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Historical Views of the White House Gardens and Grounds
The interior space of the conservatories created a lush private garden for the first family to enjoy year round, c. 1890.
The interior space of the conservatories created a lush private garden for the first family to enjoy year round, c. 1890.
 
The first White House fountain, installed on the South Lawn in 1865, is shown in this detail from a stereophotograph, c.1866. Pictured is an elevated view of the East Garden, the East Wing and Treasury Building, c. 1910.
Lucy Hayes poses with her children in the White House conservatories, c.1879. The South Portico is reflected in the surface of the East Garden pond on an overcast day, c. 1910.
Lucy Hayes, son Scott, daughter Fannie and a friend stand in the conservatories, c.1879. Woodrow Wilson's sheep graze on the South Lawn, 1918.
The interior space of the conservatories created a lush private garden for the first family to enjoy year round, c. 1890. Pictured is the North Portico as it looked in 1900.

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