Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Texas White House Part II

LBJ's office at the Texas White House is now open for tourists, with another two rooms in the house slated to open later this year. This is a shot of the interior of his office - check out the TV over on the right side - he had three of them in his office, and it is said that they were always on. Here's his desk from the presidency...

Here's an outside shot of the house. The stone part is the original structure. It originally belonged to his aunt and uncle, then LBJ and Lady Bird acquired the property in a trade (his aunt and uncle had added onto the house already). LBJ then added on another bedroom area and a pool after getting the property. The Johnsons acquired land around the house for years, and I believe the total acreage is around 600???? The National Parks system has 200 of it for the park.
This was his own fuel station for all the cars they had. LBJ loved his cars...

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