Since 1985, it has been owned by Donald Trump, the president of the United States. The estate has been his primary residence since 2019. Mar-a-Lago was built for the businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 1924 and 1927, during the Florida land boom.

Jan 24, 2025 · But Trump wasn’t the first to call Mar-a-Lago his “Winter White House.” In fact, its builder, the American heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, wanted the property to become precisely that, decades before Trump made his political ambitions known.And, despite the property's reputation for gilt interiors and glittering chandeliers, it remains on the National Register of Historic Places, and ...

Sep 8, 2022 · Mar-a-Lago was one of several properties built by heiress and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post. Mar-a-Lago has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, courtesy of the now famous FBI...

Jan 7, 2025 · Flamboyant millionaire Donald Trump officially became the new owner of the legendary Mar-a-Lago Friday when he closed the sale on the Palm Beach estate of the late Marjorie Merriweather...

Feb 16, 2017 · It was almost exactly 90 years ago, in early 1927, that the cereal heiress and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband Edward Hutton celebrated the completion of...

Nov 4, 2024 · This stunning Florida mansion on South Ocean Boulevard, where Trump will watch on as the election results roll in on November 5, began as the dream of cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, once the richest woman in America. …

Jan 18, 2025 · Today, Mar-a-Lago is strongly associated with former President Donald Trump, but the club boasts an intriguing history as both an estate and a national historic landmark. The Palm...

1 day ago · Built in the 1920s by Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Postum Cereal Company (later General Foods Corporation), the sprawling estate was christened Mar-a-Lago – “sea to lake”– owing to its position on an expanse of Palm Beach Island that stretches between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Worth. ... Trump welcomed President Xi ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Through a series of exclusive interviews with sources close to Trump and his family, PEOPLE learned that the incoming president may desire to conduct his upcoming official duties from his Palm...

Oct 21, 2024 · Marjorie Merriweather Post built Mar-a-Lago as her winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1927. Donald Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985. It served as his "winter White House" during his...