Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home is the house located at 816 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon, Illinois, in which the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan lived as a youth beginning in 1920. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The home is open to visitors from April to October.
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
Ronald, Nancy, and Neil Reagan outside the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, 1984
Dixon is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,274 as of the 2020 census. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the Rock River, which runs through the city. The Illinois General Assembly designated Dixon as "Petunia Capital of Illinois" in 1999 and "The Catfish Capital of Illinois" in 2009.
Aerial View of Dixon, IL
Dixon Theatre
Ronald Reagan in Dixon, 1922