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Creature Comforts
1801: Two water closets built, one on each end of the Second Floor -- President Thomas Jefferson (1801-09).
1853: First bathtub installed on the Second Floor -- President Franklin Pierce (1853-57).
1866: Telegraph room added on the Second Floor -- President Andrew Johnson (1865-69).
1881: First elevator installed -- President James A. Garfield (1881).
1891: Electric lighting installed -- President Benjamin Harrison (1889-93). |