List of residences of presidents of the United States
Official residences (such as the White House, Camp David, Blair House, or the former President's House in Philadelphia) are not the only residences of presidents of the United States. Listed below are the private residences of the various presidents of the United States.
Private homes of the presidents[]
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, Poplar Forest |
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 | The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee |
8 | Martin Van Buren | Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York |
9 | William Henry Harrison | Grouseland, Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, Vincennes, Indiana |
10 | John Tyler | Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
11 | James K. Polk | James K. Polk Home, Columbia, Tennessee 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 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 | Taft House, Cincinnati, Ohio |
28 | Woodrow Wilson | Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, D.C.
Augusta, Georgia |
29 | Warren G. Harding | Warren G. Harding House, Marion, Ohio |
30 | Calvin Coolidge | 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 Waldorf Astoria New York, Manhattan, New York |
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Springwood, Hyde Park, New York Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia |
33 | Harry S. Truman | Truman Home, Independence, Missouri |
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
35 | John F. Kennedy | Kennedy Compound, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts |
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas |
37 | Richard Nixon | La Casa Pacifica, San Clemente, California |
38 | Gerald Ford | Gerald R. Ford Jr. House, Alexandria, Virginia |
39 | Jimmy Carter | 209 Woodland Drive, Plains, Georgia |
40 | Ronald Reagan | Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara, California |
41 | George H. W. Bush | Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine |
42 | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton Birthplace, Hope, Arkansas Chappaqua, New York Washington, D.C. |
43 | George W. Bush | Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas |
44 | Barack Obama | Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois Washington, D.C. |
45 | Donald Trump | Trump Tower, New York City, New York Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida See Residences of Donald Trump |
46 | Joe Biden | Greenville, Delaware |
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[1] | Andover, Massachusetts[2] |
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 | Ulysses S. Grant Cottage[3] | Long Branch, New Jersey |
1877–1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Spiegel Grove | Fremont, Ohio |
1886–1888 | Grover Cleveland | Oak View Upon Red Top[4] | 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[4] | 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 | Roosevelt Campobello International Park | 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 |
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 | Bass Residence | Vail, Colorado |
1974–1977 | Gerald Ford | Firestone Residence | Palm Springs, California |
1977–1980 | Jimmy Carter | 209 Woodland Drive | Plains, Georgia |
1981–1988 | Ronald Reagan | Rancho del Cielo | Santa Barbara, California |
1989–1992 | George H. W. Bush | Walker's Point Estate | Kennebunkport, Maine |
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[5] | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
2017–2020 | Donald Trump | Trump National Golf Club Bedminster[6] | 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".[7]
Years | President | Property name | Location |
---|---|---|---|
1912–1913 | Woodrow Wilson | Beaulieu (John M. Ayer Estate, Dixie White House)[8] | Pass Christian, Mississippi |
1921-1923[a] | 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[7] | Key West, Florida |
1953–1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Eisenhower Cabin, Augusta National Golf Club | Augusta, Georgia |
1961–1963 | John F. Kennedy | La Querida[9] | Palm Beach, Florida |
1969–1974 | Richard Nixon | Florida White House | Key Biscayne, Florida |
2009–2017 | Barack Obama | Plantation Estate[10] | Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
2017–2021 | Donald Trump | Mar-a-Lago[7] | Palm Beach, Florida |
Western/Southern White House[]
The Western/Southern White House is a term applied to additional residences of the president of the United States.
Examples include:
- The Mar-a-Lago resort, Florida: nicknamed the "Southern White House" or "Winter White House"
- The Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas; dubbed the "Western White House"
- Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan have also used the term for their private residences (Nixon and Reagan in California, Johnson in Texas).[11][12][13]
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.[14] Federal law now allows the president to designate a residence outside of the White House as his temporary offices,[15][16] so that federal money can be used to provide required facilities.[17]
Notes[]
- ^ Harding died before he could vacation in Bird Key.
References[]
- ^ "Welcome to the Andover Historic Preservation Web Site". Andover Preservation Commission.
- ^ "'Summer White House' of President Franklin Pierce - place with historical importance". Wikimapia.
- ^ Null, Druscilla J. (1984). "Ulysses S. Grant Cottage, 995 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, Monmouth County, NJ" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. HABS NJ-884.
- ^ a b "Frances Cleveland Biography". National First Ladies' Library.
- ^ "Martha's Vineyard once enjoyed by the Obamas is for sale". July 2015.
- ^ Holson, Laura M. (June 3, 2017). "At the 'Summer White House,' You Are Never Far From a Trump Photo". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c Caputo, Marc. "Trump dubs Mar-a-Lago the new 'Winter White House'". Politico.
- ^ "Dixie White House".
- ^ Hofheinz, Darrell (June 19, 2020). "Former Kennedy estate sells for $70 million in Palm Beach, deed shows". The Florida Times-Union (USA Today Network). Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "About the Ranch". Young America's Foundation.
- ^ "Texas Research Trip". The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
- ^ Damon, Allan L. (June 1974). "Presidential Expenses". American Heritage Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 4. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ 31 C.F.R. 408.2(c)
- ^ https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2017-01-03/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-IV/part-408/section-408.1
- ^ "Reagan Designates Ranch a 'Western White House'". Around the Nation. The New York Times. Associate Press. February 5, 1981. p. A10.
External links[]
- PresidentialMuseums.com – Presidential museums, libraries, birthplaces, centers, and other notable places of historic importance.
- Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary: American Presidents: List of Sites – National Park Service
- Lists relating to the United States presidency
- Presidential homes in the United States
- Presidential residences in the United States
- White House