Collection President Truman's Renovation
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
Main Content
This is the surviving half of a pair of gilded lady's chairs made by Herter Brothers of New York for the Red Room. The arm rests terminate in carved lion's heads, a motif that appears in other Herter pieces, 11 of which were also made for the Red Room.
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
“That Manila could lend anything to Washington may be an idea that would surprise some persons, but the Luneta is an...
In our own time thoughts about “the West” have been rather vividly colored by popular culture imagery depicting the rugged indi...
After ascending the staircase from the Ground Floor to the State Floor, the first room that visitors on a tour...
Timeline of Events: August 29, 1814: Faced with a British demand to surrender 21 merchant ships, naval and ordinance stores and cotton, flour,...
Further pursuing our interest in the neighborhood context of the White House, as well as the presidential complex itself, this...
President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush resided in the White House for the 1992 bicentennial of the laying of its...
The Green Room, positioned between the East Room and the Blue Room, is one of the principal parlors of the...
When Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., and his wife, Susan, moved to the new federal city in 1816, they purchased land on...
For over 75 years, George Peter Alexander Healy’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained an important aesthetic element for the Wh...