Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection
Forward by William SealeA Suite for the Nation Restored to its Original Splendor: Regilded and Reupholstered, the Historic White House...
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Forward by William SealeA Suite for the Nation Restored to its Original Splendor: Regilded and Reupholstered, the Historic White House...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. A contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review and a...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
To imagine what it was like here when the White House was being constructed in the 1790s, erase everything else...
TEACHER'S TEXTIn a democracy, the people speak at the ballot box. Their votes send a message to representatives at all...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
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