Clinton House in Fayetteville, Arkansas

CLINTON HOUSE
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS

When The Travelling Toe and a Dear Friend were touring northwest Arkansas, we drove to Fayetteville to tour the Clinton House.  It is situated very close to the University of Arkansas campus area. For us it was hard to find, but then we saw the big metal sculpture out front. Can you guess what it was?  Well, a razorback of course!  


                                                 Clinton - Razorback

The original house was construction in 1931 and is considered to be of the Tudor Revival style. The Clinton's purchased the house in August ,1975 for $17,200.00.  At that time both the Clinton's were teaching at the University of Arkansas School of Law.  Actually on October 11, 1975, they were married in the living room.  They sold the house in December, 1976 when President Clinton became the Arkansas Attorney General that May.

It is a rather small starter home that any young couple would have purchased to begin their new lives.   

There is various memorabilia from earlier elections exhibited as well as a replica of 
Mrs. Clinton's wedding dress.  In the backyard is a garden with various areas named from former First Ladies.

First Ladies Garden

One fun thing is that we purchased a "Billgrimage" which is like a pilgrimage passport but all about Bill Clinton. There are 4 places to visit in Arkansas to get your passport stamped. Besides this house, the other 3 places are the Clinton birthplace in Hope (which is also a National Park),  the Visitors Center in Hot Springs (which is another National Park), and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library

OK....Dear Readers, The Travelling Toe loves a quest and must report to have been to all 4 places and completed the Billgrimage with stamps to prove it! 

The Travelling Toe has one more secret to share.  Due to the travel time from Bentonville to Fayetteville, plus all the driving around time being lost, The Travelling Toe had an urgent call of nature.  The Travelling Toe was able to utilize the facilities in the house and can claim that she has sat where a future President of the nation sat!!  Holy Cow!!!

Clinton House Museum

It was a beautiful autumn day when we visited and we both enjoyed our short visit to Fayetteville, Arkansas.