Post, who died in 1973, willed the 17-acre (6.9 ha) estate to the United States government as a Winter White House for presidents and visiting foreign dignitaries. A contemporary report prepared by the Department of the Interior attributed its significance to providing "an excellent picture of winter resort life in Palm Beach prior to the Depression". In 1969, Mar-a-Lago was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Federal government and foundationīy the 1950s and 1960s, social tastes had changed, and many mansions constructed in the 1920s were demolished. In 1961, she built a pavilion with a 30-foot-by-50-foot dance floor and held square dance evenings. In 1957, she began the tradition of using the resort to host the International Red Cross ball, and the gala event has been regularly held there since. Post returned to Mar-a-Lago in 1948 and began using Mar-a-Lago to host social events regularly again. In April 1944, the house was turned into a training centre for returning servicemen. Post only made brief visits to Mar-a-Lago in the early 1940s and did not stay at the resort from 1941 to 1948. Mar-a-Lago was shuttered for five seasons. Post re-married a Washington lawyer Joseph Davies, who was appointed ambassador to Russia. In 1935, Hutton and Post went through a divorce. Post used the residence to host dinner parties, charity events, concerts, costume balls, and circus.
Hutton and Post regularly used Mar-a-Lago as their winter residence, typically staying from mid January to late March. Winter Residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post Post spent US$7 million (equivalent to $118 million in 2022), and it was finished in 1927. She hired Marion Sims Wyeth to design it and Joseph Urban to create interior design and exterior decorations. Mar-a-Lago means "sea-to-lake" in Spanish, referring to the fact that the resort extends the entire width of Palm Beach, from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Worth Lagoon, which forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.ĭuring the 1920s Florida land boom, Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals business and then the wealthiest woman in the United States, paid for the house to be built with her husband Edward F. Since 2019, Trump has designated the estate as his primary residence. During his tenure as president of the United States, Trump frequently visited Mar-a-Lago and hosted meetings with international leaders there, including Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese president Xi Jinping. His family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds, marked by decorative dolphins. Trump acquired Mar-a-Lago in 1985 and used the 126-room, 62,500-square-foot (5,810 m 2) mansion as a residence before 1994 when he converted it into the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest rooms, a spa and other hotel-style amenities. 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, but because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility, the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981. Mar-a-Lago was built for businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between the years 19 during the 1920s Florida land boom. Mar-a-Lago ( / ˌ m ɑːr ə ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ/ Spanish for 'Sea-to-Lake') is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, owned since 1985 by Donald Trump.
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