Mar-a-Lago
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Mar-a-Lago National Historic Landmark
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Mar-a-Lago, Marjorie Merriweather Post's estate on Palm Beach Island
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| Location | 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 26°40′37.439″N 80°02′13.157″W / 26.67706639°N 80.03698806°WCoordinates: 26°40′37.439″N 80°02′13.157″W / 26.67706639°N 80.03698806°W |
| Area | 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2) |
| Built | 1924–27 |
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| NRHP Reference # | 80000961 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 23, 1980 |
| Designated NHL | December 23, 1980 |
Mar-a-Lago (English pronunciation: /mɑɹ.ə.lɑ.goʊ/) is an estate and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post. Post envisioned the house as a future winter retreat for American presidents and foreign dignitaries, and following her death in 1973, it was bequeathed to the nation. However, successive presidents declined to use the mansion, which was returned to Post's estate in 1980 and in 1985 was purchased by Donald Trump, later 45th President of the United States.
The 126-room, 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) house contains the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest rooms, a spa, and other hotel-style amenities. The Trump family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds.
Since taking office in 2017, President Trump has referred to Mar-a-Lago as his Southern White House and uses it as a Camp David-style presidential retreat.
The company identifies the name Mar-a-Lago as Spanish for "Sea-to-Lake."
Marjorie Merriweather Post built the house with her then-husband Edward F. Hutton. Post hired Marion Sims Wyeth to design it, and Joseph Urban to create interior design and exterior decorations. Upon her death in 1973, Post willed the 17-acre (69,000 m2) estate to the United States government as a Winter White House for presidents and visiting foreign dignitaries.Richard Nixon preferred the Florida White House in Key Biscayne, however, and Jimmy Carter was not interested. The federal government soon realized the immense cost of maintenance, annual taxes roughly between $1–3 million, and the difficulty of maintaining security for diplomats. The government returned it to the Post Foundation in 1981, which listed it for sale for $20 million. Dina Merrill and Post's two other daughters did not maintain the property, expecting to sell it, but there was so little interest that the city approved its demolition to build smaller homes. Mar-a-Lago was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1980.
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