Season 2, Episode 47-My Top Fifteen Presidential Homes and Season 2 Recap!

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Top Ten Homes

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

2. Franklin Roosevelt’s Springwood

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill

4. George Washington’s Mount Vernon

5. John Adams’ and John Quincy Adams’ Peacefield

6. Rutherford Hayes’ Spiegel Grove

7. James Madison’s Montpelier

8. Andrew Jackson’s The Hermitage

9. Woodrow Wilson’s DC Home

10. Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield Home

11. Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald

12. James Garfield’s Lawnfield

13. James Monroe’s Highland

14. Lyndon Johnson’s Johnson Ranch

15. John Tyler’s Sherwood Forest

Honorable Mention

James Buchanan’s Wheatland; Andrew Johnson’s Greeneville; Benjamin Harrison’s Indianapolis; Warren Harding’s Marion; Harry Truman’s Independence; and Dwight Eisenhower’s Gettysburg.

Gone But Not Forgotten Homes

William Henry Harrison’s North Bend; James Polk’s Nashville; Franklin Pierce’s Concord; Chester Arthur’s Manhattan; and William McKinley’s Canton.

Great “Other” Homes

William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland; James Polk’s Columbia; Millard Fillmore’s East Aurora; Franklin Pierce’s Concord; and Ulysses Grant’s Galena.

Best Second Homes

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest; Abraham Lincoln’s Soldier’s Home; and Franklin Roosevelt’s Warm Springs.

Off-Limits Honorable Mention

Richard Nixon’s La Casa Pacifica; John F. Kennedy’s Hyannis Port; Herbert Hoover’s Waldorf Astoria; Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower; Gerald Ford’s Alexandria and Vail; Ronald Reagan’s Rancho del Cielo; Bill Clinton’s Chappaqua; George H.W. Bush’s Kennebunkport; and George W. Bush’s Prairie Chapel.

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