Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
Park Information
The Reagan family moved to Dixon, Illinois and into this house on December 6, 1920. The family lived in the house for three years.
This home has been designated as a historical landmark by the Dixon Historical Preservation Commission. In 1980, shortly after Ronal Reagan won the Republican Party’s nomination, a group of of discerning Dixonistes made a small deposit of the property to secure the historically significant home.
In 1984, on Ronald Reagan’s birthday, the Home was formally dedicated by Ronald and his brother Neil.
Agency Name:
Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program
Geographic Location
Contact Info
816 South Hennepin Avenue
Dixon, IL
61021
Near By Parks
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
- Ice Age National Scenic Trail
- Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
- Davenport Museum Of Art
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
- Canton Lake
Near By Campgrounds
- Adeline Jay Geo Karis Illinois Beach State Park
- Apple River Canyon State Park
- Blanding Landing (IL)
- Castle Rock State Park
- Chain O Lakes State Park
- Delabar State Park
- Fishermans Corner (IL)
- Franklin Creek State Natural Area
- Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
- Illini State Park
- Johnson Sauk Trail State Recreation Area
- Jubilee College State Park
- Kankakee River State Park
- Lake Le Aqua Na State Recreation Area
- Lena KOA
- Lowden State Park
- Marshall State Fish And Wildlife Area
- Mississippi palisades State Park
- Moraine Hills State Park
- Morrison Rockwood State Park
- Oconnells Yogi Bear Jellystone Park Camp Resort
- Pine Country
- Prophetstown State Park
- Rock Cut State Park
- Rock Island Quad Cities KOA
- Shabbona Lake State Park
- Starved Rock State Park
- Thomson Causeway (IL)
- White Pines Forest State Park
- Bellevue State Park
- Clarks Ferry (IA)
- Maquoketa Caves State Park
- Shady Creek (IA)
- Wapsipinicon State Park
- Wildcat Den State Park
- Big Foot Beach State Park
- Blue Mound State Park
- Governor Dodge
- Grant River (WI)
- Kettle Moraine Sf Southern Unit
- Lake Kegonsa
- Madison KOA
- New Glarus Woods State Park
- Richard Bong State Recreation Area
- Sandhill Station Campground
- Yellowstone Lake State Park
