Gallery Mr. Truman's Renovation: Demolition
To provide solid support for the interior walls, crews poured 126 new reinforced concrete support columns to a depth of 25 feet....
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Gallery The Return of the Chief
On the evening of March 27, 1952, in a small ceremony at the entrance door, President Truman received a gold key to...
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The Historic Decatur House
When Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., and his wife, Susan, moved to the new federal city in 1816, they purchased land on...
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A Special Space Lost and Found Images of Abraham Lincoln's White House Stables
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has often been referred to as “The Nation’s Attic” for its vast holdin...
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The Other White House
For a four-year period in American history, two official houses carried the name White House. Standing 90 miles apart, across the...
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Why is the White House white?
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James Hoban: Architect of the White House
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
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The West Wing: 1900-1924
1902: A White House "restoration" was undertaken. Under Theodore Roosevelt, the 19th-century conservatories were razed, and a new "temporary" executive office...
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The East and West Wings of the White House
On a cold March 11, 1809, Thomas Jefferson paid the ferryman $1 to take him and his carriage across the Potomac River at...
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Days of Destruction: The United States Capitol
By nightfall on August 24, 1814, British forces had arrived on Capitol Hill and broken through the doors of the 14-year-old Capitol,...
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White House Stonecutting Tools
Inventories of the tools in the stonecutting sheds suggest that some of the stone was sawed, a technique that bypassed...
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Rebuilding the White House and U.S. Capitol
The government hired James Hoban, designer of the first President's House and now the city's leading builder, to supervise the...
