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The Ground Floor
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed the groin vaulting around 1793. Its sturdy construction withstood the fire of 1814. The vaulted ceiling seen today is a copy of the original vaulting built during the Truman Renovation between 1948 and 1952. One of the house's finest architectural elements, this ceiling was
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The Second Floor
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use. President Adams kept a small office adjacent to his bedroom on the southwest corner of the house, but other early presidents chose to work in rooms on the State Floor. Around 1825, the two rooms that we now call the Lincoln
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Top Dogs at the White House
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for stories of everyday life in the Executive Mansion. With the common reproduction of photographs in newspapers and magazines by the early 20th century, presidential pets had to accept the same scrutiny as their distinguished masters. Whether providing companionship or humanizing
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Sharing White House History about Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to presidential history. Below you will find a variety of digital educational resources compiled by the White House Historical Association that have been sourced from presidential sites relating to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Educational
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Alan Lowe
Alan C. Lowe obtained his B.A. (1986) and M.A. (1988) in history at the University of Kentucky. In 1989, Lowe joined the staff of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California as an archivist. In 1992, he moved to the Office of Presidential Libraries at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, D.C. In the Office of
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White House Tour
Following a competition for the design of the President's House in the spring of 1792, Irish architect James Hoban was commissioned to build a home and office for the President of the United States. With guidance from President George Washington, Hoban employed craftsmen brought from as far away as Scotland and oversaw a free and enslaved labor force that constructed one
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Reading Lists & Bibliography
General White House Bibliography:Aikman, Lonnelle. The Living White House. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 1996. Cunliffe, Marcus. The American Heritage History of the Presidency. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1968. Dowd, Mary-Jane M., compiler. Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital - Record Group 42 Inventory No. 16. Washington, D.C.: National
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The Butler's Role at a State Dinner with Royal Visitors
Prior to the 1939 visit of the queen and king of England, Eleanor Roosevelt received a State Department memorandum, listing various rules of protocol. Mrs. Roosevelt became concerned about the order in which the Roosevelts, and the queen and king, should be served at the state dinner honoring the royal couple.1"I told Franklin," Mrs. Roosevelt recalled, "that British protocol required
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Presidential Kin
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Indomitable Sara Delano Roosevelt Mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mary Jo Binker and Diane Lobb-BoyceThe Royal Family at Arlington House: George Washington Park Custis Creates a Shrine, Keith D. MacKayJames Madison's Brother Willey, Stuart L. ButlerNell Arthur's Memorial Window: History Reflected in Saint John's Church, Nenette Marie Arroyo"A House Divided Cannot Stand":
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The Presidential Libraries
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe History of Presidential Libraries, Richard SpearsPresidential Libraries Outside of the National Archives System, Kimberly KenneyHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, Thomas F. SchwartzFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Bob ClarkHarry S. Truman Library and Museum, Amy WilliamsDwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, Karl WeissenbachJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum,
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Inaugural Views
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeStamps, Parks, and a President: Franklin D. Roosevelt Approves Ten Postage Stamps to Celebrate National Park Year, Robert GroggJames Hoban's 1792 Designs for the President's House, Andrew McCarthyThe First Red Room: Illuminated by Candlelight with the Computer's Eye, David RamseyInaugural Prints at Blair House, Candace ShiremanReflections: Partners in Education, Stewart D. McLaurinBuy NowSubscribe to White House History
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Death and the White House
Read Digital VersionDeath and the President's House, William Seale "First in War, First in Peace," and First in Death: A History of Presidential Mourning, Matthew CostelloMedical Mystery: President William Henry Harrison Succumbs to a Fatal Illness in the White House, Richard F. GrimmettAbraham Lincoln's Funeral Train: The Solemn Journey from Washington to Springfield, John WhiteSociety Calls on Widow Mary Todd