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Oct 20, 2017 · Throughout his presidency Coolidge took up residence in five different Summer White Houses: his birthplace of Plymouth Notch, Vermont; along the Atlantic coast in Swampscott, Massachusetts; in the forests of upstate New York; in the mountainous Black Hills of South Dakota; and along the riverfront of Brule, Wisconsin.

In 1927, when President Coolidge announced that he wanted a summer away from bugs, crowds, a scheduled White House renovation, and the bad Washington, D.C. air that irritated his bronchitis,...

Aug 13, 2017 · After two vacations along the east coast, however, the president decided to spend a summer in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His sabbatical was unique among presidential vacations.

Sep 6, 2017 · On the evening of June 15th, South Dakota Governor William Bulow, Senator Peter Norbeck and nearly 10,000 South Dakotans welcomed the President, Mrs. Coolidge, and son John, as they stepped from the presidential train at the Chicago and North Western Railroad’s depot in Rapid City.

This lodge is known for its grand, historic character and tradition. The State Game Lodge served as the “Summer White House” for President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and was visited by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. And the Grace Coolidge Creek still …

For three months in 1927, it also served as Calvin Coolidge’s “Summer White House.” That summer, Custer—South Dakota’s first and largest state park—covered more than 50,000 acres of deep green ponderosa pine trees, trickling streams, and open meadows.

First Lady Grace Coolidge brought the couple's two collies, Rob Roy and Prudence Prim, and pet raccoon, Rebecca, along with them on their South Dakota vacation. The State Game Lodge at Custer State Park served as the summer White House while the Coolidges vacationed there.

President Coolidge's Summer White House, Custer State Park, South Dakota, 1927. Photo by Carl H. Rise. In the summer of 1927, the White House showing its age developed an every increasing leaky roof.

Calvin Coolidge wears a cowboy hat and Western garb while on a 2-month vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1927. The South Dakotans presented him wit...