Checkboard floor pattern inside Mar-a-Lago
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Marjorie Merriweather Post (once known as the richest woman in the US) and her husband Edward F. Hutton finished building Mar-a-Lago in 1927. Marjorie accused her husband of adultery, which he denied. The couple was divorced in 1935 and she kept the mansion. At her death, she left Mar-a-Lago to the US government, hoping it would be a Winter White House. And it did become that decades later.

Donald Trump purchased Mar-a-Lago in 1985 from the Post Foundation and has lived there off and on with three different wives.

President Donald Trump now calls his Mar-a-Lago Club his "Winter White House."

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In this newer, color photo, the checkerboard floor pattern remains visible.

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Additional Note

I could not find Marjorie's own words stating that she wanted Mar-a-Lago to be used by presidents, but many websites claim she did.

Her will transferred the estate to the Federal government for use as a diplomatic/presidential retreat.

Source: nationalparkstraveler.org