Blair House, known as The President's Guest House, is an official residence in Washington, D C, the capital of the United States.
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12 Facts About Blair House
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The President's Guest Blair House has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used as a state guest house to host visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president.
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Blair House is one of several residences owned by the United States government for use by the president and vice president of the United States; other such residences include the White House, Camp David, One Observatory Circle, the Presidential Townhouse, and Trowbridge House.
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Strictly speaking, Blair House refers to one of four existing structures that were merged to form a single building.
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Blair House was constructed in 1824; it is the oldest of the four structures that comprise the President's Guest House.
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Peter Parker Blair House located at 700 Jackson Place and an adjacent home at 704 Jackson Place were constructed in 1860.
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Peter Parker Blair House is so named because it was originally the home of physician Peter Parker.
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Notable guests who have stayed at the President's Guest House or the formerly separate Blair House include Queen Elizabeth II, Nikita Khrushchev, Vyacheslav Molotov, Emperor Akihito, Charles de Gaulle, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Francois Mitterrand, Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, Hosni Mubarak, Margaret Thatcher, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Narendra Modi, Lee Hsien Loong, Hamid Karzai, Benjamin Netanyahu and Justin Trudeau.
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President's Guest Blair House is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Jackson Place.
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Centerpiece of the Treaty Room in the former Peter Parker Blair House is a 22-seat mahogany table that sits on an 1890 Sarouk rug.
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President's Guest House is owned by the U S government and is managed by the office of the chief of protocol of the United States in cooperation with the Diplomatic Security Service, the Department of State's Bureau of Administration, and the Department of State's Office of Fine Arts.
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Blair House is operated by full-time staff who are non-residential but customarily live-in during periods of occupancy by a visiting dignitary.
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