Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee maintained by the National Park Service. Established to honor Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, the site includes two of his homes, his tailor shop, and his gravesite within Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. The cemetery also has the interments of his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and son Brigadier General Robert Johnson, as well as the that of David T. Patterson, a United States Senator from Tennessee.
The site was designated a U.S. National Monument in 1935 and redesignated as a National Historic Site in 1963. According to the National Park Service, the site's area is 17 acres, its fiscal year 2004 budget was $708,000, and it had 50,176 visitors in that year.[link]
External links
- [National Park Service: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site]
- [A secondary NPS site on the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site]
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