How many floors is under the White House?

The Executive Residence is made up of six stories: the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park.
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Does the White House have a second floor?

The second floor Center Hall of the White House in 2001. Floor plan of the White House second floor showing location of the Center Hall.
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What is on the second floor of the White House?

The West Wing Reception Room, 2005. The Treaty Room has been a popular space for a presidential study over the years.
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Is there a secret basement in the White House?

Today a whole complex of underground rooms stretches out from that areaway, containing the florist shop, bowling alley, and many other functions. None of it is secret.
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What floor does the president sleep on?

The President's Bedroom is a second floor bedroom in the White House. The bedroom makes up the White House master suite along with the adjacent sitting room and the smaller dressing room, all located in the southwest corner.
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Inside The White House's Secret Bunker



Is there a pool at the White House?

The White House has had two different pools since the 1930s. 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.
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How many bathrooms are in the White House?

The White House remains a place where history continues to unfold. There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.
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Is there a tunnel under the White House?

The White House to Treasury Building tunnel is a 761-foot (232 m) subterranean structure in Washington, D.C. that connects a sub-basement of the East Wing of the White House to the areaway which surrounds the United States Treasury Building.
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How many secret rooms does the White House have?

22. Secret rooms. The White House building encompasses over 180 rooms total. While most of these rooms are offices, there are also recreational rooms for the first family, like a bowling alley and movie theater.
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Does the White House have a situation room?

The Situation Room, officially known as the John F. Kennedy Conference Room, is a 5,525-square-foot (513.3 m2) conference room and intelligence management center in the basement of the West Wing of the White House.
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What is on the 3rd floor of the White House?

As part of the renovation, a whole new third Floor was added to the White House that, in addition to the solarium, included storage rooms, bedrooms for live-in servants and the White House housekeeper, guest bedrooms, and communal bathrooms.
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What is underneath the White House?

The Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC, PEE-ock) is a bunker-like structure underneath the East Wing of the White House. It serves as a secure shelter and communications center for the president of the United States and others in case of an emergency.
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What is the largest room in the White House?

Off the landing to the right is the East Room. The largest of the state rooms, it was designed by James Hoban and George Washington to be a "Public Audience Room."
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Is there a kitchen in the White House residence?

The White House features three kitchens: the main kitchen, a pastry kitchen, and a family kitchen in the Executive Residence. The main White House kitchen is located on the ground floor.
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How many bedrooms are in the White House?

The White House has 16 guest bedrooms. To ensure all their guests have the comfort of their own bathroom, it also has a staggering 35 bathrooms. Most of the bedrooms remain empty save for when the First Family has guests visiting. Those guests can include family and friends but also foreign dignitaries and ambassadors.
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Is there a green room in the White House?

The Green Room is one of three state parlors on the first floor of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. It is used for small receptions and teas.
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How many kitchens are in the White House?

The kitchen

The White House Executive Chef works in one of two kitchens at the White House: The main kitchen, which is located in the northwest corner of the Ground Floor of the White House, and the Family Kitchen on the Second Floor.
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Who lives in the White House other than the president?

The modern-day White House complex includes the Executive Residence, the West Wing, the East Wing, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (the former State Department, which now houses offices for the president's staff and the vice president) and Blair House, a guest residence.
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Does the White House have a basketball court?

The White House has had a smaller outdoor court since 1991, but the adapted tennis court allows enough room for a full court game of basketball.
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Is there a secret underground city?

The cities of Özkonak, Derinkuyu, and Kaymaklı in Cappadocia, Turkey, are some of the most complete (and most underground) of our underground cities. Denrikuyu is estimated to have once been capable of housing 20,000 people, and actually connects to Kaymakli via an underground tunnel, eight kilometers long.
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What is the deepest bunker in the world?

Deepest Bunker: The deepest underground bunker is the Central Military China Commission's Joint Military Command Centre in Bejing, located 2,000 meters underground. It is said that the bunker should hold one million people.
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Which US president never lived in the White House?

While President George Washington selected the site and approved the design, he never actually lived in the White House— he ended his service as chief executive in 1797 and died in 1799, one year before the seat of the federal government moved from Philadelphia to the city named in his honor.
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Is the White House Small?

Though it's smaller than people might expect, it's still the 34th largest house in the US, and it's filled with more history than any of them.
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