Listed below are the private residences of the various presidents of the United States. Except for George Washington, all of them also lived at the White House (Executive Residence). For a list of official residences, see President of the United States § Residence.
This is a list of notable homes where presidents resided with their families.
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.
The "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.
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". [11]
Years | President | Property name | Location |
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1912–1913 | Woodrow Wilson | Beaulieu (John M. Ayer Estate, Dixie White House) [12] | 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 [11] | Key West, Florida |
1953–1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Eisenhower Cabin, Augusta National Golf Club | Augusta, Georgia |
1961–1963 | John F. Kennedy | La Querida [13] | Palm Beach, Florida |
1969–1974 | Richard Nixon | Nixon's Florida White House | Key Biscayne, Florida |
2009–2017 | Barack Obama | Plantation Estate [14] | Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
2017–2021 2025–Present | Donald Trump | Mar-a-Lago [11] | Palm Beach, Florida |
The Western White House and Southern White House are terms sometimes applied to additional residences of the president, especially when those residences are very distant from the District of Columbia. Famous examples include Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as well as George W. Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas; Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan have also used the term for their private residences (Nixon and Reagan in California, Johnson in Texas). [15] [16] [17]
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. [18] Federal law now allows the president to designate a residence outside of the White House as his temporary offices, [19] [20] so that federal money can be used to provide required facilities. [21]
This is a list of official residences occupied by individuals who later served as presidents with their families while they served in the office related to the residence.
This is a list of official residences occupied by presidents with their families (before or after their term of office) while another member of their family served in the office related to the residence.
Order | President | Residence | Notes |
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9 | William Henry Harrison | Executive Mansion (Richmond, Virginia) | Resided there during tenure of his father, Benjamin Harrison V, as governor of Virginia [22] |