The Bush Family Home is now a Texas Historical Commission State Historic Site, a press release stated Wednesday.
Formerly known as the George W. Bush Childhood home, the home opened as a museum back in 2006 after a ribbon cutting attended by former President George H. W. Bush and First Ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush.
Built in 1940, the Bush Family Home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the residence of the political family that included two U.S. presidents, a first lady, vice president, second lady and two state governors.
The Bush Family Home was accepted as a Texas State Historic Site at the meeting of the THC on April 22 of last year, making it the 36th state historic site in the agency’s portfolio of key Texas historic sites which includes the San Jacinto Battleground and Monument in La Porte, the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg and the Port Isabel Lighthouse.
The release also stated that the existing board of the Bush Family Home will transition to the newly created Bush Family Home Foundation with Interim Director Jaclyn Woolf named as the foundation board director.
The Bush Family Home State Historic Site is located at 1412 W. Ohio St. in Midland.
New hours for the home are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The home is opened by appointments only on Tuesday and Wednesdays and closed on Mondays.
