Where US presidents lived after leaving the White House

When presidents leave the White House they move into a wide range of homes — some return to modest hometown residences, others to private estates or historic properties turned museums. Woodrow Wilson stayed in Washington, DC, at 2340 South S Street until his death in 1924, and his wife Edith remained there until 1961 before leaving the house to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Harry and Bess Truman returned to their longtime home at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, while Dwight Eisenhower lived on a farm adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield that later opened to the public and included gardens, a teahouse, a skeet range, and a White House marble mantle.

Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson went back to the ranch in Johnson City, Texas, where he hosted world leaders and arranged for the National Park Service to create a museum after his death.

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