it is no longer navy grey, it is all white for the little white house. would like to welcome you to the harry s truman little white house. it is florida's official presidential museum and has been used by seven american presidents. it is cap david south. the little white was built as the navy commander's home in 1890. it served a number of various commanders over almost a 100 year span, but it was slightly taft,upted by presidents franklin roosevelt, harry truman , dwight eisenhower, john clinton.to bill the department of defense says we seem to have a continuum through american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. it was 9000 square feet. it was built originally as the paymaster and commander's home, but by 1911 the base commander realized things were getting snug so he merged into a single dwelling of all most 9000 square feet. at that time, key west was the command headquarters for the seventh averill district which covered key west to charleston. , admiralimitz is here chester nimitz is here expecting desk inspecting the