Mar-a-Lago Club, a National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, has been owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump since 1985 and serves as his residence. Originally built between 1924 and 1927 for businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post during the Florida land boom of the 1920s, Mar-a-Lago was intended by Post to serve as a venue for state visits or as a Winter White House upon her death in 1973. However, due to high maintenance costs and security challenges, the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981 after a brief period under the stewardship of the National Park Service.