The White House Collection: The Truman Interiors
On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman returned to a freshly renovated White House after living at Blair House since November 1948....
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The Benjamin Harrison State Dining Room in 1893 reflected Tiffany's decoration of a decade earlier.
On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman returned to a freshly renovated White House after living at Blair House since November 1948....
After the destruction of the White House by the British in 1814, the Executive Mansion was reconstructed with a servants’ hall di...
After ascending the staircase from the Ground Floor to the State Floor, the first room that visitors on a tour...
Today’s State Floor of the White House has rooms designated by color (Green, Blue, and Red), purpose (State Dining Ro...
One of the principal goals that governed the architectural changes made to the White House in 1902 by McKim, Mead & Whi...
President Abraham Lincoln's office and Cabinet Room––the large southeast room on the Second Floor of the White House––has been cal...
While there have only been a handful of Texans who have called the White House “home,” this group has shaped the...
“It is of very great importance to fix the taste of our Country properly, and I think your Example will go...
For over 75 years, George Peter Alexander Healy’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained an important aesthetic element for the Wh...
When on March 4, 1817, James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States, the District of Columbia still...
Special spaces at the White House are usually those created by the presidents for their own use while resident there....
The Roosevelts celebrated Christmas with a flurry of public and private activities. The non-stop action began the week before Christmas...