In Gray Gables, Bourne on Cape Cod, there is a beautiful spot where President Grover Cleveland once had his summer White House. This picture is what it looked like then. It juts out into the Cape Cod Canal so it has water on 3 sides. He bought the house in 1890 between terms as President. He is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms. He named the house 'Gray Gables' because of its color and many gables. Our neighborhood (I live here) is known as Gray Gables and it is a village of the Town of Bourne. When he was elected for the second time in 1892, the house became known as the Summer White House. Cleveland died in 1908 and his son sold the house in 1920. It later became a restaurant and Inn and then was destroyed by fire in 1973. A lovely private home was built there in 2006.
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Dunhill Group - Osterville, MA
That is a great bit of info! I love to learn about property in our area and I didn't know that. I had thought only JFK summered on the Cape...
Jan 20, 2009 12:35 AM
ACapeHouse.com, LLC - Bourne, MA
Thanks for reading! The owners who built the house on the same property rent it out weekly in the summertime. They have been friends of my family for years.
Jan 20, 2009 05:34 AM

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