Boyhood Home Barn

A 1920s red barn in the Johnson family yard

NPS Photo / Jack Burton

The original Johnson barn was a post-frame structure with raised roof described as a "shed barn with a loft." While the loft was used for hay storage, the central area was where father Sam Johnson would park the family car.

Around age ten, a young Lyndon Johnson fell from the hay loft and broke his leg.

The current structure was originally built in the 1920s at a farm in Albert, fifteen miles southwest of Johnson City, and moved to this site in 1972. While it is not an exact replica of the original Johnson barn, it stands as a typical representation of 1920s barn architecture. The original barn was torn down in the 1950s by Lyndon Johnson's aunt, Frank Martin, who was living on the property at that time.