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

  • 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.

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