Whitehaven (house)

Last updated

Whitehaven
Location map Washington DC Cleveland Park to Southwest Waterfront.png
Red pog.svg
Whitehaven
Location of Whitehaven in Washington, D.C.
General information
Architectural style Georgian [1]
Address3067 Whitehaven Street NW [2]
Town or city Washington, DC
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 38°55′07″N77°03′49″W / 38.9187°N 77.0635°W / 38.9187; -77.0635
Owner Bill Clinton [3]
Technical details
Materialbrick
Size5,500 square foot (510 m2)
Floor count3 [1]
Grounds0.33 acres (0.13 ha)

Whitehaven is a Clinton family-owned mansion in Washington, D.C. used by Hillary Clinton when she is in residence in the capital. (The primary Clinton home is in Chappaqua, New York.) Built in 1951, the Georgian-style house is located near Washington's Embassy Row. Past residents have included Sir David Muirhead, Henry Brandon, and Muffie Cabot.

Contents

Layout and location

A satellite view of Whitehaven and surrounding neighborhood showing, (1) the Vice-President's Residence (One Observatory Circle); (2) the chancery of the New Zealand embassy; (3) Whitehaven estate; (4) the chancery of the British embassy; (5) the chancery of the Sri Lankan embassy. Whitehaven aerial view.png
A satellite view of Whitehaven and surrounding neighborhood showing, (1) the Vice-President's Residence (One Observatory Circle); (2) the chancery of the New Zealand embassy; (3) Whitehaven estate; (4) the chancery of the British embassy; (5) the chancery of the Sri Lankan embassy.

Whitehaven, named for its location on Whitehaven Street, is a brick Georgian-style mansion with white trim that sits on 0.33 acres (0.13 ha) of property in the Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood and is adjacent to the embassies of New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom, and within walking distance of Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the Vice-President of the United States. [4] [5] [2] [6] [7]

According to The Washington Post , Whitehaven is situated in an area that is "the kind of place where 'No Trespassing' signs outnumber welcome mats and where maids answer the doorbells in the afternoon" while The New York Times , quoting a local real estate broker, described it as a "quiet neighborhood" with "no real sense of community per se". [4] [2]

As of 2000, the year of its purchase by the Clintons, the 5,500-square-foot (510 m2) home had seven bedrooms and five bathrooms. [2] From 2004 to 2007, the property was redecorated and expanded by Washington-area designer Rosemarie Howe. [8] The main dining room can accommodate 30 dinner guests and the expansive backyard features a swimming pool. [9] [10]

History

Early residents

Whitehaven was constructed in 1951. Early residents included Sir David Muirhead, as well as Henry Brandon (longtime Washington correspondent for The Sunday Times ) and Brandon's wife Muffie, who would eventually become mother-in-law to Bill Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos. [11] [12]

From 1980 to 2000, the property was owned and occupied by Joseph W. Henderson, a Republican and general partner of an investment group. [2] After the children of Henderson and his wife left home to attend Harvard University, the couple decided to sell the property and take up primary residence at their other estates in Berryville, Virginia, and Fisher's Island, New York, instead. [4]

Clinton residency

Whitehaven was sold to the Clintons by Henderson in 2000 for $2.85 million, below the $3.5 million list price, and had an assessed value in 2016 of $5.3 million. [2] [3] The purchase of the house by Bill and Hillary Clinton marked the first time a former United States president had owned a property in Washington since Woodrow Wilson. [4]

In 2006, Hillary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, moved into Whitehaven. [13]

Friends and colleagues of the Clintons have said Whitehaven has typically been reserved for the exclusive use of Hillary Clinton, and invitations to visit the property are considered a high privilege reserved for close confidantes. [14] Clinton used the house as a "fortress of solitude" while working on her book Hard Choices and has hosted important gatherings at the property with advisors. [14] She reportedly made the decision to enter the 2016 presidential race, in part, at Whitehaven. [7]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Clinton</span> President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who was a U.S. senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in 2016.

The Whitewater controversy, Whitewater scandal, Whitewatergate, or simply Whitewater, was an American political controversy during the 1990s. It began with an investigation into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation. This failed business venture was incorporated in 1979 with the purpose of developing vacation properties on land along the White River near Flippin, Arkansas.

Bernard Leon Schwartz is the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications, a position he held for 34 years. He also served as Chairman and CEO of K&F Industries, Inc., and president and CEO of Globalstar Telecommunications. He retired from Loral and his positions at its various subsidiaries and affiliates as of March 1, 2006. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of BLS Investments, his own investment firm located in Manhattan.

The Clinton health care plan was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dorothy Howell Rodham</span> American homemaker and mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dorothy Emma Rodham was an American homemaker and the mother of former First Lady, U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillary Clinton</span> American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state under president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States as the wife of president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College vote, thereby losing the election to Donald Trump.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clinton Foundation</span> Non-profit organization in the U.S.

The Clinton Foundation is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code. It was established by former president of the United States Bill Clinton with the stated mission to "strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence." Its offices are located in New York City and Little Rock, Arkansas.

Anthony Dean Rodham was an American consultant and businessman who was the youngest brother of Hillary Clinton and brother-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White House Social Secretary</span> Position

The White House social secretary is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of official social events at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States.

Castle Grande was a real estate development in Arkansas about 10 miles south of Little Rock. It came into National news as a result of the Whitewater investigations. The project was a 1,050-acre (4.2 km2) lot where Jim McDougal hoped to build a microbrewery, shopping center, a trailer park and other future projects in 1985. The land was scrub pine forest that had failed already as an industrial development. The sales price was $1.75 million. State regulations prohibited Jim McDougal from investing more than 6% of his Madison Guaranty S&L assets. So, he put in $600,000 of Madison money and then for the difference had Seth Ward put in the remaining $1.15 million. This money Ward borrowed from Madison Guaranty on non-recourse, no personal obligation to repay. If federal regulators found out, McDougal's S&L could be shut down, since it had already been operating under orders to correct its lending practices.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clinton body count conspiracy theory</span> Conspiracy theory

The Clinton body count is a disproven conspiracy theory that asserts former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have secretly had their political opponents murdered, totaling as many as 50 or more listed victims. The Congressional Record (1994) stated that the compiler of the original list, Linda Thompson, admitted she had "'no direct evidence' of Clinton killing anyone. Indeed, she says the deaths were probably caused by 'people trying to control the president' but refuses to say who they were."

Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild is an American-British billionaire businesswoman who is the chief executive officer of E.L. Rothschild, a holding company she owns.

The post-presidency of Bill Clinton began on January 20, 2001 following the end of Bill Clinton's second term as president. Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. After he left office, he continued to be active in the public sphere, touring the world, writing books, and campaigning for Democrats, including his wife, Hillary Clinton, who served as the junior U.S. senator from New York between 2001 and 2009 and the 67th United States Secretary of State between 2009 and 2013, on her presidential campaigns in 2008, in which she was runner-up for the Democratic nomination, and in 2016, when she lost the election to Donald Trump. After Clinton left office, he ended up forming a close friendship with George H. W. Bush and later, with George W. Bush.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Embassy of Poland, Washington, D.C.</span> Diplomatic mission of the Republic of Poland to the United States of America

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Poland to the United States of America. The chancery is located at 2640 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Democratic Party presidential candidates</span>

This article contains lists of candidates associated with the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Hillary Clinton is an American politician from the state of New York who was the Democratic Party's 2016 nominee for president of the United States. Clinton is the first woman in U.S. history to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party. She was defeated in the 2016 general election by Republican Donald Trump.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States presidential election in New York</span>

The 2016 United States presidential election in New York was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New York voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. New York has 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Mabel "Muffie" Wentworth Brandon Cabot is an American heiress and socialite. During the 1980s she served as social secretary to Nancy Reagan. She is the mother of actress Ali Wentworth.

The Lincoln Bedroom for contributors controversy was an American political controversy in the 1990s during the Clinton Administration. It refers to the alleged selling of overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House in return for political campaign contributions. It occurred in the context of the larger and somewhat separately focused 1996 United States campaign finance controversy. Despite allegations of wrongdoing the justice department never opened an investigation or pressed criminal charges in connection to the Lincoln Bedroom matter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillary Clinton's tenure as First Lady of the United States</span>

Hillary Clinton served as the first lady of the United States from 1993 until 2001, during the presidency of her husband Bill Clinton.

References

  1. 1 2 Ghattas, Kim (2013). The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of ... Macmillan. p. 9. ISBN   978-0805095111.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Marquis, Christopher (December 29, 2000). "Clintons Buy $2.85 Million Washington Home". The New York Times . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "3067 WHITEHAVEN ST NW". taxpayerservicecenter.com. District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Fern, Manny (December 30, 2000). "Clintons Buy $2.85 Million House in NW". Washington Post . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Baer, Susan (April 1, 2007). "Hillary Clinton's World". Washingtonian . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ Hillary: An American Life. 2014. ISBN   978-1618939913.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. 1 2 Karni, Annie (April 12, 2015). "Hillary Clinton's slow walk to 'yes'". Politico . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ Koncius, Jura (February 1, 2007). "The Woman Behind The Room Behind Hillary Clinton". The Washington Post . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Sherwell, Philip (September 11, 2005). "Hillary Clinton prepares for presidential run by expanding her 'White-House-in-Waiting'". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Luddy, Susana (February 1, 2000). "Real Estate News". Washington Life. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ Diplomatic List. U.S. Department of State. 1955. p. 19.
  12. ↑ Official Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. 1974. p. 846.
  13. ↑ Hakim, Danny (October 11, 2006). "New Resident at Clinton Home, And She Has a Familiar Name". The New York Times .
  14. 1 2 Parnes, Amie (February 20, 2015). "Where does Hillary 2016 begin? In this Washington home". The Hill . Retrieved June 10, 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.