White House bowling alley gets a $250K glow-up

Photo: Long view with the pins in the distance of the two automatic bowling lanes installed in the White House during the administration of President Harry S. Truman – March 19, 1948. NARA Accession Number 59-1471-2. Photo credit: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. Public Domain. Article by Sophia Cai. Politico – August 31, 2026.

The White House is renovating one of the most exclusive bowling alleys in America – a favorite rehab target for presidents of both parties that’s at least once blown up in the president’s face. On July 28, the General Services Administration, under the auspices of the Executive Office of the President, awarded a nearly $253,000 contract for lighting work on the two-lane Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley, according to public contract awards reviewed by West Wing Playbook. And on Aug. 18, GSA awarded another contract to the same contractor, Charles Mann Enterprises, for $8,800 in escort services – essentially accompanying outside workers through secure areas – tied to the bowling alley project. […]

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Photo: Harry Truman Bowling Alley – September 9, 2009. Photo credit: “Harry Truman Bowling Alley White House” by Ted Eytan via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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