Little White House

The Little White House is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia, also preserved as a museum and historic site. It is best known as the president’s regular retreat for polio therapy and the place where he died in 1945.

The property contains Roosevelt’s study, period domestic rooms and exhibits about his presidency and polio-era rehabilitation work, including material on the Warm Springs polio treatment pools. Visitors can tour the house and grounds to see the preserved interiors and related interpretive displays.

The house was used by Roosevelt during his presidency and was associated with his efforts to develop treatments and therapeutic programs for polio patients. Its role as a private presidential retreat and medical-rehabilitation centre shaped the site’s physical layout and use.

The Little White House sits in the town of Warm Springs in Meriwether County, Georgia, in west-central Georgia, to the southwest of Atlanta and accessible by road from the regional highway network.

• Historic event: The house is notable as the place where President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, and is preserved as a museum and historic site.
• Interpretive focus: The site interprets Roosevelt's use of Warm Springs for polio therapy; the therapeutic pools and rehabilitation history are central parts of the museum displays.

What to See #

• Roosevelt's study: The central rooms include Franklin D. Roosevelt's study and living quarters, preserved with period furnishings and personal items related to his presidential retreats and polio therapy.