Blair House

The Blair House

Blair House, also known as The President's Guest House, is an official residence in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The President's Guest House has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is used as a state guest house to host visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president.^[1]^[2]

It is located just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. 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.

President Harry S. Truman and his family lived in the original Blair House from 1948 to 1952 during the White House Reconstruction.

Blair House Media

Blair House, as a separate building, pictured in about 1919
A marker on the exterior of Blair House memorializes police officer Leslie Coffelt, who was killed defending the building in 1950.
Façade of the original Blair House during the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 2007. The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is flying from the flagpole.
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea (left) hosts a 2013 meeting with World Bank leaders in the President's Guest House.
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue, with the President's Guest House in relation to other presidential facilities near President's Park.
The wallpaper in the Dillon Room dates to 1770.
The library at the President's Guest House hosts a collection of books deposited by the home's former guests.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts a working lunch for French president François Hollande in the Treaty Room in 2012.
Two special agents of the Diplomatic Security Service guard a motorcade vehicle outside the President's Guest House in 2005.