The Whitespring Presidential Cottage and Museum

The Whitespring Presidential Cottage and Museum, also known as the Appalachian White House,^[1] is an unmarked location within the Whitespring in the Savage Divide in Fallout 76.

Background[]

The two-story structure was organized as a museum tourist attraction, with each of the rooms furnished to emphasize its grandeur and past splendor,^{[Non-game 1]} such as the state dining room that has hosted more than a dozen formal banquets with heads of state. Furniture was American-made, most dating to the eighteenth century to maintain authenticity, with the most notable piece being the mahogany grand cabinet, which previously displayed the Whitespring's Presidential Platinum China, and a display cabinet with a saber carried by President Ulysses S. Grant during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. His main saber was lost at the Battle of Champion Hill and only recovered the following day.^[2]

The Hall of Heroes displayed a collection of high-quality reproduction oil paintings commemorating heroes of the American Revolutionary War, leading directly to the president's portico on the rear of the house, with a view of the Springhill Golf Course. The deck chairs on the portico were purchased from the White House in 2042 following renovations to the White House pool.^[3] The final room on the ground floor was the social parlor, providing a comfortable space for casual discussions and evening entertainment, such as after formal dinners. The grand piano in the room has been played by several notable pianists (and innumerable presidential children). The cello, though once believed to be an original Stradivarius, was later determined to be a forgery, but was retained as an item of potential interest to visitors.^[4]

The presidential suite on the top floor provided privacy away from the other guests of the resort, and the final exposition before the Great War incorporated an antique television and phone from the Roosevelt White House, and a bureau that once belonged to President Millard Fillmore. Although the bed was originally a traditional four-poster, the 1887 mahogany bed was refashioned into a more modern design following damage during remodeling in 2054.^[5] The other room was the children's suite, for members of the president's family. Toys included on the exposition were donated by each of the children who have stayed in the cottage, representing different eras in American history, from an original 1903 teddy bear, through icons of the mid-century space race, to the modern Giddyup Buttercup.^[6]

Layout[]

The cottage is a part of the world space and has two floors, with high-level white collar loot. The case with Grant's saber, the objective of the Order of Mysteries quest Forging a Legend, requires collecting the Whitespring staff password from the corpse upstairs, under the shower in the children's suite. A skeleton surrounded by chems lays over the side of the bed in the presidential suite, leaning over a basket.

Notable loot[]

• Presidential Cottage security recording - Holotape, on the Presidential Cottage and Museum terminal, staff access section.
• Presidential cottage password - Two locations: in the children's suite upstairs shower room, and on the broken Whitespring docent Protectron.
• Grant's saber - On the first floor, in the case.
• Stealth Boy - In the children's suite upstairs shower room, next to a skeleton.
• Potential Vault-Tec bobblehead - Upstairs in the children's suite, on an end table next to a couch.

Appearances[]

The Whitespring Presidential Cottage and Museum appears only in Fallout 76.

Gallery[]

Main dining room

Presidential Cottage & Museum terminal (Presidential Cottage security recording)

Children's suite

Presidential suite

Skeleton

References[]

Non-game