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Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, Presidential birthplace museum in Denison, United States.

The Eisenhower Birthplace is a two-story frame house in Denison, Texas, that preserves the modest living conditions of a family in the 1890s. The building contains period furniture and personal belongings that reflect everyday life during that time.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in this two-story frame house on October 14, 1890, the first U.S. president born in Texas; his family moved to Kansas when he was two. Denison school principal Jennie Jackson wrote to General Eisenhower, learned he had not known of his Denison birth, and raised funds to buy the house, which was donated to the city. The museum opened in 1955, the Eisenhower Foundation restored the home and cleared neighbouring houses for a park, and the site passed to the state in 1958 and to the Texas Historical Commission in 2008.

The home displays how a family lived in Texas around 1900, with authentic furnishings and household items from that era. Visitors see the everyday conditions that shaped the early years of someone who would later lead the nation.

The site sits at 609 S. Lamar Avenue in Denison, Grayson County, about 1.7 km from the city centre. It is managed by the Texas Historical Commission, which took it over from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on January 1, 2008. The house stands on a rise at roughly 225 metres above sea level, with a stone marker and white fence at the front.

Eisenhower learned from a letter that he had been born in Denison: his family moved to Kansas when he was two, and he had not known his birthplace. Denison school principal Jennie Jackson wrote to him after World War II, then contacted his mother Ida Elizabeth Stover to confirm the connection and raised funds to buy the two-story frame house, which was donated to the city.

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Location
Operator
Texas Historical Commission
Address
609 S Lamar Ave, Denison, TX 75021
Opening Hours
Tuesday-Saturday 09:00-17:00
GPS coordinates
33.74964,-96.53382
Latest update
October 26, 2026 04:46
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