4 Things You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s Childhood Home
4 Things You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s Childhood Home
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Donald Trump fans don’t need to be in Cleveland this week at the Republican National Convention to scoop up a piece of Trump memorabilia.
Die-hard supporters of the GOP presidential nominee may not be able to walk a mile in the mogul’s shoes (unless they can find a pair on eBay), but they can buy Trump’s childhood home in Queens, NY. And that definitely “trumps” an autographed copy of “The Art of the Deal.” Right?
The six-bedroom, five-bathroom, Tudor-style home, which is listed on Trump’s birth certificate, went on the market earlier this month for $1,650,000. The 2,000-square-foot home, which features red oak hardwood floors, a finished basement, and a screened-in porch, is located in Jamaica Estates, a wealthy enclave bordered by some of the borough’s not-nearly-as-nice neighborhoods.
The timing of the listing couldn’t be better. The Manhattan restaurateur who owns Trump’s boyhood home put the property up for sale the same month as the convention—which is four days of nonstop advertising, er news coverage, featuring the marquee name on the Republican ticket.
“It’s a great opportunity for someone who either has a big family or a political bent,” says real estate agent Howard Kaminowitz of Laffey Fine Homes, in New Hyde Park, NY, who is representing the owner. “If he does become president, this [property] has tremendous upside potential.” Cha-ching.
Here’s what you need to know:
Trump didn’t live there long
Trump lived in the home only until he was at least 4 years old—and then his family moved all the way around the corner. The home has since had two other owners, Kaminowitz says.
Buyers can also catch a glimpse of the newer, three-story McMansion that the Trump family moved to, sometime around 1950, from the backyard of the original house, Kaminowitz says. The 23-room upgrade was built by Trump’s late father, the real estate developer Fred C. Trump, according to Newsday and the New York Times.
The elder Trump helped to build many of the homes in the neighborhood, which was mostly all-white at the time, according to the Times. Queens is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the state.
Neighbors still remember Donald
It’s been about a half-century since the younger Trump lived in the neighborhood. But that doesn’t mean the old-timers have forgotten him and his four siblings.
When Kaminowitz held an open house for the property last week, neighbors told him about the time the Trump kids set up a lemonade stand on the corner of the street.
“They remembered them fondly,” Kaminowitz says.
Other famous folks
Joseph “Run” Simmons, of the pioneering hip-hop group Run D.M.C., grew up in Jamaica Estates before eventually decamping for New Jersey, according to the Times.
German high jump champion Margaret Lambert, who was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, eventually settled in the neighborhood after leaving her country in the 1930s, according to Newsday. Her original name was Gretel Bergmann.
And Trump isn’t the only politician to lay claim to Jamaica Estates. Former U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Democrat, lived there while he served in Congress for 30 years, according to JamaicaEstates.com.
The property could become a historic site
If Trump is elected into the White House, his Jamaica Estates home could become a historic site. However, there are no guarantees.
Many presidential homes are privately owned, and some never become part of the National Park Service, which oversees the National Register of Historic Places, agency spokesman Jeremy Barnum told Newsday.
Homes must first undergo feasibility studies. And then an act of Congress or a presidential action has to put them on the list.
If Trump becomes president and the home remains privately owned, the new owners could be in for a windfall if they sell.
“Even if George Washington only slept there, it’s got a brass plaque on it,” Kaminowitz says. “This has the potential to be the historic birthplace of the 45th president.”
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