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Igel

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7. Teddy Roosevelt's and FDR's contributions, sure.

Reply to Botany (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:48 AM

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Teddy Roosevelt ripped out what Jefferson had put up--a colonnade and various storage facilities, mostly. He gets the credit for that bit of historical destruction nobody cares about.

FDR added the 2nd floor and what because the situation room to the East Wing.

The JK garden was established by Teddy Roosevelt's 1st lady and JK had it redone.

Then there were the two magnolia trees, one from the early 1900s (prior to 1910, that is) and the other from the early '40s.

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