Private homes of the Presidents
George H. W. Bush's Walker's Point Kennebunkport, Maine
This is a list of homes where Presidents resided with their families before or after their term of office.
Order | President | Location |
1 | George Washington | Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia |
2 | John Adams | Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts |
3 | Thomas Jefferson | Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia |
4 | James Madison | Montpelier, Orange, Virginia |
5 | James Monroe | Ash Lawn-Highland, Charlottesville, Virginia Oak Hill, Leesburg, Virginia |
6 | John Quincy Adams | Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts |
7 | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson State Park (Disputed Lancaster, South Carolina birthplace)
Andrew Jackson Birthplace (Disputed Waxhaw, North Carolina birthplace)
The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee |
8 | Martin Van Buren | Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York |
9 | William Henry Harrison | Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Grouseland, Vincennes, Indiana |
10 | John Tyler | Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
11 | James K. Polk | Ancestral Home, Columbia, Tennessee Historic Site, Pineville, North Carolina Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee (demolished) |
12 | Zachary Taylor | Springfield Plantation, Louisville, Kentucky |
13 | Millard Fillmore | Fillmore House, East Aurora, New York |
14 | Franklin Pierce | Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Pierce Manse, Concord, New Hampshire |
15 | James Buchanan | Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
16 | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln Home, Springfield, Illinois |
17 | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson Birthplace, Raleigh, North Carolina
Andrew Johnson Home, Greeneville, Tennessee |
18 | Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses S. Grant Home, Galena, Illinois Grant's Farm, St. Louis, Missouri |
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio |
20 | James A. Garfield | Lawnfield, Mentor, Ohio |
21 | Chester A. Arthur | Chester A. Arthur Home, New York, New York |
22/24 | Grover Cleveland | Westland Mansion, Princeton, New Jersey |
23 | Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison Home, Indianapolis, Indiana |
25 | William McKinley | William McKinley Home, Canton, Ohio |
26 | Theodore Roosevelt | Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck, New York |
27 | William Howard Taft | William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio |
28 | Woodrow Wilson | Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson Birthplace, Staunton, Virginia Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Augusta, Georgia
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29 | Warren G. Harding | Warren G. Harding House, Marion, Ohio |
30 | Calvin Coolidge | The Beeches, Northampton, Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge House, Northampton, Massachusetts Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth Notch, Vermont |
31 | Herbert Hoover | Forest Hills, Washington, D.C. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, Stanford, California |
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Springwood, Hyde Park, New York Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia |
33 | Harry S. Truman | Truman Home, Independence, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri |
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Abilene, Kansas New York City, New York Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
35 | John F. Kennedy | Boston, Massachusetts Kennedy Compound, Hyannis, Massachusetts |
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Washington, D.C. |
37 | Richard M. Nixon | Whittier, California Washington, D.C. New York City, New York La Casa Pacifica, San Clemente, California Saddle River, New Jersey Park Ridge, New Jersey |
38 | Gerald R. Ford | Grand Rapids, Michigan Vail, Colorado Rancho Mirage, California |
39 | Jimmy Carter | Plains, Georgia |
40 | Ronald Reagan | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California Bel Air, Los Angeles, California Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara, California |
41 | George H. W. Bush | Tanglewood Houston, Texas Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine |
42 | Bill Clinton | Little Rock, Arkansas Chappaqua, New York[1] Georgetown, Washington D.C.[2][3] |
43 | George W. Bush | Midland, Texas Austin, Texas Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas |
44 | Barack Obama | Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois Kalorama, Washington, D.C. |
45 | Donald Trump | Trump Tower, Manhattan, New York City, New York Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida Others, see Residences of Donald Trump |
Presidential vacation homes
During their term of office, many Presidents have owned or leased vacation homes in various parts of the country, which are often called by journalists the "Western White House", "Summer White House", or "Winter White House", depending on location or season.
Summer White House
A "Summer White House" is typically the name given to the summer vacation residence of the sitting President of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of Presidents and their guests.
Years |
President |
Property Name |
Location |
1789–1797 |
George Washington |
Mount Vernon |
Alexandria, Virginia |
1793–1794 |
George Washington |
Deshler-Morris House |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1805–1808 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Poplar Forest |
Forest, Virginia |
1853–1857 |
Franklin Pierce |
48 Central Street[4] |
Andover, Massachusetts[5] |
1857–1860 |
James Buchanan |
Bedford Springs Hotel |
Bedford, Pennsylvania |
1862–1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Cottage at the Soldiers' Home |
Washington, D.C. |
1869–1876 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
995 Ocean Avenue[6] |
Long Branch, New Jersey |
1877–1881 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Spiegel Grove |
Fremont, Ohio |
1886–1888 |
Grover Cleveland |
Oak View Upon Red Top[7] |
Washington, D.C. |
1887–1888 |
Grover Cleveland |
Wateridge |
Marion, Massachusetts |
1889–1892 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Congress Hall |
Cape May, New Jersey |
1893–1896 |
Grover Cleveland |
Gray Gables |
Bourne, Massachusetts |
1893–1896 |
Grover Cleveland |
Woodley[7] |
Washington, D.C. |
1897, 1899 |
William McKinley |
Hotel Champlain |
Plattsburgh, New York |
1901–1908 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Sagamore Hill |
Cove Neck, New York |
1909–1910 |
William Howard Taft |
Stetson Cottage |
Beverly, Massachusetts |
1911–1912 |
William Howard Taft |
Parramatta |
Beverly, Massachusetts |
1913–1915 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Harlakenden |
Cornish, New Hampshire |
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Shadow Lawn |
West Long Branch, New Jersey |
1924 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Coolidge Homestead |
Plymouth Notch, Vermont |
1925 |
Calvin Coolidge |
White Court |
Swampscott, Massachusetts |
1926 |
Calvin Coolidge |
White Pine Camp |
Paul Smiths, New York |
1927 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Custer State Park |
Custer County, South Dakota (Black Hills) |
1928 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Cedar Island Lodge |
Brule, Wisconsin |
1929–1932 |
Herbert Hoover |
Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House |
Palo Alto, California |
1933–1939 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada |
1933–1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Little White House |
Warm Springs, Georgia |
1933–1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Springwood |
Hyde Park, New York |
1945–1951 |
Harry S. Truman |
Little White House |
Key West, Florida |
1953–1955 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Lowry Air Force Base |
Denver, Colorado |
1956–1960 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Commandant's Residence, Fort Adams |
Newport, Rhode Island |
1961–1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
Hammersmith Farm |
Newport, Rhode Island |
1961–1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
Kennedy Compound |
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts |
1964–1968 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
LBJ Ranch |
Gillespie County, Texas |
1969–1974 |
Richard Nixon |
Florida White House |
Key Biscayne, Florida |
1969–1974 |
Richard Nixon |
La Casa Pacifica |
San Clemente, California |
1974–1977 |
Gerald Ford |
The Lodge |
Vail, Colorado |
1974–1977 |
Gerald Ford |
Firestone Residence |
Palm Springs, California |
1977–1980 |
Jimmy Carter |
Carter Compound |
Plains, Georgia |
1981–1988 |
Ronald Reagan |
Rancho del Cielo |
Santa Barbara, California |
1989–1992 |
George H. W. Bush |
Walker's Point |
Kennebunkport, Maine |
1993–2000 |
Bill Clinton |
Blue Heron Farm[8] |
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
1998–1999 |
Bill Clinton |
Georgica Pond |
East Hampton, New York |
2001–2008 |
George W. Bush |
Prairie Chapel Ranch |
Crawford, Texas |
2009–2012 |
Barack Obama |
Blue Heron Farm |
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
2013 |
Barack Obama |
Chilmark House[9] |
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
2017–present |
Donald Trump |
Trump National Golf Club |
Bedminster, New Jersey |
Winter White House
A "Winter White House" is typically the name given to the winter vacation residence of the standing President of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of the President and his guests.
Although Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy had spent significant time in Florida (Harry Truman having spent time there in the summer), Richard Nixon's Florida White House was the first that reporters called the "Winter White House".[10]
Years |
President |
Property Name |
Location |
1913–1914 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Pass Christian, Mississippi |
1921-19231 |
Warren G. Harding |
John Ringling Estate |
Bird Key, Florida |
1923–1929 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Howard E. Coffin Estate |
Sapelo Island, Georgia |
1933–1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Little White House |
Warm Springs, Georgia |
1945–1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
Harry S. Truman Little White House[10] |
Key West, Florida |
1953–1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Eisenhower Cabin, Augusta National Golf Club |
Augusta, Georgia |
1961–1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
La Guerida |
Palm Beach, Florida |
1969–1974 |
Richard Nixon |
Florida White House |
Key Biscayne, Florida |
2009–2017 |
Barack Obama |
Plantation Estate[11] |
Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
2017–present |
Donald Trump |
Mar-a-Lago[10] |
Palm Beach, Florida |
Western/Southern White House
President George W. Bush gives remarks on Hurricane Katrina and the Iraqi constitution from his Crawford, Texas ranch on Sunday August 28, 2005. The logo in the background was created by the Bush Administration in August 2001, and it was displayed at press briefings during Bush's stays at his ranch in Crawford. The sign reads:
THE WESTERN WHITE HOUSE
CRAWFORD, TEXAS
The Western/Southern White House is a term applied to additional residences of the President of the United States. It was used for the Crawford, Texas ranch of George W. Bush, known as Prairie Chapel Ranch, and the term has also been used by other chief executives for their homes, including Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.[12][13][14]
Other secondary "White Houses"
The first governmental spending on property improvements of private presidential residences was at Dwight Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm, where the Secret Service added three guard posts to a fence.[15] Federal law now allows the president to designate a residence outside of the White House as his temporary offices,[16] so that federal money can be used to provide required facilities.[17]
Notes
- 1.^ Harding died before he could vacation in Bird Key.
References
- ↑ The Clintons did not own a separate residence while in the White House and, before that, the Arkansas Governor's Mansion.
- ↑ Dorothy Howell Rodham lived there from 2006 until her death in 2011.
- ↑ Danny Hakim (October 11, 2006). "New Resident at Clinton Home, And She Has a Familiar Name". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.mhl.org/historicpreservation/detail.htm?ID=1049
- ↑ ""Summer White House" of President Franklin Pierce - place with historical importance".
- ↑ Null, Druscilla J. (1984). "Ulysses S. Grant Cottage, 995 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, Monmouth County, NJ" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey HABS NJ-884.
- 1 2 "Frances Cleveland Biography :: National First Ladies' Library".
- ↑ Morgan Brennan. "Blue Heron Farm, Chilmark, MA - In Photos: Inside President Obama's Martha's Vineyard Vacation Home". Forbes.
- ↑ "Martha's Vineyard once enjoyed by the Obamas is for sale".
- 1 2 3 Caputo, Marc. "Trump dubs Mar-a-Lago the new 'Winter White House'". Politico.
- ↑ Rachel Ross (January 18, 2017). "Want to Live Like the President? Barack Obama's Winter White House is Up for Rent". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ↑ Nixon's Western White House for sale - Orange County Register
- ↑ Reagan Ranch
- ↑ "Texas Research Trip" (Website). The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- ↑ Damon, Allan L. (June 1974). "Presidential Expenses". Volume 25, Issue 4. American Heritage Magazine.
- ↑ 31 C.F.R. 408.2(c)
- ↑ "Around the Nation; Reagan designates ranch a 'Western White House'". The New York Times (Associate Press). 1981-02-05.
External links
- PresidentialMuseums.com - Presidential museums, libraries, birthplaces, centers, and other notable places of historic importance.
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