The Queen Anne style house in 1895 built of terracotta brick, it was unpainted until 1960 Similarly, Vice President Kamala Harris delayed moving in until April 2021 while renovations occurred. The vice-presidential mansion was refurbished by the United States Navy in early 2001, slightly delaying the move of Vice President Dick Cheney and his family. Every vice president since has lived there. Vice President Walter Mondale was the first vice president to move into the house.

His vice president, Nelson Rockefeller, primarily used the home for entertainment as he already had a well-secured residence in Washington, D.C., though the Rockefellers donated millions of dollars' worth of furnishings to the house. Vice President Gerald Ford became president before he could use the house. The 1974 congressional authorization covered the cost of refurbishment and furnishing the house.Īlthough Number One Observatory Circle was made available to the vice president in 1974, more than three years passed before a vice president lived full-time in the house. It is still the 'official temporary residence of the vice president of the United States' by law. It remained the residence of the CNO until 1974, when Congress authorized its transformation to an official residence for the vice president, though a temporary one. The chief of naval operations (CNO) liked the house so much that in 1923 he took over the house for himself. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the house was built in 1893 for the observatory superintendent. Located on the northeast grounds of the U.S. Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States and the Second Family Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden and Pence have all lived here.Official home of the vice president of the United States, photographed in 2017ġ Observatory Circle NW, U.S. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was the first second-in-command to occupy the home, according to the White House. The Naval Observatory was built in 1893, and Congress refurbished the house for the vice president in 1974.

Naval Observatory in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2018. FILE: The Vice President's residence on the ground of the U.S. Chimney liners need to be replaced and other household maintenance will be performed, now that Vice President Mike Pence and his family have moved out. The aide said that the delay is due to the need for some repairs to the home.īecause Harris won't be staying at the house at One Observatory Circle immediately, it will 'allow for repairs to the home that are more easily conducted with the home unoccupied,' the aide said. Vice President Kamala Harris won't immediately move into the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory in northwest Washington, D.C., that is traditionally used by vice presidents, an aide for Harris told CBS News.

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