Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
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From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
For the 2015 holiday season, the White House Historical Association has paired with HGTV Star Genevieve Gorder to bring you our 2015...
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy resolved to make the White House a “living museum” by restoring the historic integrity of the...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...