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It is located at 1412 W. Ohio Ave. in Midland, Texas. The home was built in 1939 and was purchased by the Bush family in 1951 for $9,000 (equivalent to $106,000 in 2023). They lived in the 1,400-square-foot (130 m 2) home until late 1955. It was also the earliest childhood home of Governor Jeb Bush.
- Houston Hill
- 1940
- Minimal Traditional
- 1412 W. Ohio, Midland, Texas
Born in 1946, the first of six children, George W. Bush was five years old when his family moved to the house on Ohio Avenue. The Bushes moved frequently during George W. Bush’s childhood. The four years he lived here were formative ones, and the house figures prominently in family memoirs.
George W. Bush Childhood Home. 1412 W Ohio. Midland, Texas 79701. 432-685-1112. Opened on April 11, 2006, the home has been restored to the early 1950s and reflects the lives of the young family through exhibits and furnishings.
Apr 5, 2023 · The nonprofit George W. Bush Childhood Home, Inc. (GWBCH Inc.) purchased the property in 2001 and restored it to its 1955 appearance. It now manages the property as a historic house museum interpreting the Bush Family’s connections to Midland.
A growing family, the Bushes lived in this house from 1952 to 1956, when their son George W was aged five to nine. What's most surprising about this modest house is that even a rising oil exec like George HW didn't live in the 1950s equivalent of a McMansion.
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Jan 9, 2021 · The 1,400-square-foot house in Midland, Texas, where former President George W. Bush spent part of his childhood is under consideration to become part of the national park system, the...
This 1,400-square-foot tract house with a bay window was the home from 1951 to 1955 of future U.S. presidents George H. W. Bush (and his wife, Barbara) and their son, George W. Bush, and other family members. The one-story wooden house is furnished to the time period of their occupation.
