Visits to Presidential Sites

17th President, 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson sites visited: Johnson was born here in Raleigh, North Carolina. Greeneville, Tennessee has the bulk of Johnson historic sites. The Visitor Center was closed but we could see part of Johnson's preserved Tailor Shop through the window. There's a replica birthplace house across the street, and a statue on the corner. The home where he, his family, and his slaves lived from the 1830s to 1851 is preserved on another corner and was not open. Andrew Johnson is well remembered in the Tennessee State Capitol. The "Pride of Tennessee" painting includes Johnson along with Polk and Jackson. Along with all the other presidents, Johnson has a statue in the City of Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota. The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh has a three President sculpture featuring James Polk, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Johnson. Johnson has a very grand gravesite in Greeneville, Tennessee, high on a hill in what is now the Andrew Johnso...

 13th President, 1850 - 1853 Millard Fillmore sites visited: This is the house Fillmore helped build and lived in with Abigail from 1826-1830. Location: 24 Shearer Ave, East Aurora, New York. We found the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library at 15617 Waterloo in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a most unique "Presidential Library" and we enjoyed our time there very much 😉 Souvenirs are available 😁 Rapid City, South Dakota, City of Presidents statue: This is a Vice Presidential portrait, from a 2023 exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In Buffalo, New York, Abraham Lincoln attended church with Fillmore in 1861. Outside of Buffalo City Hall stands a statue of Fillmore. Millard and his second wife, Caroline, lived in a large house on Niagara Square in Buffalo after his presidency. The house later became Hotel Fillmore, and then Castle Inn. The Inn was demolished in order to build the Statler Hotel, which still stands today as a mixed-use building. Fillmore i...