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The historic cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The "Summer White House" is typically the name given to the summer vacation residence of the sitting president of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of presidents and their guests.
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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
It served as a summer White House, a political headquarters, and most important, a cherished home where the Kennedys sailed, played touch football, and created lasting memories. Read on to see ...
Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest of the four sons of President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, and the only one of them to survive into adulthood.He first visited Manchester Center, Vermont at age 20 in the summer of 1863 when he, his brother Tad, and their mother stayed at the nearby Equinox House to escape the heat of Washington, D.C.
The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth has a new exhibit on the second floor of the Cilley General Store, all about Coolidge using the space as his "Summer White House" 100 ...
The sprawling 9-bed, 6.5 bath, 4,484-square-foot house built in 1925 would become known as "the Summer White House" during Kennedy's presidency. The note, dated Jan. 2, 1957, is signed by JFK.