 Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower , the 34th President of the United States , and its surrounding property of 690 @.@ 5 acres ( 279 @.@ 4 ha ) . It is located in Cumberland Township , Adams County , Pennsylvania , just outside of Gettysburg . Purchased by then @-@ General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950 , the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President and a meeting place for world leaders , and became the Eisenhowers ' home after they left the White House in 1961 . 
