The East Room
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
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Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
Benjamin H. Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
Catherine Allgor is the president of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Previously, she had been the Nadine and Robert Skotheim Director...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Indomitable Sara Delano Roosevelt Mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mary Jo Binker and...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeTaking the Oath of Office: The Capitol Connection, Donald R. Kennon"Not a Ragged Mob":...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeJames Monroe's Ties to France, Scott H. HarrisFurnishings in Paris: From the Directory to the...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...