As President Obama finishes up his
second term and makes way for Donald Trump, whose
inauguration is on
Friday, we’re taking a look at six homes for sale around the U.S. with
links to past, present and future presidents, as well as their close
families.
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A modest ranch near Middleburg,
Virginia, which John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, built in the
early 1960s is decidedly less known than the glitzy Kennedy compound in
Hyannis Port. The former first lady designed it herself as a weekend
retreat away from the White House, but sadly the family only spent three
weekends there before JFK was assassinated in 1963. The property was
sold a few months later.
The four-bedroom property, which she named Wexford after the Irish county where her husband’s ancestors lived, is currently back on the market
for $5.95 million. This is down from $7.95 million in September 2015
and $10.99 million when it first was put up for sale in 2013.
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Another Kennedy-linked property for
sale is the “Lasata” estate in the Hamptons, designed by architect
Arthur C. Jackson and built in 1917. It’s famous for being the Bouvier
family’s summer home during the 1920s and 1930s and was where future
first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (simply known as Jacqueline Bouvier in those days),
spent her childhood vacations. Set on more than seven acres of land in
posh East Hampton Village near the ocean, it includes a 10-bedroom house
that was restored in 2007, a one-bedroom guest house, a two-bedroom
pool house and a three-car garage building.
It’s currently owned by fashion designer and ex-Coach creative director Reed Krakoff and is on the market for $38.995 million. Adjacent land can be purchased for $14.995 million.
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The Hamptons was not only a favorite
vacation haunt with the Bouviers. Chester A. Arthur, who became the 21st
president in 1881 after his predecessor James Garfield was
assassinated, spent some of his down time in a property dubbed the
“Summer White House” in Sag Harbor, according to listing agent Michaela
Keszler of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. That was long before the
Hamptons became the trendy vacation spot it is today.
The three-story, six bedroom Victorian mansion, which was built in 1796 and has been recently renovated, is for sale with a $14.2 million price
tag. Features include a library with fireplace, a formal dining and
living room and a family room overlooking the garden and swimming pool.
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This Martha’s Vineyard home served as
the summer White House to President Obama, his wife Michelle and their
two daughters, Malia and Sasha, back in 2013. Known as Chilmark House,
it boasts panoramic ocean views of the South Shore and Chilmark Pond and is currently for sale for $19.125 million, down from $22.5 million when it was first listed in July 2015.
More: Here’s the House Obama Will Live in After He Moves Out of the White House
Set on nine-and-a-half acres of land
and with its own private road, this property no doubt acted as a perfect
summer hideaway for a president who didn’t want his every movement seen
by the press. In addition to privacy, other features include a heated infinity pool, half-basketball court, a large-screened porch, outdoor terraces and a two-bedroom guest cottage.
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Donald Trump’s childhood home in New
York City’s borough of Queens may have just been scooped up by a
property developer buyer for $1.39 million (about $140,000 above its asking price),
but it’s already available again. No doubt hoping to make a profit on
Mr. Trump’s newfound position, the new owner is putting the five-bedroom
brick-and-stucco Tudor house up for auction through auctioneers Paramount Realty USA. The auction is already open remotely and closes at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Jan. 17).
Mr. Trump’s father built the house in
the well-to-do neighborhood of Jamaica Estates in 1940, and the address
is listed on Mr. Trump’s birth certificate. The family later moved into
a grander house around the corner when he was 4 years old.
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Ivanka Trump, who is widely rumored
to be taking on a First Lady-like role during her father’s tenure as
President—and whose husband, Jared Kushner, will be a senior adviser to
Mr. Trump—recently put one of her Manhattan apartments up for sale with a
$4.1 million
price tag. City property records show that the future first daughter
paid $1.52 million for the condo at Trump Park Avenue on Manhattan’s
Upper East Side in 2004 and transferred ownership to an LLC that reportedly belongs to her in 2015.
More: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Reportedly Buy $5.6 Million House in D.C.
However, while she is rumored to be
moving to a Kalorama mansion in a Washington, D.C., she won’t have to
stay in a hotel when she visits New York, either, as the home that’s now
on the market isn’t believed to be the family’s main residence. They live in a four-bedroom penthouse in the same building, according to numerous media reports.
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