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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...
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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 ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
In 2022, the White House Historical Association began partnering with UNTOLD, a project of the Driving Force Institute for Public Engagement,...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
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...
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
Before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building was built during 1922-25, a simple three-and-a-half story brick home stood in...