June 5, 1878, the city erected a -tall marble statue in his honor by Johnson's grave. The monument was considered so dominant that the hill's name was changed to "Monument Hill". Johnson's daughter Martha Johnson Patterson, who inherited the property, willed on September 2, 1898, that the land become a park. She further pushed in 1900 to make the site a national cemetery, so that instead of the Johnson family's maintaining it, the federal government would. The United States Congress chose to make the site a National Cemetery in 1906, and by 1908 the United States War Department took control of it. On May 23, 1942, control of the cemetery was shifted to the National Park Service. See also List of residences of presidents of the United States Presidential memorials in the United States References External links National Park Service: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson Historic Site - article from Tennessee History for Kids "Life Portrait of Andrew Johnson", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, July 9, 1999 Andrew Johnson Bicentennial, 1808-2008. Tennessee State Library and Archives Andrew Johnson Historic house museums in Tennessee National Historic Sites in Tennessee Presidential homes in the United States Military monuments and memorials in the United States Museums in Greene County, Tennessee Biographical museums in Tennessee Presidential museums in Tennessee Protected areas of Greene County, Tennessee Greeneville, Tennessee National Park Service areas in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Tennessee Protected areas established in 1942 1942 establishments in Tennessee