Living room of Mar-a-Lago, 1967 Design ĭuring the 1920s Florida land boom, Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals business and then the wealthiest woman in the United States, paid for the house to be built with her husband Edward F. Mar-a-Lago means 'sea-to-lake' in Spanish, referring to the fact that the resort extends the entire width of Palm Beach, from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Worth Lagoon, which forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Since 2019, Trump has designated the estate as his primary residence. During his tenure as president of the United States, Trump frequently visited Mar-a-Lago and hosted meetings with international leaders there, including Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese president Xi Jinping. His family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds, marked by decorative dolphins. ĭonald Trump acquired Mar-a-Lago in 1985 and used the 126-room, 62,500 sq ft (5,810 m 2) mansion (on 17 acres of land ) as a residence before 1994 when he converted it into the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest rooms, a spa and other hotel-style amenities. At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the National Park Service, hoping it could be used for state visits or as a Winter White House, but because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility, the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981.

Mar-a-Lago was built for businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 19, during the 1920s Florida land boom. Mar-a-Lago ( / ˌ m ɑːr ə ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ/ Spanish for 'Sea-to-Lake') is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, owned since 1985 by Donald Trump.

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