Marjorie Post, Post Cereal heiress wanted it to become the Winter White House and she willed it to the National Park Service........here's the story.
Mar-a-Lago
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This article is about the house and resort. For Swiss village, see
Miralago.
Mar-a-Lago National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Mar-a-Lago, Marjorie Merriweather Post's estate on Palm Beach Island
Location 1100 S. Ocean Blvd.,
Palm Beach,
Florida,
United States
Coordinates 26°40′37″N80°02′13″WCoordinates:
26°40′37″N 80°02′13″W
Area 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2)
[1]
Built 1924–1927
Architect
NRHP reference # 80000961
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 23, 1980
[2]
Designated NHL December 23, 1980
[3]
Mar-a-Lago (
/ˌmɑːrəˈlɑːɡoʊ/) is a resort and
National Historic Landmark in
Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by cereal-company heiress and socialite
Marjorie Merriweather Post. The 126-room, 62,500-square-foot (5,800 m²)
[4][
better source needed] house contains the
Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest rooms, a spa, and other hotel-style amenities. It is located on the Palm Beach
barrier island, with the
Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway to the west.
At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the
National Park Service, hoping it could be used for
state visits or as a
Winter White House. However, because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and it was difficult to secure the facility (as it is located in the flight path of Palm Beach Airport), the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an Act of Congress in 1981.
[5]
In 1985, Mar-a-Lago was purchased by
Donald Trump.
[6] His wife at the time,
Ivana Trump, was charged with running the property.
[7] Trump retained Mar-a-Lago through both of his divorces. His family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds.
[8] Trump has frequently visited there since he was elected president,
[9] referring to it as the
Winter White House and his "
Southern White House". It is the second largest mansion in the state of Florida and the
20th largest mansion in the United States.
Mar-a-Lago - Wikipedia
