Gerald R. Ford Jr. House

President Gerald R. Ford Jr. House
Location 514 Crown View Dr., Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′47″N 77°4′47″W / 38.81306°N 77.07972°W / 38.81306; -77.07972Coordinates: 38°48′47″N 77°4′47″W / 38.81306°N 77.07972°W / 38.81306; -77.07972
Built 1955
Architect Purins, Viktors
NRHP Reference # 85003048
VLR # 100-0165
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 17, 1985[1]
Designated NHL December 17, 1985[2]
Designated VLR March 19, 1997[3]

The President Gerald R. Ford Jr. House is a historic house at 514 Crown View Drive in Alexandria, Virginia. Built in 1955, it was the home of Gerald Ford from then until his assumption of the United States Presidency on August 19, 1974. The house is typical of middle-class housing in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington from that period.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its association with the Fords.[2][4]

Description and history

The Ford House is located in a suburban residential area of central Alexandria, on the south side of Crown View Drive near its northwestern end. It consists of a rectangular 2-story main block with a two-story eastern section that once housed a garage on the ground floor and the master bedroom above. A single-story ell extends to the rear, and a 20-by-40-foot (6.1 m × 12.2 m) swimming pool was added by the Fords in 1961. The Secret Service converted the garage into a command post when Ford became Vice President of the United States in 1973.[4]

The house was built in 1955 for Gerald Ford, then a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan. Ford and his family made this house their primary residence from the time of its construction until they moved into the White House on August 19, 1974, following the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. The house is representative of the period in Ford's career when he rose to become one of the nation's most influential Congressmen, and set the stage for his ascent to the Presidency.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Gerald R. Ford Jr. House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Laura J. Feller (February 19, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1955, 1960, and undated (32 KB)
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