The Red Room
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
Catherine Allgor is the president of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Previously, she had been the Nadine and Robert Skotheim Director...
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
To imagine what it was like here when the White House was being constructed in the 1790s, erase everything else...
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