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Many similar shelters were built as civil defense measures during the Cold War. Kennedy urged families to construct them amid the threat of nuclear war. The shelter was added to the home in 1961 by the sole owners – Henrietta and Bud Chute – after President John F. Bud's ham radio set up/radio control room, installed due to the threat of nuclear war in the '60s.
