presidencies (thank Grover Cleveland for making that more complicated that it needs to be). Cleveland is listed only under #22, not #24. Sites pertaining to multiple presidents are listed under #999, but a search on the President field will return all applicable results regardless of the POTUS# listed.

To for a list by president, visit this page.

Total Records Found: 141, showing 50 per page
POTUS#	President	Site	Significance	City	State	Visited
16	Abraham Lincoln	President Lincolns’ Cottage	Lincoln’s summer retreat	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes
16	Abraham Lincoln	Bryant Cottage	Site where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas planned the Lincoln-Douglas debates	Springfield	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Postville Courthouse State Historic Site	Reproduction of courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law	Lincoln	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square	Site of the second Lincoln-Douglas Debate	Freeport	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Washington Square Park	Site of the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate	Ottawa	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln Memorial Park	Site of the third Lincoln-Douglas Debate	Jonesboro	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum	Site of the fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate and museum about the debates	Charleston	Illinois	Not Yet
16	Abraham Lincoln	Old Main	Site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, only building associated with the debates that is still standing	Galesburg	Illinois	Not Yet
17	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson National Historic Site	Two homes, birthplace	Greenville	Tennessee	Not Yet
17	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Site of Andrew Johnsons’ grave	Greeneville	Tennessee	Not Yet
17	Andrew Johnson	Former Site of the Kirkland Hotel	Andrew Johnson’s residence as Vice President and where he was sworn in upon Lincoln’s assassination	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes
18	Ulysses S. Grant	General Grant National Memorial	Burial site	New York	New York	Yes
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site	Home	St. Louis	Missouri	Yes
18	Ulysses S. Grant	US Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse Historic Sites	Home, Other neighborhood sites	Georgetown	Ohio	Not Yet
18	Ulysses S. Grant	U. S. Grant Birthplace	Birthplace	Moscow	Ohio	Not Yet
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site	Ulysses S Grant lived here for the few years after the Civil War and before his Presidency	Galena	Illinois	Not Yet
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums	Presidential Library, Home, Burial Site	Freemont	Ohio	Not Yet
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace	Birthplace of Rutherford B. Hayes	Delaware	Ohio	Yes
20	James A. Garfield	James A. Garfield National Historic Site	Home	Mentor	Ohio	Not Yet
21	Chester A. Arthur	President Chester Arthur State Historic Site	Birthplace (maybe), home, church where his father preached	Fairfield	Vermont	Not Yet
21	Chester A. Arthur	Albany Rural Cemetery	Burial Site	Menands	New York	Not Yet
23	Benjamin Harrison	Crown Hill Cemetery	Burial Site	Indianapolis	Indiana	Yes
23	Benjamin Harrison	Benjamin Harrison Birthplace	Birthplace	North Bend	Ohio	Yes
23	Benjamin Harrison	Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site	Benjamin Harrison’s home and death place	Indianapolis	Indiana	Not Yet
25	William McKinley	National McKinley Birthplace Memorial & Museum	Birthplace, Museum	Niles	Ohio	Not Yet
25	William McKinley	William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum	Presidential Library, Burial site	Canton	Ohio	Yes
25	William McKinley	McKinley Death Rock	Site where President McKinley was assassinated	Buffalo	New York	Yes
25	William McKinley	Milburn House	Site of the home where President McKinley passed away following his assassination	Buffalo	New York	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site	Birth place	New York	New York	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Home, Death Place	Oyster Bay	New York	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Young’s Memorial Cemetery	Burial site	Oyster Bay	New York	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Yosemite National Park	Significant visit	Yosemite National Park	California	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Home	Medora	North Dakota	Yes
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site	Site where Theodore Roosevelt took the Oath of Office after President McKinley was assassinated	Buffalo	New York	Yes
27	William Howard Taft	William Howard Taft National Historic Site	Birthplace, childhood home	Cincinnati	Ohio	Not Yet
28	Woodrow Wilson	The President Woodrow Wilson House	Home, death place	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes
28	Woodrow Wilson	Washington National Cathedral	Burial site	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes
28	Woodrow Wilson	Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum	Birthplace, Presidential Library	Staunton	Virginia	Yes
28	Gerald Ford	Gerald R. Ford Museum	Museum portion of Presidential Library	Grand Rapids	Michigan	Not Yet
29	Warren G. Harding	Marion County Historical Society Museum	Museum with exhibits about Warren G. Harding	Marion	Ohio	Not Yet
29	Warren G. Harding	Harding Home	Home	Marion	Ohio	Yes
29	Warren G. Harding	Palace Hotel	Death site	San Francisco	California	Yes
29	Warren G. Harding	Warren G. Harding Memorial	Burial site	Marion	Ohio	Yes
29	Warren G. Harding	Teapot Dome Oil Field	Oil field associated with the biggest scandal of Harding’s administration	Bar Nunn	Wyoming	Yes
29	Warren G. Harding	Warren G. Harding Presidential Library and Museum	Presidential Library	Marion	Ohio	Yes
31	Herbert Hoover	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Birth place, burial site, home, other neighborhood sites.	West Branch	Iowa	Yes
31	Herbert Hoover	Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum	Presidential Library	West Branch	Iowa	Yes
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Home	Hyde Park	New York	Not Yet
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Roosevelt Campobello International Park	Retreat	Hyde Park	New York	Not Yet
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum	Presidential Library and Museum	Hyde Park	New York	Not Yet