Texas White House Complex Walking Tour - CLOSED during Rehabilitation Project

As a boy, Lyndon Johnson knew the home of his Uncle Clarence and Aunt Frank Martin as "the big house on the river." In 1951 he took ownership of the house from his widowed aunt, and the expanding home and associated LBJ Ranch became a center of political activity for nearly 20 years. During the presidential years, the nation and world came to know the big house on the river as the Texas White House. President Johnson spent 25% of those five years at the ranch. Explore the Texas White House Complex to learn