“The Back Building”
Built in 1818-1819, Decatur House was designed by the English architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe for Commodore Stephen Decatur and Susan...
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Built in 1818-1819, Decatur House was designed by the English architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe for Commodore Stephen Decatur and Susan...
The Dolley Madison House, a yellow structure on the corner of H Street and Madison Place in “The President’s Neig...
A recent magazine article described the garden of the White House, “known as the President’s Park,” as covering 82 acres and en...
Arches and vaults are techniques of construction that serve to divert the support of heavy masses that would otherwise require...
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R....
Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...
The White House has many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...
The history of the white house grounds begins nearly two centuries before the construction of the house itself. Sailing up...
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
The holiday season at the White House is celebrated with an array of annual traditions, glittering holiday décor, fresh p...
White House workers’ memoirs abound with recollections of significant international and national events and episodes. As they go about their da...