Workout Room

Third Floor Un-Sitting Room This room was a sitting room on the third floor of the White House for many years until the Clintons turned it into an exercise room. Before the Truman reconstruction squared off the third floor corners, it was part of the northwest suite used by the Hoovers' housekeeper. After the 1952 reconstruction, it was furnished as a guest bedroom. Jackie Kennedy made this the "blue toile" guest room, to complement the "red toile" Empire Room in the opposite corner. It was later turned into a sitting room again before eventually becoming an exercise room.

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George W Bush in the Workout Room around 2002, looking southeast

George W Bush in the Workout Room around 2002, looking southeast

Sitting Room in 1992, looking northwest (HABS)

The sitting room in 1992, looking south (HABS)

The room in 1981

The "Blue Toile Bedroom" in 1962, looking northeast (Kennedy Library - Robert Knudsen)

The "Blue Toile Bedroom" in 1962, looking northwest (Kennedy Library - Robert Knudsen)

The "Blue Toile Bedroom" in 1962, looking southeast (Kennedy Library - Robert Knudsen)

The room in 1952, looking southwest (Truman Library)

The room in 1952, looking northeast (Truman Library)

The room in 1948, before the Truman reconstruction raised the corner of the roof (Truman Library)

The housekeeper's sitting room, circa 1930 (NARA)