home of meissner himself.oly cow, look at that ceiling. today, this is home to the family of dee and nick adams, a direct descendant of president john adams. and their pet pig, mona lisa. his idea was to bring the light and air in. retain that gothic feel. >> reporter: these panels in the dining room are said to have originally lined spanish queen isabella's 15th century palace. >> the tiles over there are 16th century portuguese tiles. others are made to look that way. >> reporter: can you guess what addison meissner would think of palm beach today? >> i think he would say it was very much like he envisioned it. at least this area here. he himself was an eccentric. he had a monkey named charlie brown that ran around these premises. >> and we see it in your taped glass windowing. >> yes. >> reporter: another meissner landmark was home to the kennedy family. president john f. kennedy worked on his inaugural address here in what he called his winter white house. which brings us to mar-a-lago, now the winter whit