Eisenhower NHS Landscape: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eyring S and Pevaroff S. 2025. Eisenhower NHS Landscape: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Eisenhower National Historic Site. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 300003. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
The Eisenhower National Historic Site (NHS) outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, preserves the home and farm of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth President of the United States. Established by Congress in 1967, the site “is of outstanding historical significance to the people of the United States because of its close association with the life and work of General Eisenhower and because of its relation to the historic battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.” The site is located in south central Pennsylvania within Cumberland Township of Adams County and lies just three miles southwest of the town of Gettysburg. As a unit of the National Park Service (NPS), the property is under the administration of the adjoining Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP). Consisting of 690 acres, the Eisenhower NHS includes four distinct farms. Farm #1 was purchased by General and Mrs. Eisenhower in 1951 and includes an extensive ornamental landscape in addition to the working farm. Two adjacent farms, Farms #2 and #3, were purchased by General Eisenhower’s friend and business partner W. Alton Jones in the mid-1950s and were jointly used in the Eisenhower Farms cattle and agricultural operations. A fourth farm, the Clement Redding Farm, is an adjoining property acquired by the NPS in 1979 to preserve the historic scene and western views from The Eisenhower Farms. This document focuses on Farms #1, #2 and #3. A separate CLI focuses specifically on the Clement Redding Farm.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Eyring, Shaun; Pevaroff, Sara
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- EISE , NER
- Keywords
- Aftermath of WWII, Agriculture, Battles In The North And South, Cattle, Clement Redding Farm, Conservation of Natural resources, domestic, Eisenhower Farms, Fairview, farm, Farmhouse, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gettsburg, Gettsyburg Battlefield Historic District, Government, historic site, Historic Vernacular Landscape, Livestock, Military, Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, Politics, residential, Single Family Dwelling, Subsistence Agriculture, The Civil War