Birthplace of Richard Nixon, Presidential birthplace in Yorba Linda, United States.
The Birthplace of Richard Nixon is a California bungalow-style house featuring original furnishings and photographs from his early childhood. The home stands today within the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum complex.
Francis A. Nixon built the house in 1912 from a mail-order kit on family ranchland, and Richard Nixon was born there the following year. The family lived in it until 1922, when they moved to Whittier. Francis sold off parts of the 8-acre property in 1922 and 1925, and the school district bought the rest in 1948 and used the house as employee housing.
The house shows how a working family lived in early 20th-century California, with simple furnishings and everyday objects on display. Visitors see the modest rooms where a farm family carried out their daily routines.
The house can only be visited as part of the museum complex, so plan for the larger site and its schedule. Access is through the museum parking area on Yorba Linda Boulevard.
The house was assembled in 1912 from a mail-order construction kit, a common practice in the early 1900s. The Nixons lived there until 1922, when they moved to Whittier. The school district later used the house as employee housing before deeding it to Nixon's library organization in 1988.
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