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Truman's White House renovation

Truman's renovation of the White House, which involved gutting and rebuilding the interior, is often compared to the 2020 tennis court project.

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Which rooms did President Truman add, remove, or significantly alter in the 1949 White House renovation?

The “renovation” was effectively a complete gutting and interior rebuild: the Executive Residence was stripped to its exterior walls, fitted with a new steel skeleton and much deeper foundations, and ...