RESIDENCES OF RONALD REAGAN
111
Main St. February
1911 – May 1911
Tampico, IL
Second-floor
apartment. The first floor held a bakery and/or restaurant,
which was replaced by a bank in 1919. Designated today as
Birthplace of Ronald Reagan.
104
W. Glassburn St. May
1911 – December 1914
Tampico, IL
House
outside of the main part of town, opposite the rail depot.
832-834
E. 57th St. December
1914 – ca. December 1915
____
?
Chicago, IL
Address is for an apartment
near the University of Chicago. The Reagans may have
also
lived in a second location during their time in Chicago.
1219
N. Kellogg ca.
December 1915 – early 1917
1460
N. Kellogg
Galesburg,
IL
Two rented houses, a block
apart. Moved to the second house (probably the one at 1460 N.
Kellogg) in 1916.
218
S. Seventh Ave. Early
1917 – August 1919
____
____ [3 different residences]
Monmouth,
IL
____ Main St. August
1919 – December 1920
Tampico, IL
Apartment
above Pitney’s Shoestore, while Reagan’s father was
the store manager.
816
S. Reagan Way [formerly Hennepin Ave.] December
1920 – 1924
Dixon,
IL [61021]
Rented
house.
Locally maintained as the “Home of Ronald Reagan” beginning
in 1984. When it was designated a National Historic Site in 2002, the
street name was changed from Hennepin Avenue to Reagan Way.
338
W. Everett St. 1924
– 1930
Dixon,
IL
Rented
house.
After Reagan began attending Eureka College in September 1928, he lived here
only when he was home from college.
T.K.E.
(Tau Kappa Epsilon) House September
1928 – June 1932
____ Burton Ave.
Eureka
College
Eureka,
IL
When
away at college.
226 W. Lincoln Way 1930? –
1931/32
Dixon, IL
Ronald Reagan’s parents rented
the upstairs portion of this house. Reagan lived here when home from college.
[*]
216
N. Galena Ave. 1930?
– 1931/32
Dixon, IL
Parents’ rented house, in which
Reagan lived when home from college. Site of the house was later turned into a
McDonald’s parking lot. [*]
[*] Sources disagree on whether the Reagans lived first in the Lincoln Way house, or in the
Galena Avenue house.
107
Monroe Ave. early 1932? – October 1932
Dixon, IL
Apartment
over a shoe store, rented by Reagan’s parents.
Reagan lived here when home from college, and moved here after he graduated
from college in June 1932.
Kimball
House Hotel October
1932 – December 1932
204
E. 4th St.
Davenport,
IA
Reagan’s
residence during his first stint at Davenport radio station WOC. Later renamed Vale Apartments.
107
Monroe Ave. December
1932 – February 1933
Dixon, IL
After his initial job at WOC
ended, Reagan moved back in with his parents. His parents remained at this
address until he brought them to California in Fall
1937.
Perry
Apartments, Room 510 February
1933 – May 1933
Davenport, IA
Reagan’s
residence during his second stint at radio station WOC.
330
Center St. June
1933 – ca. April 1934
Des
Moines, IA
Boarding house, to which Reagan
moved when he took a job as an announcer at Des Moines radio station WHO. For a
period of time, he shared his living quarters with his brother, Neil (“Moon”)
Reagan.
400
Center St. ca.
April 1934 – May 1937
Des Moines, IA
Apartment
within a house. Reagan and a friend shared the apartment and
split the rent.
Montecito
Apartments June
1937 – late 1938
6650
Franklin Ave.
Hollywood,
CA
Reagan’s first
residence after moving to California.
1128
Cory Ave. Late
1938 – Spring 1939?
Hollywood,
CA
[Los
Angeles]
Reagan’s
second residence after moving to California (apartment?).
1326 Londonderry View Spring
1939?
– late 1941?
Los Angeles, CA
Apartment building. Reagan may
have lived in unit number 5. After he married Jane Wyman, who also lived in the
building, they moved together into one unit until their new house was finished.
However, they apparently rented the apartment for a while after their move to
the house (perhaps just until the lease ended?).
9137
Cordell Dr. Summer/Fall
1941 – Summer 1948
Los
Angeles, CA
Built
new house. Residence until separation from
Jane Wyman, when it was sold.
Ft.
Mason April 1942 – June 1942
San Francisco, CA
Stationed here briefly
immediately following induction in to the Armed Forces.
____ January
1944 – November 1944
New York, NY
Assigned
to New York City to participate in a War Loan Drive.
____ ca.
1945 – 1951
Northridge, CA
First
ranch property (8 acres). Not a full-time residence. Was later subdivided into house lots.
1326
Londonderry View Summer 1948 – ca.
July 1952
Los Angeles, CA
After the final separation from
Jane Wyman, Reagan moved back to the apartment in which he had lived
immediately prior to the marriage. He kept the apartment until he and Nancy
Davis, whom he married in March 1952, were able to move into a house together.
Yearling
Row Ranch March
1951 – 1966
____
Malibu [Agoura], CA
250-acre
ranch, near Malibou Lake. Not
a full-time residence. Reagan sold most of the land in 1967. The entire property
is now part of Malibu Creek State Park. Reagan’s ranch house no longer exists,
but the state park employees use his former barn for offices and storage.
941˝
Hilgard Ave. March 1952 – ca. July 1952
Los Angeles, CA
[Westwood]
Nancy
Davis’ apartment residence prior to her marriage to Ronald Reagan.
After their marriage, Ronald and Nancy Reagan lived here together until they were
able to move into a house. Ronald Reagan also kept his Londonderry View
apartment (see above entry for that residence) until they moved into the house.
1258
Amalfi Dr. ca.
July 1952 – 1957
Pacific
Palisades, CA
Built new house.
1669
San Onofre Dr. January
1957 – January 1981
Pacific
Palisades, CA
Built
new house. General Electric, for which Reagan was a
spokesman at the time, installed “every imaginable electric gadget” (to quote
Reagan’s autobiography An American Life).
Was put up for sale when Reagan became President, and sold in
1982.
[Old]
Governor’s Mansion January
1967 – April 1967
16th
and H Streets
Sacramento,
CA
Now a
State Historic Landmark. The Reagans
were the last to reside in it.
1341
45th St. April
1967 – January 1975
Sacramento, CA
Rented
house which served as “The Executive Residence” for most of Reagan’s
governorship.
Rancho
del Cielo 1974 –
1996
3333
Refugio Rd.
Santa
Ynez, CA 93460
[ranch house address:
WS Refugio Rd.
Solvang, CA 93463]
688-acre
ranch in the mountains northwest of Santa Barbara. Not
a full-time residence. In 1998, it was sold to the organization Young America’s
Foundation. In 2002, it was dedicated as a California State Landmark by the
Native Sons of the Golden West.
Wexford
(aka Atoka) September
1980 – c. November 1980
Middleburg,
VA
Rented house about 60 miles
from Washington DC, which served as a base of operations and
temporary residence during the 1980 Presidential campaign. It. It was built in the early 1960’s by President Kennedy,
as a private retreat for him and his family. It was named Wexford after the county
in Ireland from which the Kennedy family came.
The
White House January
1981 – January 1989
1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington,
DC 20500
668
St. Cloud January
1989 – June 2004
Los
Angeles, CA 90077
[Bel-Air]
Reagan’s primary
residence for the remainder of his life after leaving the Presidency.
Published
Sources:
Cannon,
Lou. Reagan. New York: G.P. Putnam's
Sons, 1982.
Edwards,
Anne. Early Reagan: The Rise to Power.
New York: William Morrow, 1987.
Morris,
Edmund. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1999.
Reagan,
Maureen. First Father, First Daughter: A
Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989.
Reagan,
Nancy with William Novak. My Turn: The
Memoirs of Nancy Reagan. New York: Random House, 1989.
Reagan,
Ronald. An American
Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
_____,
with Richard G. Hubler. Where's the Rest of Me? New York: Karz Publishers, 1981.
Reagan,
Ronald: Military Personnel Records, 1935-45. A component of
Record Group 407. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,
Simi Valley, CA.
Material
in Reagan Library vertical file.
In
addition to the above sources, Ronald Reagan personally edited an earlier
version of this lis