Plantation Estate

Plantation Estate is a single-story wood frame 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) Pacific Ocean-front house at 55 Kailuana Place in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii that Barack Obama rented to be used as a Winter White House during Christmas break vacations in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The house is less than a mile south of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Obama works out at the Semper Fit Center at the base and attends dinners there during his visits. He also swims in the ocean at the base at Pyramid Rock.[1]

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History

The house was originally built and occupied by Harold Kainalu Long Castle in 1948 and was designed by the Honolulu architects Ives and Hogan.[2] The house was added to the Hawaii Register of Historic Places on August 2, 2009 and was identified as the Harold Castle Beach Residence.[3] Among other buildings by Albert Ely Ives (1898–1966) is the Kaneohe Ranch Building which is on the National Register of Historic Places. George Hogan (1914–2009) designed numerous houses on the island and the Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii.

The Castle family sold the house in 2003 to Paul Sullivan. Sullivan extensively remodeled, adding among other things a lava rock pool, hot tub and eight waterfalls.[4] He sold it in January 2008 for $9 million to Houston, Texas investor Kevin Comcowich (after dropping the price from its listed $11.9 million). Comcowich has rented the house out for between $2,500 to $3,500 a day.[5]

The specifications for the house describe it has having 4,951 square feet (460.0 m2) interior space on land area of 27,131 feet.[6]

The house is in the Paradise Point Estates gated community at Paradise Point.

Zoning, taxation and dog rules issues

Obama visits

References

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  2. ^ "Historic Places Review Board Adds to State Register". Historic Hawaii newsletter. October 3, 2009. http://www.historichawaii.org/Press_Room/Newsletter_Archives/2009/October_3__issue.pdf. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Recent Additions to the Hawaii Register of Historic Places". Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. November 7, 2010. http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/register/reg_new.pdf. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Homescape - Powered by Honolulu Advertiser". Homescape.honoluluadvertiser.com. http://homescape.honoluluadvertiser.com/homes/february07/hs0207_st4. Retrieved 2010-12-25. 
  5. ^ "The skinny on Obama's five-bedroom oceanfront Hawaii rental". Bergproperties.com. 2008-12-23. http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/the-skinny-on-obamas-five-bedroom-oceanfront-hawaii-rental/. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Plantation Estate". Paradisepointestates.com. http://www.paradisepointestates.com/plantation.php. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Obama party stays in home taxed at $300 - Hawaii News". Staradvertiser.com. 2010-12-27. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20101227_obama_party_stays_in_home_taxed_at_300.html. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  8. ^ Obama’s rental home in Kailua is legal, city says, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, (August 14, 2008)
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  11. ^ Lee, Carol E. (2008-12-20). "Obama Heads to Hawaii for the Holidays". NBC Bay Area. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/archive/Obama_heads_to_Hawaii_for_the_holidays.html. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
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  13. ^ Tolin, Lisa (December 23, 2008). "Shirtless images of ‘buff’ Obama cause stir". Toronto: thestar.com. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/557858. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  14. ^ Pallasch, Abdon M (January 2, 2009). "Obama returns to Chicago after two weeks in Hawaii". Chicago Sun Times. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1360128,barack-obama-returns-chicago-010309.article. 
  15. ^ Zeleny, Jeff (January 4, 2010). "Obama Faces Full Plate Upon Return". New York Times. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/obama-faces-full-plate-upon-return/?scp=2&sq=obama%20returns%20from%20hawaii&st=cse. 
  16. ^ "December 2008 - Obama Christmas Vacation in Hawaii". ArmchairHawaii.com. http://armchairhawaii.com/obama_hawaii/obama_christmas_2008/index.html. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  17. ^ Hawaii House Rental: A Look Inside The 'Winter White House', Huffington Post, (December 24, 2009).
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  19. ^ "December 2009 - Obama Christmas Vacation in Hawaii". blog. ArmchairHawaii.com. http://armchairhawaii.com/obama_hawaii/obama-christmas-2009/. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 
  20. ^ "Mrs. Obama’s Separate Hawaii Travel Likely Costs at Least $63,000 | The Blog on Obama". White House Dossier. http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2010/12/22/michelle-obama-hawaii/. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
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  24. ^ Memoli, Michael A. (January 2, 2011). "Obama in Hawaii: Aides to Obama talk about crisis, calm in Hawaii". latimes.com. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aides-vacation-20110103,0,5977660.story. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  25. ^ – Fri Dec 31, 5:33 pm ET. "Obama and family to spend quiet New Year's Eve - Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101231/pl_afp/newyearuspoliticsobama. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  26. ^ Obama Christmas in Hawaii 2010
  27. ^ President Obama starts delayed Hawaii vacation | KHON2 Hawaii's News Leader
  28. ^ President Obama Hits Golf Links On Christmas Eve - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu

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