Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Tennessee, United States
4.5 (290 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Greeneville Historic Sites • National Parks
Great Presidential Site.
We try to visit as many Presidential historic sites as possible and the Andrew Johnson National Historic site ranks up with the best of those we have seen. A small visitor's center tells the story of Johnson, his life, and presidency. But the grand jewel of the site is Johnson's home. Unfortunately, because of Covid we had to take the self-guided tour while the park ranger remained outside. However he was able to give us detailed information about Johnson and the home. He was one of the most knowledgeable employees of the park service we have encountered in our travels. We were shocked to learn that 80% of the furnishings in the home were indeed from the Johnson family. This is astonishing when compared to other homes of the time period. Definitely an enjoyable site that's not to be missed when in the area.
Address
corner of College and Depot Streets , Greeneville, Tennessee, United States.
Mobile
Website
http://www.nps.gov/anjo/index.htm
Current local date and time now
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:45
User Ratings
4.5 based on (290 reviews)
Reviews
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5ChaunceyTravel 5:00 PM Sep 30, 2022
Highly Informative and Quality Historical Site
In our goal to visit sites for all Presidents, we felt the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is one of the more informative and well maintained that we’ve visited. The Ranger giving our tour (Ashley) did a terrific job relating facts about the President and many stories about his life in Greeneville and that of his family. Many of the facts about him have been lost to most or misunderstood. We learned a great deal. His tailor shop inside the museum gives a wonderful depiction of a man who started with nothing but through hard work and diligence, rose to be President. The two homes on the tour are very well maintained. We appreciate the historian’s approach that is taken where facts and data are presented, without reinterpretation based on today’s views. Both positive and negative are clearly shown, but as historical facts. We did not feel there was any bias of one over the other. Very refreshing. We also visited the National cemetery where the President and family are interred along with hundreds of veterans. Very moving. A must visit if you are in the area. Highly recommended.
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4Decemberborn 5:00 PM Jun 24, 2022
Needed to get here earlier
We were out for a day trip and didn't even know this place existed, once we made the decision to go visit it, we unfortunately arrived 10 minutes before they closed so we really didn't get to see much. We were able to park in the street right outside of the house but they do have a parking lot behind the house. We didn't want to hold up the rangers from locking up so we just peeked into the windows and read what we could from the out side. If you are able to go inside it looks like there is some interesting information on President Johnson. Once we got back to the car to leave we saw a huge statue of the president behind a glass window behind us a few feet down the road. That looked really interesting. We did some research after we got home, we found out there were several different sites throughout the city where there are several different building associated with the president. I wish we had known this before we stumbled upon it so late in the day. We then headed down to the cemetery where we didn't have a time constraint.
