Main Event - The White House has a two-lane bowling alley, situated in the West Wing it was built as a gift for President Harry Truman in 1947 -- named the Harry
![File:2017 Harry S Truman Bowling Alley - (Old) Eisenhower Executive Office Building.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:2017 Harry S Truman Bowling Alley - (Old) Eisenhower Executive Office Building.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/2017_Harry_S_Truman_Bowling_Alley_-_%28Old%29_Eisenhower_Executive_Office_Building.jpg)
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![Presidential Trivia on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, President Truman officially opened the first White House bowling alley. It was located in the West Wing. https://t.co/gIxpaWLKdh https://t.co/H24dX4iR4f" / Twitter Presidential Trivia on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, President Truman officially opened the first White House bowling alley. It was located in the West Wing. https://t.co/gIxpaWLKdh https://t.co/H24dX4iR4f" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWZg6oJXsAYu7fm.png)
Presidential Trivia on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, President Truman officially opened the first White House bowling alley. It was located in the West Wing. https://t.co/gIxpaWLKdh https://t.co/H24dX4iR4f" / Twitter
![WHITE HOUSE BOWLING ALLEY - 24 Photos & 16 Reviews - 1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia - Bowling - Yelp WHITE HOUSE BOWLING ALLEY - 24 Photos & 16 Reviews - 1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia - Bowling - Yelp](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/_5H6tO40PLwZ50DPp4zTJg/348s.jpg)
WHITE HOUSE BOWLING ALLEY - 24 Photos & 16 Reviews - 1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia - Bowling - Yelp
![Harry S. Truman himself said he didn't want any buildings named after him, historian says - The Washington Post Harry S. Truman himself said he didn't want any buildings named after him, historian says - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/06/09/Local/Images/KELLY0011402348150.jpg?t=20170517)