Last year’s "Homes of Governors" slideshow featured the homes of governors from the East Coast (Charles Edison, former governor of New Jersey) to the West (Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California); from the distant past (South Carolina’s Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence); and one home that had housed 17 South Dakota governors.
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The following homes have belonged to both contemporary governors and one well-known figure from the past who designed his own home. We have primary governor residences and a vacation home. Sometimes, these homes are also the sites of press conferences and protests.
(Photos: Rod Blagojevitch: Getty Images | Property: Realtor.com)Rod Blagojevich
Location: Chicago
Price: $998,000
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Square footage: 3,817
This is the house where FBI wiretaps helped cook Rod Blagojevich’s goose, the house that Patti Blagojevich posted as collateral for bond when her husband was awaiting sentencing on corruption charges, and the site of multiple news conferences since then. Earlier this year, Rod Blagojevich left this home to begin his 14-year prison term.
The home was on the market for $1.07 million in October, and the price then dropped to $998,000, still about double the price they paid in 1999. The home has three fireplaces, a library, music room and a gym. It was temporarily taken off the market this spring, with Patti Blagojevich citing the stress and upheaval of her husband’s jail term as the reason.
(Photos: Chris Christie: Getty Images | Property: Bing Maps)Chris Christie
Location: Mendham, N.J.
Price: $1.677 million estimated value
Square footage: 6,979
The cantankerous governor of New Jersey is one of the most recognizable state leaders and has been mentioned as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney. His family home on 6 hilltop acres in Mendham was built in 1959.
Christie opted to make the 50-mile commute to the State House from Mendham, rather than move into Drumthwacket, the official governor’s mansion in Princeton, so he didn’t have to pull his kids out of school, according to the New York Times. However, he told the Times in 2009 that his wife, Mary Pat, planned a weekly family dinner at Drumthwacket, so that the family could have dinner together at least once a week.
(Images: Thomas Jefferson: AP | Property: Realtor.com)Thomas Jefferson
Location: Lebanon, Pa.
Price: $996,000
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Square footage: 5,820
Thomas Jefferson wore many hats: governor of Virginia, author of the Declaration of Independence, the second vice president and of course, the third president of the United States. As if that was not an impressive enough resume, he also designed buildings, like his own home, Monticello.
This is another house Jefferson designed. It was built in 1813 and now serves as a bed and breakfast called the Millstream Farm Inn. It’s on 12 acres with formal gardens and a stream called Bachman’s Run with a covered bridge.
(Photo: Jon Huntsman: Kevin Winter | NBCUniversal | Getty Images | Property: Realtor.com)Jon Huntsman
Location: Park City, Utah
Price: $44 million
Bedrooms: 12
Bathrooms: 16
Square footage: 22,000
Former Utah governor and onetime GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman purchased a Federal brick house in D.C. in 2010. But his philanthropist father, Jon Huntsman Sr., has a remarkable ski home on the market that certainly has more than enough room for Jon Jr., his wife, Mary Kaye Cooper, their seven children, and then some.
Previously listed for $49.5 million, the mansion on 60 acres is a rustic private resort. Features include a gym, indoor pool and hot tub with views, game room with views, decks with sunset mountain views, a collector’s garage for about 20 cars and a castle-length dining room table.
(Photos: Scott Walker: Getty Images | Property: Google Maps)Scott Walker
Location: Wauwatosa, Wis.
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2 full, 1 partial
Square footage: 2,152
This home of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been the site of multiple protests, including a We Are Milwaukee-organized recall rally last November.
The two-story house in Wauwatosa, which is located just to the west of Milwaukee, was built in 1924 on a quarter of an acre.
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