Visiting The Eisenhower's Home - Gettysburg, PA (House Tour)

 The tour basically starts outside of the front door, where the tour guide would give short introduction about the Eisenhowers and the farm. After which you'll then be invited to go inside with your first stop  at the living room, then the guide will continue to give a little more details about the area, and then you will be free to tour the entire house after that.

Here are the rooms with their brief description of each and some photos of each. Some of the photos taken were not that great, but still recognizable...so pardon the dust! LOL!

1. The Living Room - formal in style, showcases the gifts the Eisenhowers received from head of state and friends.

2. Porch - the family's favorite room. Ike Eisnehower and his wife mamie enjoyed their entertainment here, such as watching TV, playing cards with friends, and where Ike also did his oil painting hobby. He also entertained world leader guests here for more intimate conversations.

3. Entrance Hall - Mamie requested all her visitors from world officials and leaders down to her grandchildren to sign her guestbook here.

4. Dining Room - dinner was served here whenever family or friends visited. Otherwise, the couple preferred to dine on TV trays on the porch.

5. Mrs. Doud's Room - is Mamie's mom, Elivera's room whenever she stayed at the farm. It became as a guest room after she died in 1960.

6. Sitting Room - served as TV room for the couple's grandchildren, and Mamie used it as a sitting room after Ike died.

7. General's Room - served as his dressing room. After his heart attack in 1955, he took naps in this room which he took daily under his doctor's orders. The photo that hangs over the bed is that his portrait painting of his two oldest grandchildren.

8. Mamie's Dressing Room & Bath - has an adjoining dressing room with her brightly colored outfits in the closet and hats line the shelves. There's a photo of Ike on the dressing table that says "To the dearest, sweetest girl in the world"...

9. Master's Bedroom - Mamie spent most of her time here where she met with staff members, wrote letters, planned her activities, and visits with close friends, all while in bed propped up on pillows. 

10. Maid's Room - Some of the Eisnehower's earliest furniture was used in this room by Rose Wood, - Mamie's personal maid. The maid's room, along with the kitchen and pantry downstairs, is in the portion of the original house salvaged when the Eisenhowers rebuilt their home.

11. Guest Rooms - visiting friends and family often spent their nights here. The most famous visitor to spend the weekend in the guest rooms was PM Nehru of India in 1956.

12. Laundry Room - Sgt. John Moaney and his wife Delores were employed as the valet and cook. Sgt. Moaney washed, repaired and ironed the General's clothes in here. He also did all sewings on an old Singer sewing machine that he brought from overseas after the wae and kept in his room.

13. Moaney's Room - Sgt. Moaney served the general in 1942, and during the war, Moaney took care of Eisenhower's Scottie dogs, so he and the general became friends. He continued to serve him after the war, while his wife Delores cooked and did the household shopping. They both worked for Mamie long after general died.

14. Kitchen - General Eisenhower enjoyed cooking in this 1950's style of linoleum counters in his kitchen. His specialties included stews, soups and Pennsylvania Dutch breakfasts, but most of the meals were prepared by Delores Moaney.

15. Office - this room including a den became a temporary "White House" while Eisenhower was recovering from heart attack. The desk is a reproduction of one used by George Washington. The gift was made with pine boards recovered from the White House during its 1948-1952 renovation. The room also reflects the down-to-earth nature that served Eisenhower so well as one of the world's great soldiers and statesmen.