This landscape drawing was created as the Civil War ended in 1865 and captures the White House Grounds as they likely were during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Of note are the eight plots to the west (or left) of the White House. Collectively, these eight plots were over an acre and were the grounds of the White House kitchen garden at the time.

This drawing is a map of the Children's Garden and was created by the National Park Service. The letters indicate the location of handprints and footprints of presidential grandchildren within the garden.

This National Park Service drawing dated January 13, 1942, shows slight changes to the South Lawns earthen mounds to accommodate anti-craft guns.