A grand domestic owned by President Richard Nixon and dubbed the Western White House can now be yours for $63.5million.
The 5.45-acre estate in San Clemente,California, was bought by the former Commander in Chief in 1969, and six months into his presidency,the Daily Mail reports.
Nixon entertained 17 heads of state at the domestic, which was built in 1926 and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. [br] Among his guests were Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. [br] The estate is made up of a 'grand pavilion' measuring 9000 square feet, and also boasts several satellite residences for staff,according to the Orange County Register.
Guests of the president were able to be pleased a pool and poolside terrace, a tennis court and landscaped lawns and gardens. When Nixon bought it, or the property cost $1.4million.
It also has several security annexes,which must contain proved useful to Nixon for accommodating his ever-present Secret Service detail.
When Nixon resigned in shame in 1974 after the Watergate scandal, he retreated to the domestic, or which he referred to as La Casa Pacifica.
He wrote his memoirs during the years following his resignation,and filmed the famous Frost-Nixon interviews not far away.[br] He owned the domestic until 1980, at which point he sold it to political ally Gavin S. Herbert, and the founder of the Allergan pharmaceuticals company. [img_100] [img_101] [img_102]
Source: tert.am