Bush compound

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The Bush compound, formally Walker's Point, is the summer home of 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Located near the Atlantic Ocean in southern Maine near the town of Kennebunkport, the property has been a family retreat for more than a century.

The estate was first purchased by St. Louis banker George H. Walker in the late 19th century, who built the mansion in 1903. The estate was later sold to his daughter Dorothy Walker Bush and her husband Prescott Bush, and has remained in the Bush family since.

The Kennebunkport estate was where former President George H. W. Bush spent much of his childhood, and he inherited the property on the death of his parents. As an adult, Bush, his wife Barbara, and their children George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Marvin Bush, Neil Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Robin Bush spent summers at the estate, as well as family weddings, holidays, and receptions. While at the "summer White House", Bush hosted world leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev for informal and private meetings. As a young man, Bush relocated to Houston, Texas, and today the Bushes maintain a working residence in Tanglewood, Houston, Texas, where they spend most of their time. The current U.S. President, George W. Bush, who has his own Crawford Ranch.