US Vice President Kamala Harris will be staying in the President's guest residence, the Blair House until her official residence is finished with repairs, a spokesperson said.?
Kamala Harris Moves To Guest House As Official Residence Undergoes Repairs
The official residence of the vice president is located within the Naval Observatory Complex and is about four miles northwest of the White House.
Kamala Harris Moves To Guest House As Official Residence Undergoes Repairs
Kamala Harris Moves To Guest House As Official Residence Undergoes Repairs
The official residence of the vice president is located within the Naval Observatory Complex and is about four miles northwest of the White House.
The vice president moved into the Blair House,?the official guest house of the US President?Across the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, on Thursday, according to the vice president' chief spokesperson Symone Sanders.
“They are living there while repairs are done at the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory," Sanders said.
The Washington Post reported Sunday that crews are working on new liners for the chimneys and other tasks in the 33-room home, which was built in 1893.
Blair House, built as a private house in 1824, is the guest house of the US President since 1942, where visiting foreign dignitaries normally stay.
In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other Indian leaders have stayed in this historic building that has 120 antique-filled rooms.
“It’s such a cozy and beautiful place. There is so much history here, and it tells the great story of our country. So many presidents have passed through that black and white marble threshold. Yes, it has a lot of square footage, but it feels like a home,” Capricia Marshall, a former chief of protocol and current board member of the Blair House Restoration Fund, was quoted as saying by The Washington Times.
President Joe Biden and the First Lady spend the night before their inauguration here.?
With PTI inputs
