Number One Observatory Circle
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. It is located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D. C. The house was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez and built in 1893 for the use of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory.
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Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. It is located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D. C. The house was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez and built in 1893 for the use of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory who was the original resident. In 1928, with the passage of Public Law 630, Congress appropriated it for the chief of naval operations, and in June 1929, Charles Hughes became the first resident of what became known as Admiral’s House. For the next 45 years, it served as the home of such Admirals as Richard Leigh, Chester Nimitz, and Elmo Zumwalt. In 1966, in response to the John F. Kennedy assassination, Congress passed a law creating an official residence for the vice presidents in the District of Columbia and designating ten acres for such use. The 1974 congressional authorization covered the cost of refurbishment and furnishing the house. The vice presidential mansion was refurbished by the United US Navy in early 2001, only slightly delaying the move of then-vice president Dick Cheney and his family. The home’s exterior was originally dark red brick until 1960, when it was painted feather gray.
It was changed to white with black shutters in 1963, and now is cream colored. The 1961 era white paint on the exterior was retained on the Second floor, which was retained in an 1895 photograph of the residence. The Second floor was reinstalled as the vice presidential residence in 1895, and opened as the president’s residence in 1896. It was built on 13 acres of land which had originally been part of a 73-acre farm called Northview, which the Navy purchased in 1880. It is only 2. 5 miles from the White House. It has been home to Vice President Walter Mondale, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and Vice President Gerald Ford. Elmo Zumw Walt was the last vice president to live in the house before it became the official residence of the president. For more information, go to: http://www.navalobservatory.org/number-one-observation-circles/home.html. The current vice president is Vice President Joe Biden, who was sworn in on January 20, 2009, and lives in the residence with his wife, Jill Biden, and their two children, Joe and Abigail. The residence was officially opened as a vice president residence on January 21, 2009. It remains the official temporary residence of President Barack Obama.
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