The Florida White House or Winter White House was an informal name for a compound in Key Biscayne, Florida used by President Richard Nixon. Nixon purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, 500 Bay Lane, in 1969 from his former Senate colleague George Smathers and visited at least 50 times while in office from 1969 to 1974. Map of Key Biscayne Key Biscayne is a village located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (born November 14, 1913) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party. ...

Nixon's compound placed him close to Bebe Rebozo who resided at 490 Bay Lane and to and industrialist Robert Abplanalp (inventor of the modern aerosol spray can valve). Bebe Rebozo, president/owner of the Key Biscayne Bank, was indicted for laundering a $100,000 donation from Howard Hughes to the Nixon election campaign. Charles G. Bebe Rebozo (November 17, 1912_May 8, 1998) was a Florida banker who gained famed for being a close friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... For other people named Howard Hughes, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation). ...

According to an exposé by Don Fulsom, Nixon and Rebozo got bargain real estate rates from Donald Berg, a Mafia-connected Rebozo business partner. The Secret Service eventually advised Nixon to stop associating with Berg. The lender for one of Nixon's properties was Arthur Desser, who consorted with both Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and mobster Meyer Lansky. Nixon and Rebozo were friends of James Crosby, the chairman of a firm repeatedly linked to top mobsters, and Rebozo's Key Biscayne Bank was a suspected pipeline for Mob money skimmed from Crosby's casino in The Bahamas. By the 1960s, FBI agents keeping track of the Mafia had identified Rebozo as a "non-member associate of organized crime figures." The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc. ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lanskys mugshot (see also the full image with profile) Meyer Lansky (born Majer SuchowliÅ„ski, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), was a gangster born in Grodno, then part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied by the Russian Empire but now in Belarus. ...

President John F. Kennedy and Nixon met for the first time after the 1960 Election loss by Nixon in an oceanfront villa at the old Key Biscayne Hotel. Plans for the Watergate break-in at Democratic headquarters were discussed at the Key Biscayne Nixon compound and, as the Watergate scandal unfolded, Nixon spent more time in seclusion there. Nixon visited Key Biscayne more than 50 times between 1969 and 1973. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... The Watergate first break-in on May 28, 1972 has been cited in testimony, media accounts, and popular works on Watergate as the pivotal event that led ultimately to the Watergate Scandal. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

The U.S. Department of Defense spent $400,000 constructing a helicopter landing pad in Biscayne Bay adjacent to the Nixon compound and when Nixon sold his property, including the helicopter pad, there were public accusations that he enriched himself at taxpayer expense. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... Biscayne Bay separates Miami on the mainland from Miami Beach on the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Florida. ...

The original building was razed in July 2004 by owner Edgardo Defortuna, president of Fortune International Realty.

External links

• President Richard Nixon's Helipad at the Winter Whitehouse on Key Biscayne
• Fulsom, Don (February 5, 2006). The Mob's President: Richard Nixon's Secret Ties to the Mafia. Crime Magazine.
• Associated Press (July 23, 2004). Nixon's Winter White House Razed.