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14 rooms in the White House you probably never knew existed, including a music room, chocolate shop, and bowling alley

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  • If you're well-versed on White House facts, you probably know the presidential residence has 132 rooms.
  • However, fewer people know about rooms like the chocolate shop and the bowling alley.
  • There are also rooms that have changed purpose over the years, like the Solarium, which did a stint as a kindergarten.


The White House is America's most famous residence — and one of the biggest, too.

The massive complex at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue contains six levels, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, and 28 fireplaces.

Some of the most famous White House's most famous rooms include the Oval Office, the Situation Room, the Cabinet Room, and the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.

But tucked away in the far reaches of the building are some of the more obscure, less heralded rooms of the White House: the Chocolate Shop, the Game Room, and the Solarium, to name a few. 

Read on to learn about 14 of the least-known rooms in the White House.

SEE ALSO: A look inside the White House, which has 132 rooms, a restaurant, and the offices of some of the most powerful people in the world

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Music Room

According to the White House Museum, Hillary Clinton turned this sitting room on the third floor of the White House residence into a music room where Bill Clinton could play saxophone.



Workout Room

Next to the Music Room on the third floor is the Workout Room, where presidents and their families can exercise at any time of the day.

Before the 1990s, the room was a guest room and a sitting room.



Chocolate Shop

The Chocolate Shop is one of several kitchens in the White House. Located in the ground floor of the Residence, the Chocolate Shop is where chefs make desserts and centerpieces for White House functions.

It's also where chefs prepare eggs for the annual Easter Egg Roll and assemble the gingerbread replica of the White House that graces the building each holiday season.



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