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Donald Trump grew up inJamaica Estates, an affluent neighborhood inQueens,New York City. In 1971, Trump moved into a studio in Manhattan.[1] From 1983 until 2019, Trump's primary residence was thethree-level penthouse on the top floors ofTrump Tower; in 2019, he declaredMar-a-Lago inPalm Beach, Florida, to be his primary residence.[2][3] During his presidencies, Trump has resided at theWhite House inWashington, D.C.
Donald Trump first lived at the presidential mansion, the White House inWashington, D.C., during hisfirst presidency (January 20, 2017—January 20, 2021). His wifeMelania and their son Barron remained at Trump Tower until the end of Barron's 2016–2017 school year.[4] Donald Trump began living in the White House again during hissecond presidency (since January 20, 2025).
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Since September 2019, Trump's resort and residence Mar-a-Lago has served as the primary residence for Donald and Melania Trump.[3][2] The legality of this has been disputed because, in 1993, Trump signed a "use agreement" with theTown of Palm Beach, Florida, that changed Mar-a-Lago's designation from a single-family residence to a private club. The agreement specified that guests, including Trump, could not stay there for more than three non-consecutive weeks per year.[5]
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The three-story penthouse atTrump Tower in Manhattan was Trump's primary residence from November 1983 until September 2019, when he designated Mar-a-Lago as his primary residence.[3][6][7] In 2017,Forbes magazine estimated the 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) penthouse to be worth $64 million.[8] The interior was originally designed byAngelo Donghia with black lacquered walls, brass, and mahogany but was later redesigned inLouis XIV-era style (in homage toAdnan Khashoggi) with gold-trimmed furniture, marble floors, columns, tables, and walls, frescoed ceilings, bronze statues, and crystal chandeliers.[1]
A villa on the premises in New Jersey is reserved for Trump's exclusive use, and a 500-square-foot (46 m2), two-story balcony and porch were added to it in 2017.[9] In 2017, the place was designated as Trump's third presidential residence.[10]
Trump owns a 28,322-square-foot (2,631.2 m2) mansion[11] on 201 acres (81 ha) inBedford andNew Castle, New York. The mansion has sixty rooms, including thirteen bedrooms, twelve baths, and an indoor pool of white marble.[1][12] There are two other pools on the grounds, as well as a glass and stoneorangery for growing citrus, with a bowling alley in its basement. The grounds are accented with a formal garden pavilion, a fountain in the front lawn, a greenhouse and root cellar, and a stone water tower. The property also contains a Tudor Revival house known as "Nonesuch", formerly owned by theHeinz family.[13][12]
The mansion was built in 1919 of sandstone from the property to a design by architectCharles A. Platt as a summer home for financierEugene Meyer and his family. Meyer spent $2 million on the construction.[11] Meyer died in 1959, and, after his wife's death in 1970, the familyfoundation gave 247 acres (100 ha) of land tothe Nature Conservancy and the rest of the property first toYale University[14] and then toRockefeller University, which used it as a conference center.[11] Trump purchased the property in 1995 for $7.5 million.[14] The mansion was in need of renovation, butEric Trump andDonald Trump Jr. spent summers and weekends at the property, living in one of the carriage houses.[15] Trump's tax records showed he classified the estate as an investment property which enables property taxes to be written off.[14]
Trump originally planned to build a golf course on the property, but was opposed by the governments of the three municipalities the property lies within, and he wanted to avoid competing withhis existing course nearby inBriarcliff Manor. He later explored renovating the two houses and redeveloping the rest of the property. He initially proposed to build 46 single-family houses which were also opposed by the communities. He then proposed to build 15 mansions he intended to sell for $25 million each; he abandoned this project after years of litigation.[14][12]
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In 2015, Trump granted aconservation easement to a conservation land trust and claimed a $21.1 million tax deduction.[14][16] In 2020, theNew York Times reported that Trump had classified the estate as aninvestment property in 2014 for tax purposes, allowing him to take a $2.2 million property tax deduction for which he would have been ineligible if the mansion was used as a personal residence.[14][17]
In 2021 the estate continues to be the subject of two New York state investigations regarding the possible manipulation of the property’s value for tax purposes.[18][19]
Donald Trump developed the 38-storyTrump Parc condominium skyscraper at 106Central Park South, and often privately owns multiple units within it, which he rents for up to $100,000 a month.[1]
Trump has several apartments atTrump Park Avenue.[1] The penthouse, which was owned by Trump and where his daughter Ivanka and her family lived from 2011 until January 2017, was sold to Chinese-American businesswomanAngela Chen for $15.9 million in February 2017.[20][21]
Bought in 2013 by Trump, and located in Terres Basses in theFrench part ofSaint Martin, Château des Palmiers is a beachfront estate on Plum Bay (Baie aux Prunes in French).[22] In 2017, the estate was put on the market for $28 million; three months later, the asking price was reduced to $16 million, bringing it more in line with comparable St. Martin properties.[23] In 2024, the property was listed for sale for $15.5 million.[24]
Trump owns a 45-room 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) mansion atTrump Vineyard Estates nearCharlottesville, Virginia.[1]
Until he was four years old, Trump's family lived at 85-15 Wareham Place inJamaica Estates, an affluent neighborhood inQueens,New York City.[25] The house, a six-bedroomTudor-style, was built in either the 1920s[26] or in 1940[27][28] (sources differ) by Trump's father,Fred Trump, a real estate developer.[29][30][31] During thepresidential campaign, the house was put up for sale in July 2016 by an unnamed New York restaurateur.[31] Initially listed at $1.65 million, the house was purchased by Manhattan real estate investor Michael Davis for almost $1.4 million in December.[27] According toThe New York Times, the house was sold in March 2017 for $2.14 million to "a limited-liability company represented by a law firm that specializes in Chinese foreign investment".[32] In 2017, the house was listed on the house rental serviceAirbnb for $725 per night.[33] After an attempt to sell it for $2.9 million in February 2019,[27][28] an auction planned to conclude on November 14 failed as no qualified bids came forward.[28]
In 1950, Trump's family moved into a 23-room, 9-bathroom mansion, also built by Fred Trump, at 85-14 Midland Parkway on the other side of the same block,[34][35][26] on two adjoining lots directly behind the backyard of the house on Wareham Place.[36][37] Trump's parents lived in the mansion for the rest of their lives.[38] Trump lived there until he was sent to boarding school at age 13, while attendingFordham University from 1964 to 1966, and, after graduating from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, from 1968 to 1971.[39][40]
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Beginning at age 13, Trump attended and resided atNew York Military Academy, a private boarding school inCornwall, New York.[41] He lived with his parents while attendingFordham University in New York City for two years from 1964 to 1966[39][40] and in rented off-campusrow houses inPhiladelphia while attending theUniversity of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1968.[1]
Trump's first apartment in Manhattan was a small rent-controlled studio on the 17th floor of 196 East 75th Street, a 22-story building.[1] He referred to it as the penthouse.[42]
By 1976, Trump was living in a three-bedroom penthouse apartment at 'The Phoenix', a luxury apartment building at 160 East 65th Street on theUpper East Side ofManhattan. The apartment had large panoramic windows and was decorated in beige, brown, and chrome.[1][43] He next moved into an apartment on the 41st floor ofOlympic Tower at 641 Fifth Avenue across fromSt. Patrick's Cathedral.[44]
After the birth of Donald andIvana Trump's first child, the family moved into an eight-room apartment at 800 Fifth Avenue. One source says the apartment was in an old mansion[45], a second described it as "an aerie" with a solarium, beige wall-to-wall carpets, beige upholstery, and huge corner windows.Ivana Trump furnished the apartment with beige sectional sofas, mirrors "framed with twinkling lights", and dining tables covered with goatskin.[46]
Trump purchased a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) mansion inGreenwich, Connecticut, in 1982 for $4 million. The house had eight bedrooms, eleven baths, a 4,000 square feet (370 m2) guest house, a putting green and tennis court, indoor and outdoor pools, and a sauna.[1] Ivana Trump received the mansion as part of the settlement in 1991 in her divorce from Donald Trump.[47] She sold it for $15 million in 1998.[48]
Trump owned a five-bedroom mansion on North Canon Drive inBeverly Hills, California, from 2007 to 2019. He had originally purchased it for $7 million, and claimed the house was worth $6 million for tax purposes.[49] Trump had rarely used it, and had put on the market and rented it out at different times.[1] In June 2019, he quietly sold the property, off-market, for $13.5 million to Hillcrest Asia Limited, a company owned by a Trump associate, Indonesian billionaireHary Tanoesoedibjo.[50]
From 2008 to 2009, Trump owned a neighboring house, an 11-bedroom Greek Revival mansion built in 1981. Trump purchased it for $10.35 million, but sold it for $9.5 million. It was previously a residence ofGabonese presidentOmar Bongo, who died in office in 2009.[51]
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