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President
Taft teed it up on holiday at Hot Springs, Virginia
c. 1909,
Library of Congress |
- The White
House tennis court, first built in 1902 behind the West
wing, was moved to the west side of the south lawn in
1909 to make way for the expansion of Executive office
space.
- A heated
indoor swimming pool was built in 1933 for Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s therapy as he was disabled by poliomyelitis.
During President Nixon’s first term, this space
in the West Wing was converted into the White House
pressroom. The Ford administration installed an outdoor
pool on the South lawn in 1975.
- Bowling
lanes were first built in 1947 in the basement of the
West Wing but were moved to the Old Executive Office
Building in 1955. In 1969, President and Mrs. Nixon,
both avid bowlers, had a one-lane alley built in an
underground workspace area below the driveway leading
to the North Portico.
- A small
movie theater, converted from a long cloakroom, was
installed in the East Wing in 1942.
- A game
room with billiard and ping-pong tables was constructed
in 1970 on the third floor of the White House.
- A jogging
track was built around the driveway of the South grounds
during President Clinton’s first term.
- President
Eisenhower had a putting green installed outside the
Oval Office with a small sand trap on one side. A new
practice green was located on the south grounds in 1996.
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