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Vice President Cheney and David Addington at lunch in the White House Mess George W. Bush White House state china. The White House Mess is now a small wood-paneled dining facility. It is located in the basement of the West Wing, adjacent to the Situation Room. [9] It seats 50 people at 12 tables. [9]
The building was renovated to become the Budd Dairy Food Hall, a Cameron Mitchell Restaurants project. [10] The project began in 2018 and was near opening in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a delay. [11] Budd Dairy Food Hall opened to the public in April 2021.
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.
President's Park, located in Downtown Washington, D.C., encompasses the White House and includes the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the Treasury Building, and grounds; the White House Visitor Center; Lafayette Square; and The Ellipse. [3] President's Park was the original name of Lafayette Square.
The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park.
Mary Todd Lincoln's refurbishment of the White House in 1861 led to historic changes in the room. Mrs. Lincoln purchased two armchairs, [e] a rosewood center table, [f] a chest of drawers, four side balloon-back [g] side chairs, [h] a sofa, and—most importantly—a 6-foot (1.8 m) wide, 8-foot (2.4 m) long rosewood bed frame for the room.
The White House and U.S. Secret Service said Monday they do not maintain visitor logs for President Joe Biden’s personal home in Wilmington, Del., a day after a top House Republican called for ...
The White House includes six stories and 55,000 square feet (5,100 m 2) of floor space, 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, eight staircases, three elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a (single-lane) bowling alley, a movie theater (officially called the White House Family Theater [86]), a jogging ...