White House for Kids: A History of a Home, Office, and National Symbol, with 21 Activities
August 24 Madisons move out 1817 The Monroes move into recon structed building 1822 Pennsylvania Avenue built on north side 1824 South Portico constructed 1825 President John Quincy Adams plants first flower garden 1829 1830 North Portico built 1833 Running water added 1840 First central heating system installed 1848 Gas lights added new heating system installed 1853 Running hot water piped into first family's bathroom on sec ond floor 1857 Greenhouse constructed on west side 1866 First telegraph office added Conservatory expanded 1870s 1880s 1873 East Room renovated
LILITI 1879 First phone installed 1881 Elevator added 1886 President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the Blue Room 1891 Electric wiring put in place 1901 Name formally changed from Executive Mansion to White House 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt renovation small office build ing constructed Conservatory demolished 1909 West Wing doubled in size first Oval Office built First car purchased for White House 1911 Stables demolished 1926 First electric refrigerator installed 1927 New roof constructed third
floor built 1929 Christmas Eve fire heavily damages West Wing 1933 Indoor pool built 1934 West Wing tripled in size Oval Office moved to present loca tion 1942 Current East Wing office build ing constructed 1947 1948 President Harry Truman adds a second story balcony to South Portico 1948 1952 Massive renovation and recon struction 1975 Outdoor pool built 1995 Pennsylvania Avenue closed in front of White House 2000 Bicentennial of occupancy cele brated 2008 The first African American president is elected the Obama family moves into the White House in January 2009 2009 First Lady Michelle Obama plants a garden on the South Lawn of the White House with the help of local schoolchildren
This aerial view shows the north side of the White House in 2008 Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division photo graph by Carol M Highsmith LC DIG highsm 04919
