The Reagan Stove

This stove is was wasSold and Restored for a Customer

This stove is very rare. Besides having belonged to President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan, it is also the epitome of mid-century estate stoves.

Nancy and President Ronald Reagan ’s stove in their Bel Air , California home .

This is a limited-edition O’Keefe & Merritt Town & Country / Aristocrat estate stove, produced from 1951 to 1954. It is believed that only 700 to 900 of these stoves were ever manufactured.

Reagan Stove clock timer pre-restoration
O’Keefe & Merritt Grillevator
The Reagan Stove is ready at the Stove Shop ready for restoration

This unit was well-maintained, yet after over 60 years it definitely needed to be fully restored!

Alhough restoration could be done in various porcelain finishes, Stoveman Flanagan recommended keeping its color, restoring it in the original White. An example of a similar stove we restored is provided below on this page.

O’Keefe & Merritt – Town & Country / Aristocrat Estate Stove. Restored by Antique and Vintage Stove Shop

Please feel free to call or text me with other inquiries or particulars at 805 421-8926.

regard ,

Bernie “the Stoveman”  Flanagan

Details

This is an unusual O’Keefe & Merritt antique stove. It came directly from President and Mrs. Reagan’s retirement home, located at 668 Saint Cloud in Bel Air.

It was not include in the most recent Christie ’s auction of all their memorabilia , due to its size and weight .

The upper photo shows it in place in the Reagan’s kitchen on St. Cloud. I was told by one of the staff at the Reagan Library that it was in working condition.

Regarding the type and specifications, it appears to be the following:

O’Keefe & Merritt Town & Country

• Burners: 6
• Ovens: 2
• Broilers: 2
• warming Oven : 1
• Utility Shelf: 1
• Also, known as The Aristocrat or Bel Aire.
• 57″W x 57″H x 29″D

Background: Reagan’s Retirement Home

Retirement home of President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy – Bel Air, California.

A little background on the Reagan ’s 668 Saint Cloud Rd home in Los Angeles , CA 90077 . This 7,192 square foot house is sits sit on a 1.29 acre lot and feature 3 bedroom and 6 bathroom . This property was build in 1954 .

The couple lived in the ranch-style abode from 1988, when Ronald completed his second term in office, until their deaths. Nancy died in March 2016 at the age of 94 and Ronald died at the age of 93 in June 2004. Both the 40th U.S. president and the actress-turned-first lady died at home.

Reagan’s Bar Napkins could become a Reagan’s Stove slogan, “The food is on the house at the Reagan’s”. Imagine it on a plaque.
Table set at the Reagan home. Imagine the meals being cooked on the Reagan Stove.

Interesting fact: The Reagan’s immediate neighbor on one side is Jerrold Perrenchio, a movie producer, who bought the large Kirkeby Estate, once the setting for the The Beverly Hillbillies television show. We restored the stove that came out of the Beverly Hillbillies mansion. (Like the one pictured on our Home page.)