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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View the west along the south wall reveals the depth of the new foundation and excavation, extending 25 feet below the original footings. The earth along the walls was left unexcavated until cross beams, running north and south, were installed to prevent the walls from bulging, June 12, 1950.
1790sThe Presidents House was a major feature of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. He envisioned a...
1950sSoon after moving into the White House in 1945, President Truman noticed large areas of cracking in the plaster throughout the...
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...
In our own time thoughts about “the West” have been rather vividly colored by popular culture imagery depicting the rugged indi...
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room has been the on-grounds quarters for the White House correspondents and news photographers...
Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, several major proposals were made to alleviate crowding at the White House...
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
The restoration of the exterior of the White House, which I performed from 1989 to 1996, was an exciting and challenging task....
Arches and vaults are techniques of construction that serve to divert the support of heavy masses that would otherwise require...
President and Mrs. George Bush recognized music as a supreme American gesture, a vital symbol of American life as it...
A recent magazine article described the garden of the White House, “known as the President’s Park,” as covering 82 acres and en...