Architecture: 1790s-1840s
1790sThe Presidents House was a major feature of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. He envisioned a...
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James Hoban's 1793 north elevation drawing.
James Hoban's 1793 north elevation drawing reduced the building from three to two floors because of a concern that there was not enough stone at the government quarry to complete both the Capitol and President's House.
1790sThe Presidents House was a major feature of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. He envisioned a...
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
1900sOne of Theodore Roosevelts earliest acts as President was to issue an order establishing the "White House" as the buildings...
1850sJames Buchanan, at the urging of his niece and White House hostess Harriet Lane, added a wooden greenhouse on the...
1950sSoon after moving into the White House in 1945, President Truman noticed large areas of cracking in the plaster throughout the...
A recent magazine article described the garden of the White House, “known as the President’s Park,” as covering 82 acres and en...
When David Baillie Warden remarked in 1816 that “it was originally proposed to form a communication between the [executive departmental] offices an...
The restoration of the exterior of the White House, which I performed from 1989 to 1996, was an exciting and challenging task....
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...