Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Politics/Government
Historic Place
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park - Boyhood Home (NHL)
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About this site
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park - Boyhood Home (NHL) is a historic place in Johnson City, Blanco County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Blanco County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 59 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2718, -98.4151 near Johnson City. The nearest cataloged historic site is L.B.J. Boyhood Home (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Baptist Church of Johnson City, Blanco County Courthouse, and Johnson, James Polk.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2069000202. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Lyndon B. Johnson's boyhood home in Johnson City is an 1880s frame house where the future president lived with his family from 1913, at age five, until he graduated high school in 1924; he later delivered his first congressional campaign speech from its porch in 1937. Restored by the National Park Service to its 1920s appearance, it forms part of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Sources: nps.goven.wikipedia.org
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Historical Marker
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