National Register of Historic Places

Clinton, Bill, Birthplace

Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Listed
May 18, 1994
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
94000472

About this property

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.

Location

117 S. Hervey St.
Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas
33.66729, -93.59667

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Clinton, Bill, Birthplace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1994.

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Clinton, Bill, Birthplace is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Clinton, Bill, Birthplace is recorded as the industrial era.

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