Where does vp live in dc

Where does the vice president live in Washington D.C. when in office?

Getty Images. The three-story Observatory Home home, built-in , is made of brick and wood, with green shutters and a partial wraparound porch. His second-in-command, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, maintained a residence elsewhere in the following years.

This is the house where history will be made. The home itself was initially built for the superintendent of the U. Naval Observatory the observatory is still in use by the Navy but the then-chief of naval operations "kicked out" the superintendent so that he, instead, could occupy it. But first, Harris and Emhoff will have to wait, to "allow for repairs to the home that are more easily conducted with the home unoccupied," an aide confirmed to Fox News, adding that the repairs concerned chimey liners and other household maintenance.

Pence moved out of the home before attending the Inauguration on Wednesday. Harris on Wednesday made history when she was sworn in as vice president, becoming the first woman and the first Black and South Asian woman to hold the office.

The Vice President’s Residence & Office - The White House

It wasn't until Walter Mondale, who served under President Jimmy Carter between and , that a vice president finally moved in. The decision was later made to convert the home into the vice president's residence in , but Vice President Gerald Ford never settled in before he assumed the presidency after President Richard Nixon's resignation. Until the repairs are complete, the couple will live at Blair House near the White House, the home that serves as accommodations for the president's guests, Fox News has confirmed.

The house, which sits on 72 acres, also features a refurbished living room, sitting room, garden room, two lounges, reception hall, kitchen and dining room.