Interesting piece of Lancaster history if you have already done a lot of other things in the area. My tour guide was knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject which made the tour very enjoyable.

We really enjoyed this tour. There are many original artifacts in this beautiful home. Jerry was our guide. He was enthusiastic and helpful... very knowledgeable! We would highly recommend this as a field trip or day trip!

This place exceeded my expectations. The house and almost all the furnishings are original right down to the Limoges china in the dining room. Surprised to find that Harriet Lane has a personal friendship with Queen Victoria white her uncle was ambassador to the Britain. Very well maintained with beautiful grounds surrounded by a leafy neighborhood. Highlights are an 1827 Madeira bottle and refurbished carriage in the visitors center. Highly recommend.

Fantastic tour with knowledgeable tour guides. Its great that you tour the entire house and actually go into the rooms.

A must visit to step back in time and view Wheatland, home of our nations 15th President. Built in 1828 by William Jenkins, Buchanan was our only President to remain a bachelor his entire life, his orphaned niece, Harriet Lane, whom he would adopt, would serve him wells as his official White House hostess. Remember to absorb what all he was politically involved in leading up to the American Civil War as he handed the reins over to Abraham Lincoln in such a volatile time. Simply incredible and to tour his Mansion for us was a great experience. Purchase your admittance ticket at the main building where a great exposition of items is waiting. Our hostess was dressed in a magnificent period dress, was very informative which helped to bring our tour alive when we visited in August. Restrooms on premise. Easy walking tour with stairs to climb to the second floor. Time permitting, you can visit President Buchanans Grave site at the Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA. Kindly click like if you find this post and my photos helpful.

Beautifully kept and had a wonderful tour guide!

Excellent film and tour of Buchanans home. Doug did a great job and made it interesting. First rate exhibition on Lancaster in the gallery space.

Tour was informative without being boring. Video inside the visitors center. You can walk the grounds without going on the tour.

Really enjoyed the visit... Jerry our tour guide was very informative and made our tour of the estate memorable.....

Great tour with a very knowledgeable guide. Highly recommend for all ages interested in US history.

This was an incredible experience. The price was more than reasonable for the tour and historical information. Our guide was in period dress and made the tour come alive. If you are at all interested in history and are in the area, make this a must see!

Very well maintained with beautiful grounds surrounded by a leafy neighborhood but the staff are unaccommodating.

The guide was well educated on the history and very interactive the tour was better than I expected for a stand alone location.

Enjoyed our visit very much tour guide was knowledgeable.

A very interesting presidential memorial to visit about our only batchelor president. Worth the time spent.

Enjoyed every moment at this fascinating step back in history with docents in period costumes bringing history to vivid life! Spent a long time in conversations with each of the volunteers and with the man in charge, charming and informative! Be sure to fit this into your day.

Very well maintained with beautiful grounds surrounded by a leafy neighborhood.

The tour of the house was very interesting. There is a lot of furniture that belonged to the president. Our guide was very knowledgeable & informative

Great experience. The guided tour was really interesting. Beautiful grounds.

Went here on a field trip with my kids class. Decent trip. Cant complain. Did a similar one to Rockford plantation and this was waaay better. Not only did they talk about James Buchanan and his contributions, but kids good a lot of if his they lived, etc. Rockford, so they did was to talk about when they received each price of art work, from whom, and in which style- to third graders.

Wonderful. A glimpse inside the man who let the South secede from the Union.

Very interesting piece of history given in very easy and nice way. But $15 per person is a bit overpriced. For half hour tour and 20 min movie.

Great tour. Very informative

President James Buchanan gets a bad rap: our tour guide admitted as much. The tour of Wheatland, however, was better than many other such tours, with our tour guide knowledgeable not just about Buchanan, but about the era in which he lived, and people with whom he shared his life. Buchanan and his niece, Harriett Lane, are presented as three dimensional people rather than the subject of a history lecture. Unlike later presidential libraries, which are funded by the federal government, Wheatland is supported by a devoted group of people who clearly take pride in bringing Buchanan to life. The staff was unfailingly knowledgeable about Buchanan, area attractions, and enjoy sharing their subject. Well done. See Wheatland.

Had a birthday party in the Carriage House. Nice area for a small gathering

Excellent house tour of one of our former presidents. We learned a lot about James Buchanans life and about the time period he lived in the house.

A must see. Guide did an AMAZING job!

Very interesting tour! It was only $13.00 per person and that included the museum and the tour of the mansion. The tour guides were excellent!

For a local historical society, it was well done. If you are trip planning it is a half day event with the arboretum!

Very good. Guided tours take an hour and a half

Neat house to visit right in Lancaster

Interesting tour, very complete visitor center, extremely well prepared and knowledgeable tour guide (Nancy)

My sister and I love history and visiting these types of houses. Even though the set-up is smaller than others, we were really impressed with our tour guide. We went on a Monday, and the man who did our tour was very interesting and knowledgeable. The museum was very small, and not really worth the extra $5, but I was happy to have paid it after going on the tour of the house. The information he gave us about president Buchanan was very interesting.

Saw peoples Shakespeare project of A Comedy of Errors here. Nice property, and gorgeous views.

Great moments in studying history of our country.

It was very interesting and the guide was very informative. The museum was very neat as well.

Very modern museum on location that highlights some of Pennsylvania and Lancaster county history. The guided tour of the Buchanan house was very well done. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and professional. The mansion is nothing exceptional to see. But you do learn a bit about some of Americas somewhat obscure history. Allow approximately 2 hours for your total visit.

Lady at desk and actual tour guide were both a little snippy with replies. Other than that, we had a great visit.

Excellent volunteer guides bring the house alive with stories of Buchanan, his family and political allies. They dont sugarcoat his career. When the nation was rising to cast off slavery, he did nothing

Excellent tour by period dressed guide

This was a happy surprise in Lancaster. I arrived at the museum right on the time for the last tour, and I got to visit James Buchanans House guided by Bob, a very friendly and kind tour guide dressed in a victorian costume. The house is very well maintained, it has a lot of original furniture from Buchanans time, and they care to place things exactly as how they were portrayed in documentations of the 19th century. I am not from the US, and yet through this experience I learned a bit more about a chapter of the north american history. It was totally worth the visit, and I recommend spending some time walking at the garden around the house to get in the mood.

Pennsylvanias only President ( our 15th). I study history and I found this museum worth the time. Staff and tour guide are very informative. Reasonable price.

This is not a bad place to spend the day. There are a lot of original pieces of our former president and everything is very well preserved. They have a lot of pieces still in restoration which you can see behind glass windows in the museam portion of the tour. The downside is you cant get close enough to enjoy them. This would also be better of it wasnt the property of one of the worst US presidents.

Omg awesome and will return

Excellent tour. It was a very intimate feeling visit to the home since you were allowed to enter the rooms with the tour guide. Beautiful grounds. Interesting museum.

The house has so much original furnishings easy to picture how his life must have been.

They are deliberately letting the grounds look like fields from that period. However, I think it looks unkempt and appears closed. Rethink that.

A great place to go. Staff were friendly, and the grounds and mansion were beautiful. Not to mention the artifacts.

Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and passionate. Fantastic preservation and archive

Our guide was in period costume and told the tale of the family and history of the house as if he lived there. Wonderful tour. Visited on Saturday July 21st

The tour was very informative and interesting and the house itself is furnished with Buchanans actual furniture. So nice to see it so well preserved.

It is a beautiful mansion and I learned a lot about our only bachelor president.

Informative tour guide, original furniture and Victorian decor, plus accurate Buchanan family history make this presidential home special to visit

Outstanding! If you are a fan of history, this is a must see. Visitors can explore the grounds at their leisure but are not allowed to tour the main home on their own (tours are offered on an hourly basis). My docent possessed so much knowledge of Buchanan and his immediate family. Plus her enthusiasm to share this wisdom with the group made the tour all the more enjoyable. I learned a lot about the 15th president.

It was ok lot alot to do

The home was very interesting and it was amazing that they had almost every original piece of furniture. The guided tour was good but I would have preferred a self guided option that could go more in - depth on various rooms, furniture, people related to the home and the Buchanan family.

Interesting place but visited during the Holidays. Would have enjoyed more information on President Buchanan and his Lancaster home.

Nothing outstanding or super special here but it gives you a great perspective of Buchanan and his life.

Very interesting. Very knowledgable guide with interesting facts. Beautiful grounds.

Authentic outdoor place to tour with a really nice Shrine Museum yet some of the volunteers arnt very mature acting.

I enjoyed Wheatland. Started with a movie about President Buchanan and the history of Wheatland. Then took a guided tour of Wheatland. Both were good. Probably not great for kids, but very good for adults who might be interested in history.

Great tour and guide.

Detailed and extensive history of James Buchanan. Excellent tours and fun historical information.

It is a nice house. I wanted to know more about President Buchanan, Pennsylvanias only President. We learned that he didnt spend much time there, took care of his nice and nephew, and drank a far amount.

Beautiful house, grounds and informational tour! Well worth the visit!

Very nice tour and history of James Buchanan

A great setting for an outdoor concert brings Lancaster Allegro.

Beautiful home, great tour guides, always new exhibits. Never tire of visiting.

Great tour of the house. Very knowledgeable docent. I learned a lot about the 15th President of the United States.

Excellent presentation of a poor president yet well preserved artifacts

All of the clothing, buggy, paintings & 90% of the furniture is original & authentic to the Buchanan house - very unusual for a historical site of this age. Fascinating interpretation by period costumed docents in the house, & presentation of original artifacts in the museum.

Beautiful house and grounds with many original furnishings.

Did not take your, under construction.

This president was stupid, but his house looks nice.

Beautiful colonial architecture, very informative tour guide.

Go and tour the house, history buffs

Excellent tour and tour guides . Thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

Beautiful grounds.best hidden gem in Pennsylvania to learn some history.

Great tour, terrific China set and historical items.

I love history. It was great.

This is a beautiful and historic property.A must see when youre in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Great tour guide that was very friendly and knowledgeable about a president I knew very about.

I had no expectations going in and was so impressed leaving. Extremely well preserved and very knowledgeable staff.

An interesting place with plenty of facts and fun.

Beautiful! A must see!

We had a very interesting guided tour by someone in period dress.

Beautiful home! The guide was very knowledgeable

Excellent Tour, highly recommended

Very nice tour with many original pieces.

Make a long story short, tons of history!

Great historical site! Definitely worth going to!

Pleasant surprise, well worth the time. Another option for your Lancaster trip for history buffs.....

Great place to visit as long as youre not mobility impaired. The main house is not accessible.

Very interesting tour

Cool place

Nice area. Nice house, but James Buchanan was a dud.

Good tour, learned a lot about President Buchanan.

Very interesting

Took the big old trees down . :/

Interesting tour.