Fdr Swimming Pool White House

The indoor swimming pool opened on june 2 1933 after a campaign led by the new york daily news to raise money for building a pool for president franklin d.

Fdr swimming pool white house. The idea for a white house pool belongs to captain joseph patterson publisher of the new york daily news and a staunch franklin roosevelt man. It was a modern day showcase of technology featuring underwater lighting sterilizers and the latest gadgets. The effort was a way to honor president franklin roosevelt a new york native who suffered from the crippling disease poliomyelitis. It displaced a laundry room.

Roosevelt who suffered from poliomyelitis and often swam at therapy pools at his hyde park home in new york or at a rehabilitation center in warm springs georgia. The white house has had two different pools since the 1930s. The first was an indoor pool installed in june of 1933 for fdr to use. Fdr s swimming pool was completed in 1933.

Share find us on. Saturday sept 4 2010 to monday september 6 2010 10 00 am 4 00 pm. The 50 foot long pool underneath the briefing room was built in the 1930s for franklin delano roosevelt the. The pool has been covered but remains beneath the floor of the press center.

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The white house behind the scenes pulling back the curtain on the executive mansion first children growing up in the white house see more collections. Fdr needed it for therapy swims for his. As the men and women of new york opened copies of the new york daily news on march 14 1933 they learned of a campaign to raise money for building the president a swimming pool at the white house. The pool where he swam is normally kept empty for preservation but for three days it will be filled with naturally warm spring water and for an extra fee you can jump into fdr s swimming pool.

On march 14 1933 ten days after fdr took the oath. It displaced a laundry room fdr needed it for therapy swims for his polio stricken legs.