The Second Floor
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
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President James A. Garfield owned an illustrated set of Shakspeare’s Complete Works, bound in tooled leather. The volumes are labeled with Garfield’s bookplate and feature illustrations of Shakespeare’s plays and characters, including the engraving of Juliet.
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whiskers, Chester A. Arthur looked like a president.The son of a...
Lucretia Rudolph was born on April 19, 1832 to Arabella Mason and Zebulon Rudolph. She acquired her love of learning from her...
In 2021, the Arlington County Board voted to change the name of Lee Highway, named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee,...
Nellie Arthur, daughter of President Chester Arthur, did not like the White House when she first took residence there in 1881....
The White House is often referred to as the “people’s house.” Indeed, many people from across the United States have i...
Jeremiah “Jerry” Smith worked at the White House through eight presidencies. Government documents listed him as a laborer, but he took...
Lafayette Square in the 19th century was the epicenter of political, social and civic activity in Washington, D.C. Originally...
Stained glass, a medieval art, was revisited in the historically retrospective nineteenth century. The art was a prominent feature of...
The White House Chief Usher serves as the general manager of the Executive Mansion. In addition to administrative and fiscal...
On July 2, 1881, Charles J.Guiteau twice shot and greviously wounded President Garfield at Washington's Baltimore and Potomac station. The president...