Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Worth a visit!

As a National Historic Site, the van Buren house offers free guided tours (the only way you can get inside). The exterior grounds are also pleasant, with historical markers explaining key points of t...

nice visit to learn about a not too well-known President

This is a nice site about a not very well known president. The informative guided tour that takes about an hour. The house has some original furnishings. President Van Buren bought the house and farme...

Nice Tour but Avoid the Trail to the Dutch Homestead

Decent house tour options but the people running this place could do better. You can take either a 45 minute tour of the entire house or a 30 minute tour of the downstairs only. Both are free. We took...

Interesting look into Martin Van Buren's life after the Presidency

The Martin van Buren House is a very interesting look at our President's life and the home he occupied when he left office. The house had been sold by the family so most of the rooms are filled with p...

Nice stop, but could have been better

High two, low three stars. There's no overview movie in the Visitor Center which would have been nice, seeing a look at the life of Van Buren. Instead, there's a timeline with events during his lifeti...