19th Century White House Staff
For most of the 19th century, the structure of the White House staff remained generally the same. At the top...
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Crowded work conditions in the White House press room, 1957.
For most of the 19th century, the structure of the White House staff remained generally the same. At the top...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
A group of physicians and surgeons meeting in Washington 1891 was treated to a reception at the White House on the...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...
Pierre Charles L'Enfant selected the site for the President's House and proposed a grand palace four times larger than the...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Care of any museum collection includes the conservation of objects to correct or stabilize deterioration from age or exhibition. Although...
After 1802, James Hoban concentrated on his successful business partnership with Pierce Purcell in Washington, distancing himself from the politics and...
When James Hoban set sail for America, and where he landed, are not certain. By 1785, Hoban was advertising his services...
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
To imagine what it was like here when the White House was being constructed in the 1790s, erase everything else...
Beginning with James Buchanan’s administration in the 1850s, black entertainers have held a prime spot among White House performers. Th...