Mr. Truman's Renovation: North Portico
The North Portico excavation, July 11, 1950, showing the areaway that had ventilated and lighted the ground floor rooms since the house was built. The ruins in the foreground are underground storage rooms dug out in the 1930s. Truman replaced these with a larger undergound service area that today houses both gardening staff and a bowling alley, all under the north lawn.
- Photographer
- Abbie Rowe
- Date of Work
- July 11, 1950
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- National Park Service