Exploring Warm Springs: FDR's Little White House in Georgia

In 1932, after winning his first Presidential election, he ordered the construction of a 6-room home built of Georgia pine on the property. The architectural style is Colonial Revival focusing on building symmetry, hipped roofs that intersect one another, and simple wooden columns with a base and capital. Of the six rooms, three are bedrooms; one for him, one for his wife Eleanor, and the third for his personal secretary. Because Eleanor didn’t always travel with him to the home, her bedroom served as the guest room for his grandchildren when they visited. There was also an entrance hall, a living room, and kitchen.
 
Entering through the front door into the rather large entrance hall (especially for a 1,300 square-foot house), you are immersed in a rustic, rural home from the 1930s. The exposed-wood walls are golden in color and the hand-hewn wood rafters show the marks from the craftsmen. Although these were said to be added after-the-fact when Roosevelt felt the smoothness of them didn’t convey the rustic look he was after. Going to the left from the Entrance Hall leads into the Roosevelt’s bedrooms with a bathroom in between. To the right you head through a Butler’s Pantry and into the Kitchen. The kitchen had conveniences unlike nearly every other house in this part of the country. Electricity! 

Moving ahead from the entry is the main living area of the home. The Living/Dining Room. Here he could relax by the stone fireplace or entertain his guests. More exposed wood for the walls and numerous bookshelves flank the fireplace. The home’s main decor is sailing-related. From paintings to replica wooden ships. On the right is his chair and table where he would conduct his business as the President. His disability limited his use of a desk and this table and chair arrangement offered him the ability to relax and rest his legs. Nearly the entire west-facing wall of this room is windows and French doors which open to the back patio. From here the President had an unobstructed view of the woods and Pine Mountain. On the right is a small hallway that leads to Roosevelt’s personal secretaries quarters and the homes second bathroom. On the left is the second entrance to his and Eleanor’s bedrooms.


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