The house at One Observatory Circle was designed by architect Leon E. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney entertain his then Chief of Staff for the Vice President Lewis 'Scooter' Libby (left) and his wife Harriet Grant (second on right) and former Vice President Dan Quayle (right) and his wife Marilyn (second on left) in the first floor library at the Naval Observatory December 4, 2001.Ī broad porch wraps around the front of the house, photographed during the tenure of Vice President Al Gore. The Library at Number One Observatory Circle. President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy visit Vice President George H. Nelson Rockefeller (right) and his wife Happy (second on left) entertain President Gerald Ford (left) his wife Betty (second on right) and their daughter Susan (center) at the Naval Observatory on September 7, 1975. The Mondales were the first full-time family of the Naval Observatory in 1977. Lynne Cheney gives a tour of the Naval Observatory to relatives of former Vice President Walter Mondale. The entry foyer at Number One Observatory Circle. The Vice Presidential mansion was refurbished by the United States Navy in early 2001, only slightly delaying the move of then Vice President Dick Cheney and his family. Every Vice President since has lived there. Vice President Walter Mondale was the first Vice President to move into the house. His Vice President, Nelson Rockefeller, primarily used the home for entertaining as he already had a well-secured residence in Washington, D.C., though the Rockefellers donated millions of dollars' worth of furnishings to the house. Vice President Gerald Ford became President before he could use the house. The 1974 congressional authorization covered the cost of refurbishment and furnishing the house.Īlthough Number One Observatory Circle was made available to the Vice President in 1974, more than two years passed before a Vice President lived full-time in the house. In fact, by law, it is still the 'official temporary residence of the Vice President of the United States'. It remained the residence of the CNO until 1974, when Congress authorized its transformation to an official residence for the Vice President, though a temporary one. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) liked the house so much that in 1923 he took over the house for himself. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the house was built in 1893 for its superintendent. Located on the northeast grounds of the U.S. Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the Vice President of the United States. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States and the Second Family

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