The Red Room
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
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The Blue Room
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
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The Green Room
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
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The Entrance Hall
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
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The East Room
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
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State Dining Room
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
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Sharing White House History about Abraham Lincoln
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
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White House Ghost Stories
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
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Living Quarters on the Ground Floor
White House staff who lived at the President’s House during the nineteenth century, including enslaved and free African Americans, us...
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White House State Dining Room Fact Sheet
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
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The Presidents Speak
TEACHER'S TEXTIn a democracy, the people speak at the ballot box. Their votes send a message to representatives at all...
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Richard Norton Smith
Born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1953, Mr. Smith graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1975 with a degree in government....
