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Former Vice President Dick Cheney Selling Waterfront Estate in Maryland

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is selling his waterfront retreat in Saint Michaels, MD, for $2,495,000. The longtime politician and his wife, Lynne, paid $2,667,500 in 2005 for the Chesapeake Bay property the New York Times later described as “a wide, squat Mount Vernon.”

According to real estate records, the Cheneys purchased the property under the name Sumner LLC, a company with a mailing address in their home state of Wyoming. A 2008 news report notes that the LLC is managed by the personal secretary to Cheney.

The home was built in 1930, and the area comes with a key endorsement from a Republican ally. Along with its privacy and 9 acres of land, Cheney’s picturesque property is located about 2 miles from his longtime friend and former defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld purchased his weekend home in 2003 for $1.5 million.

Does the Cheney house earn your vote? Let’s take a look.

Located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, the gated, tree-lined property features an expansive family compound. Called Ballintober, the spread includes a total of five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and 4,953 square feet of living space.

Featuring an open floor plan, the main house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The light-filled living room has three walls of windows offering water views. In addition, a large kitchen flows out to a family room. The space also includes a formal dining room and a main-level master suite. 

If you like visitors, there’s plenty of room for friends and family. The grounds include a separate guest cottage as well as a guest suite attached to the three-car garage. Plentiful outdoor space includes multiple patios, gardens, a pool, and a deep-water dock. 

Cheney is not the home’s only owner of historical note. One of Thomas Edison‘s daughters, Madeleine Edison, and her husband, John Sloane, originally built the cottage as their shore getaway. They apparently named it Ballintober, after a medieval castle in Ireland.

The Cheneys recently renovated the space, adding a bedroom wing to the main house and building the separate guest cottage with a full bath and kitchen.

Cheney, 78, has been called the most powerful vice president in history. He served in that role from 2001 to 2009. His rise to power was recently the subject of the Academy Award–nominated movie “Vice.”

In addition to the Chesapeake Bay home, the Cheneys reportedly own properties in McLean, VA, and Wyoming.

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