The Eisenhower National Historic Site is a unit of Gettysburg National Military Park. Located off the Emmitsburg Road behind Seminary Ridge (the formal address is 250 Eisenhower Farm Rd). The Eisenhowers purchased the property in 1950 from Allen Redding. The bank barn was built in 1887; Eisenhower did not like the red color and had it repainted light gray green. A row of fifty Norway spruce trees lines the main driveway leading to the farm, representing the 50 states.
General and Mrs. Eisenhower donated their home and farm to the National Park Service in 1967. Mrs. Eisenhower continued to live at the farm until 1979. The following year, the NPS opened the farm for public visitation. Today, house tours are offered during spring, summer, and fall; visitors can tour the grounds from sunrise to sunset.
During the battle, this would have been part of the Biesecker Farm. John Biesecker bought the farm in 1851, and he sold it in 1865. In 1863, John Biesecker was renting his farm to Adam Bollinger. Elements of Hood’s and McLaws’ Division crossed the farm on their way to Seminary Ridge.
