Jeff Bezos, the world’s second-richest person, no longer needs to stay in a hotel when he visits Washington, D.C., to drop in on The Washington Post or visit the White House.
The founder of Amazon and owner of the Post was revealed as the newest resident of the biggest house in our nation’s capital, a nearly 27,000 square-foot mansion (that is actually two buildings put together) that he bought for $23 million.
Until 2013, the property housed The Textile Museum. George Washington University took on its collection and the museum’s new location opened in the university’s campus across town during the spring of 2015.
Here’s some fun facts about Bezos’s new home.
1. It’s big. Like, really big.
The property is four stories high, has 10 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and 11 fireplaces. That’s 24 Amazon echo devices before you include the kitchen, living rooms and any other rooms that you think would be in a 100-year-old mansion.
Just to get a sense for its sheer scale, a 27,000 foot aquarium recently opened in Fort Worth, Utah. The D.C. single family home could ostensibly hold a…