Presidential homes
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Feb 18, 2015
Presidential homes
A look at the residences of U.S. Presidents.
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Tom Allen/The Washington PostFormer president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary live in this house in D.C.'s Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood near the Naval Observatory. -
Linda Davidson / The Washington PostGeorge Washington's house at 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy. Washington’s father built a modest 1 1/2-story farmhouse on the land in 1735. Washington inherited the property in 1762, and over the years, expanded the house into a 21-room residence. It is now a museum. -
Ricky Carioti/The Washington PostGeorge H.W. Bush lived in this home, at 5161 Palisade Lane NW, while serving as CIA director in the 1970s. -
Abraham Lincoln's house at 140 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW. The cottage was known as the summer White House during Lincoln’s presidency. Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation while living here. The cottage is now run by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. -
Bill O'Leary / The Washington PostLyndon B. Johnson's home at 4921 30th Pl. NW. Johnson and his family lived in apartments at the Kennedy-Warren and the Woodley Park Towers before buying a house at 4921 30th Pl. NW. The Johnsons lived there the longest while in Washington. When LBJ became vice president, they moved to 52nd Street. -
United Press InternationalJohn F. Kennedy's home at 3307 N St. NW. Kennedy occupied several homes around Georgetown during his time in Washington but this was his last one before he moved into the White House. It was from this house that he conducted his presidential campaign. -
Richard Nixon's house at 4308 Forest Lane NW. When Nixon first came to Washington, he rented an apartment in Alexandria for $80 a month. He moved into the Broadmoor on Connecticut Avenue while house-hunting with his wife, Pat, before settling in this home.
Take a look at where U.S. Presidents lived before, during and after their time in the White House. Several served as congressmen, senators or Cabinet officials before becoming president, and they tended to move around, reports The Washington Post.
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