10. A Billiards Room Was Added By Ulysses Grant
While FDR felt the need to have a pool added to the White House, President Grant preferred to actually play pool. He enjoyed the game so much that he had a billiards room built on the White House property. The recreational space was between the actual White House mansion and the presidential greenhouse. The greenhouse was where Ulysses S. Grant’s wife hosted White House garden parties, and entertained the dignitaries of the day. Even way back then, married couples knew the importance of engaging in separate social activities with separate sets of friends, at least every once in a while.
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