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Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father ...
The first Oval Office was constructed as part of the expansion of the West Wing to the White House in 1909 under president William Howard Taft. [8] The room was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth who chose the Charles Follen McKim designed Theodore Roosevelt desk , which was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in the previous executive office, for the ...
The Situation Room is an intelligence management complex on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House.While the name suggests it is a single room, it is in fact a 5,000 square feet (460 m 2) operations suite consisting of a duty watch station and three secure conference rooms.
The cabinet of Barack Obama meeting in November 2009 Plan of the first (ground) floor of the White House; the Cabinet Room is visible at center. Video about the Cabinet Room and the Cabinet The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776, circa 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, has been on display in the Cabinet Room since the late-1980s.
During the War of 1812, President James Madison and the government fled Washington, D.C., ahead of invading British troops, who set fire to the White House during their sacking of the capital on ...
This level was added during the 1948–1952 renovation, [1] [2] [3] and contains the air conditioning and water softening equipment. [4] [5] [6] The sub-basement and mezzanine also contain storage areas, the heating system, elevator machinery rooms, an incinerator, a medical clinic, a dentist's office, [6] the electrical control system, [1] a laundry room, [6] [1] [7] and flatware and dishware ...
A June 1994 tour group exits the White House.. The White House Visitors Office is responsible for public tours of the White House, for maintaining a facility where the public can obtain information about the White House, and for other White House events such as the White House Easter Egg Roll, Holiday Open Houses, Spring and Fall Garden tours, State Arrival Ceremonies and other special events.