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A "Summer White House" is typically the name given to the regular 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.
[edit] Former Summer White Houses
Years |
President |
Property Name |
Location |
1789-1797 |
George Washington |
Mount Vernon |
Alexandria, Virginia |
1857-1861 |
James Buchanan |
Bedford Springs Hotel |
Bedford, Pennsylvania |
1862-1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Cottage at the Soldiers' Home |
Washington, D.C. |
1869 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
|
Cape May, New Jersey |
1877-1881 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Spiegel Grove |
Fremont, Ohio |
1889-1892 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Congress Hall |
Cape May, New Jersey |
1893-1896 |
Grover Cleveland |
Grey Gables |
Bourne, Massachusetts |
1897, 1899 |
William McKinley |
Hotel Champlain |
Plattsburgh, New York |
1901-1908 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Sagamore Hill |
Cove Neck, New York |
1909-1912 |
William Howard Taft |
Woodbury Point |
Beverly, Massachusetts |
1913-1915 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Harlakenden |
Cornish, New Hampshire |
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Shadow Lawn |
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 |
Black Hills, South Dakota |
1928 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Coffin Estate |
Sapelo Island |
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 |
|
Campobello Island |
1933-1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Little White House |
Warm Springs, Georgia |
1933-1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Springwood |
Hyde Park, New York |
1945-1951 |
Harry S. Truman |
Little White House |
Key West, Florida |
1952-1955 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Lowry Air Force Base |
Denver, Colorado |
1956-1960 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Fort Adams |
Newport, Rhode Island |
1961-1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
Hammersmith Farm |
Newport, Rhode Island |
1961-1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
Kennedy Compound |
Hyannis, Massachusetts |
1964-1968 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Johnson Park |
Johnson City, 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 |
The Lodge |
Vail, Colorado |
1977-1980 |
Jimmy Carter |
|
Plains, Georgia |
1981-1988 |
Ronald Regan |
Rancho del Cielo |
Santa Barbara, California |
1989-1992 |
George H. W. Bush |
Walker’s Point |
Kennebunkport, Maine |
1993-2000 |
Bill Clinton |
|
Martha's Vineyard |
1998-1999 |
Bill Clinton |
Georgica Pond |
East Hampton, New York |
2001-2008 |
George W. Bush |
Prairie Chapel Ranch |
Crawford, Texas |
2009 |
Barack Obama |
Blue Heron Farm |
Martha's Vineyard |