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The President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home is a house located at 649 Union Avenue SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Future President Gerald R. Ford lived in the house from 1921 through 1930, when he was between the age of 8 and 17.
Gerald R. Ford's Boyhood Home. Photos and text © Gleaves Whitney 2004. The 38th president lived in this house from 1921-1930. It is located at 649 Union Street, in the historic Grand Rapids neighborhood called Heritage Hill. Ford moved in when he was 8 years old, and moved out when he was 17.
The President Gerald R. Ford Jr. House is a historic house at 514 Crown View Drive in Alexandria, Virginia. Built in 1955, it was the home of Gerald Ford from then until his assumption of the United States presidency on August 9, 1974.
Gerald R. Ford Boyhood Home. GRHC - 2007. The one story, bungalow style home has windows across the front and a central entry off an open front porch that extends across the front of the house. The roof which overhangs the porch and supported by four large pillars is topped by a dormer.
Visit the house where Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the U.S., lived from age 8 to 17. Learn about his life, career, and legacy from the historical marker and the National Register of Historic Places designation.
Ford's boyhood home is located at 649 Union Avenue SE in Grand Rapids and is now a certified member of the National Register of Historic Places. He lived here from the ages of eight to seventeen during the years 1921 to 1930.
After experiencing a series of health problems, he died at home on December 26, 2006. At the time of his death, Ford—at the age of 93 years and 165 days—was the longest-lived of all U.S. presidents (a mark surpassed by George H. W. Bush in 2017).
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Gerald R. Ford's Boyhood Home. Gleaves Whitney, Grand Valley State University. Preview. Creation Date. 11-14-2004. Description. The 38th president lived in this house from 1921-1930. It is located at 649 Union Street, in the historic Grand Rapids neighborhood called Heritage Hill. Ford moved in when he was 8 years old, and moved out when he was 17.
Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth president of the U.S., lived here from age 8 to 17 (1921-1930). Of all his boyhood homes, Ford remembered this one most vividly. In his autobiography, Ford recalled that he and his friends used the garage behind the house as a social club.