A sleeping porch was added to the roof of the White House during the Taft Administration. Photo by National Photo Company, via Library of Congress.
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A sleeping porch was added to the roof of the White House during the Taft Administration. Photo by National Photo Company, via Library of Congress.
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enclos*ure 
I can’t imagine a big man like Taft making the climb up there for a cooling rest!
I thought the same thing.
I love the idea of the first family cooling off by sleeping out on the roof of the White House! A great bit of history.
When a third floor was added to the White House in 1927, the porch became a glassed-in sunroom. It later served as Caroline Kennedy’s schoolroom and the Johnson girls’ teen hangout.