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1902
Contd.
3. Until a more elaborate building for the purpose should be con-
structed, to erect for strictly office use of the President a building
in the grounds west of the House and opposite the Navy Department.
The President was desirous that as free a hand as possible should
be given the architects consistent with proper disbursement and general
supervision and inspection by this office.
A satisfactory contract was finally made with the architects July
16, 1902, and another with Norcross Brothers Company of Worcester,
Mass., contractors under them.
Owing to the extensive changes to be made, it was necessary for
the President and his family to move into temporary quarters else-
TROMAN
where, and the house, No. 22 Jackson Place, on the west side of
Lafayette Square was secured for this purpose.
The President moved into this house June 23,1902 and moved back
into the remodeled White House, November 12, 1902. These extensive
changes were made at a cost of $475,445. Following are the main
items of the work:
1. Some of the greenhouses west of the House were torn down to
make room for the new office building, a one-story structure of
brick painted white, 100 by 50 feet, constructed at an additional
cost of $65,196.00.
2. The renaining greenhouses and the conservatory were torn
down and four small greenhouses and one large one erected at the
propagating gardens out of this material for Whit House use.
3. The foundations of the former conservatory were kept and
remodeled into laundry and other service rooms, a connection way
being built through this part between the White House and new
office for the private use of the President.
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