
Since Mondale’s occupancy, every vice president has taken up residence at Number One Observatory Circle. Mondale and his family become the first official full-time residents of the home now designated as the official residence of the Vice President of the United States. 1975: Number One Observatory Circle’s door open as the official residence of the Vice President of the United States, though sitting Vice President Nelson Rockefeller decides not to live in the home.Lets take a peak inside the 8.1 million mansion that the Obamas call home. Instead, they remained in Washington D.C. becomes the last CNO to occupy the residence. In January 2017, President Barack Obama, along with Michelle, Malia and Sasha transitioned out of the White House, but they didnt return to their former Chicago home. 1974: Admiral Elmo Russell “Bud” Zumwalt Jr.1974: Public Law 93-346 declares Number One Observatory Circle as the “temporary permanent residence” for the nation’s vice president.1966: Approval of Public Law 89-386, detailing the planning, design, and construction of a residence on ten acres of land on the US Naval Observatory.1929 to 1974: The home served as the main residence for the chief of Naval Operations - the most senior naval officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy - and his family.1928: Public Law 630 of the 70th United States Congress turns over the former “Superintendent’s House” home to the chief of Naval Operations (CNO), thereby anointing it the “Admiral’s House.”.1893 – 1927: Home is known as the “Superintendent’s House”, with twelve US Naval Observatory superintendents residing at the residence during the period.1893: Construction is completed on the Queen Anne style home at a cost of $20,000 that was designed by architect Leon E.
