In 1947, Bowling lanes were built in the White House as a birthday present to President Truman. 1969, President Richard Nixon and his wife had a bowling alley installed in the White House. Both loved the sport. The addition was paid for by friends of the couple, rather than by taxpayer money.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower did not put a bowling alley in the White House. The bowling alley was built in the ground floor of the West Wing as a birthday gift for President Truman in 1947.