• Proposed Extension of the Executive Mansion, ca. 1891
    Fred D. Owen
    plans
    documents
    This plan suggested a proposed expansion for the Executive Mansion attributed to First Lady Caroline Harrison around 1891. Compiled and drawn by architect Frederick Dale Owen, the plan proposes the addition of a private central court enclosed by historic and official wings as well as a series of greenhouses and conservatories housing palm gardens and a lily pond. While this proposal never came to be realized, the plan anticipates President Theodore Roosevelt's construction of the East and West Wings in 1902.
  • Plan for Enlarging Executive Mansion
    Fred D. Owen
    drawings & plans
    This pen and ink drawing by Fred D. Owen depicts plans to expand the White House made for First Lady Caroline Harrison. They include a new greenhouse on the South Grounds.