Presidential Townhouse

Quarters in Washington, DC for former US Presidents

716 Jackson Place

The Presidential Townhouse is a U.S. government-owned building managed by the General Services Administration, located at 716 Jackson Place NW in Washington, D.C., and was reserved for the exclusive use of former presidents of the United States during visits to the capital from 1969 to 2015. Located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, it adjoins several other government-owned townhouses used for official purposes, including Blair House, often used by visiting heads of state.

Purchased by the government in the late 1950s and used for various purposes, the Presidential Townhouse was established in 1969 by order of President Richard Nixon. The furnishings were very sparse until it was refurbished using private funds during the administration of President George W. Bush (2001–2009). The five-story building includes two dining rooms, several bedrooms, and space for a Secret Service detail in the basement.[1]

During its use as a residence for former presidents, its maintenance was funded through the Former Presidents Act, which provides for office support and Secret Service protection of former presidents.[2]

The townhouse was constructed in the late 1860s. It was once the home of Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.[3]

In 2015, the function of a presidential guest house was relocated a few doors south to Trowbridge House at 708 Jackson Place, NW.

In 2021, the Office of the National Cyber Director began using the house.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Trowbridge House

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gibbs, Nancy; Duffy, Michael (April 16, 2012). "A Presidential Hangout: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Clubhouse". Time. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
2. ^ "Washington Talk: Briefing; As for Ex-Presidents". The New York Times. April 4, 1988.
3. ^ "The Presidents (Lafayette Square Historic District)". nps.gov. National Park Service. January 22, 2004. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
4. ^ @ONCDPress (November 5, 2021). "Our team is growing, and so is our space. Looking forward to hosting public and private partners at 716 Jackson Place on the White House campus, once we're settled. #cyberhouse" (Tweet) - via Twitter.

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White House

Executive
Residence|

| Basement|

* Basement
* Chief Floral Designer

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Ground floor|

* China Room
* collection
* Office of the Curator
* Diplomatic Reception Room
* Library
* Map Room
* Vermeil Room

State floor|

* Blue Room
* Cross Hall
* East Room
* Entrance Hall
* Family Dining Room
* Grand Staircase
* Green Room
* Red Room
* South Portico
* State Dining Room
* Chief Usher

Second floor|

* Center Hall
* Dressing Room
* East Bedroom
* East Sitting Hall
* Family Kitchen
* Lincoln Bedroom
* Lincoln Sitting Room
* President's Bedroom
* President's Dining Room
* Private Sitting Room
* Queens' Bedroom
* Queens' Sitting Room
* Treaty Room
* Truman Balcony
* West Bedroom
* West Sitting Hall
* Yellow Oval Room

Third floor|

* Center Hall
* Diet Kitchen
* Linen Room
* Music Room
* Sun Room
* Workout Room

Roof|

* Flagpole
* Solar panels

West Wing|

* Cabinet Room
* Executive Office
* Oval Office
* desk
* call button
* clock
* Oval Office Study
* Press Briefing Room
* Roosevelt Room
* Situation Room

East Wing|

* Office of the First Lady
* Graphics and Calligraphy Office
* Presidential Emergency Operations Center
* White House Family Theater
* Social Secretary
* Visitors Office
* White House Military Office

Grounds|

* The Ellipse
* Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
* Lafayette Square
* Andrew Jackson statue
* Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben statue
* Comte de Rochambeau statue
* Tadeusz Kościuszko statue
* Marquis de Lafayette statue
* Navy Yard Urns
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* North Lawn
* President's Park
* Rose Garden
* South Lawn
* Horseshoe pit
* Putting green
* Swimming pool
* Tennis and basketball court
* White House to Treasury Building tunnel
* White House vegetable garden

Annex|

* Eisenhower Executive Office Building
* New Executive Office Building
* White House Conference Center
* Blair House
* Peter Parker House
* Trowbridge House
* Presidential Townhouse

Nearby
streets|

* 15th Street
* 17th Street
* Constitution Avenue
* E Street
* East Executive Avenue
* H Street NW
* Hamilton Place
* Jackson Place
* Madison Place
* Pennsylvania Avenue
* State Place
* West Executive Avenue

Other|

* Artwork
* Christmas Tree
* Reconstruction
* Replicas
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Richard Nixon

* 37th President of the United States (1969–1974)
* 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)
* U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)
* U.S. Representative for CA–12 (1947–1950)

Pre-presidency|

* Checkers speech
* Vice presidency
* 1958 motorcade attack
* Kitchen Debate
* Operation 40

Presidency
(timeline)|

* Transition
* First inauguration
* Second inauguration
* "Bring Us Together"
* Silent majority
* 1970 Lincoln Memorial visit
* State of the Union Address
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* VP confirmation of Gerald Ford
* Wilson desk
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court
* controversies
* Executive Orders
* Presidential Proclamations

| Foreign policy|

* International trips
* Nixon Doctrine
* Vietnam War
* Cambodian bombing
* Paris Peace Accords
* "Peace with Honor"
* Vietnamization
* Cold War period
* Linkage policy
* Tar Baby Option
* 1972 visit to China
* Shanghai Communiqué
* 1973 Chilean coup d'état
* Détente
* 1972 Moscow Summit
* Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
* SALT I Treaty
* Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement
* Threshold Test Ban Treaty
* Operation CHAOS
* Space exploration

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Domestic policy|

* Family Assistance Plan
* Revised Philadelphia Plan
* Minority Business Development Agency
* Native American policy
* Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
* Education Amendments of 1972
* Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
* Title IX
* Rehabilitation Act of 1973
* Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
* Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
* National Cancer Act of 1971
* End Stage Renal Disease Program
* Supplemental Security Income
* Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973
* Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
* Shafer Commission
* War on Drugs
* Drug Enforcement Administration
* Cannabis policy
* Federal Contested Elections Act
* Federal Election Campaign Act
* 1970 VRA Amendments
* District of Columbia Home Rule Act
* Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
* Congressional Research Service

Economic policy|

* Bank Secrecy Act
* Fair Credit Reporting Act
* National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
* Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970
* Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973
* Nixon shock
* Economic Stabilization Act of 1970
* Smithsonian Agreement
* Occupational Safety and Health Act
* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
* Occupational Safety and Health Administration
* Permissible exposure limit
* U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
* Consumer Product Safety Act
* Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act
* Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970
* Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
* Securities Investor Protection Act
* Securities Investor Protection Corporation
* Tax Reform Act of 1969
* Alternative minimum tax
* Revenue Act of 1971
* Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
* Agricultural Act of 1970
* Farm Credit Act of 1971
* Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972
* Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
* Federal Energy Administration
* Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act
* Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act
* Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act

Environmental
policy|

* Council on Environmental Quality
* Environmental Quality Improvement Act
* National Environmental Policy Act
* Environmental Protection Agency
* Clean Air Amendments of 1970
* Clean Water Act
* Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
* National Ambient Air Quality Standards
* National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
* New Source Performance Standards
* Noise Control Act
* Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970
* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
* Coastal Zone Management Act
* Coastal Zone Management Program
* Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
* Marine Mammal Protection Act
* Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
* Endangered Species Act of 1969
* Endangered Species Act of 1973
* Oil Pollution Act of 1973
* Water Resources Development Act of 1974

Watergate|

* Timeline
* Operation Sandwedge
* Operation Gemstone
* Saturday Night Massacre
* CRP
* White House Plumbers
* Watergate Seven
* Enemies List
* list of opponents
* White House tapes
* United States v. Nixon (1974)
* Senate Watergate Committee
* impeachment process
* "I am not a crook"
* Resignation
* Pardon

Life and
politics|

* Richard Nixon Foundation
* Presidential Library and Museum
* Birthplace and boyhood home
* "Last press conference"
* Florida White House
* "La Casa Pacifica"
* Nixon Center
* Nixon v. General Services Administration (1977)
* Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)
* Death and state funeral

Books|

* Six Crises (1962)
* Bibliography

Elections|

| U.S. House|

* 1946
* 1948

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U.S. Senate|

* 1950

Vice Presidential|

* 1952 campaign
* selection
* convention
* election
* transition
* 1956 campaign
* convention
* election

Presidential|

* 1960 campaign
* primaries
* running mate selection
* convention
* debates
* election
* Kennedy transition
* 1968 campaign
* primaries
* running mate selection
* convention
* election
* 1972 campaign
* primaries
* convention
* election

Gubernatorial|

* 1962

Popular
culture|

* "Nixon goes to China"
* Millhouse (1971 film)
* An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972 play)
* Richard (1972 film)
* Another Nice Mess (1972 film)
* Four More Years (1972 film)
* Impeach the President (1973 song)
* The Werewolf of Washington (1973 film)
* White House Madness (1975 film)
* All the President's Men (1976 film)
* The Public Burning (1977 novel)
* Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977 miniseries)
* Secret Honor (1984 film)
* Nixon in China (1987 opera)
* The Final Days (1989 film)
* Nixon (1995 film)
* Elvis Meets Nixon (1997 film)
* Futurama (1999 TV series)
* Dick (1999 film)
* Nixon's China Game (2000 film)
* Dark Side of the Moon (2002 film)
* The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004 film)
* Frost–Nixon interviews (2006 play, 2008 film)
* Black Dynamite (2009 film)
* "The Impossible Astronaut" (2011 TV episode)
* Our Nixon (2013 film)
* X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014 film)
* Crooked (2015 novel)
* Elvis & Nixon (2016 film)
* The Post (2017 film)
* Watergate (2019 board game)
* U.S. postage stamp

Related|

* Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act
* Presidential Townhouse
* Richard Nixon mask

Staff|

* Jack Brennan (aide de camp)
* Murray Chotiner (early campaign manager)
* Manolo Sanchez (valet)
* Rose Mary Woods (secretary)

Family|

* Thelma "Pat" Ryan Nixon (wife)
* Tricia Nixon Cox (daughter)
* Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter)
* Christopher Nixon Cox (grandson)
* Jennie Eisenhower (granddaughter)
* Francis A. Nixon (father)
* Hannah Milhous Nixon (mother)
* Donald Nixon (brother)
* Edward Nixon (brother)

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