![]() ![]() During the 1902 Roosevelt renovation of the White House, First Lady Edith Roosevelt established a "proper colonial garden" in place of the conservatory. There was also a conservatory rose house in the area. Prior to 1902, the area of the present-day Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and Rose Garden contained extensive stables housing horses and coaches. 1921 image of the Southwest rose garden that replaced the former west colonial garden.
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