President Gerald R. Ford Jr. House | |
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Location | 514 Crown View Dr., Alexandria, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°48′47″N 77°4′47″W / 38.81306°N 77.07972°WCoordinates: 38°48′47″N 77°4′47″W / 38.81306°N 77.07972°W |
Built | 1955 |
Architect | Purins, Viktors |
NRHP reference No. | 85003048 |
VLR No. | 100-0165 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 17, 1985[2] |
Designated NHL | December 17, 1985[3] |
Designated VLR | March 19, 1997[1] |
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 9, 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.[3][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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See also
- President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home, in Michigan
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia
References
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Gerald R. Ford Jr. House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ a b c d Laura J. Feller (February 19, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., House" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires
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