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Pages in category "Rooms in the White House" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Diplomatic Reception Room on the ground floor of the White House. The oval space beneath what is now the Blue Room was originally a Servants' Hall, [10] but was turned into a furnace room in 1837. [20] During the White House's 1902 renovation, the room was turned into a sitting room.
The second floor family residence includes the Yellow Oval Room, East and West Sitting Halls, the White House Master Bedroom, President's Dining Room, the Treaty Room, Lincoln Bedroom and Queens' Bedroom, as well as two additional bedrooms, a smaller kitchen, and a private dressing room. [90]
The room takes inspiration from the bow oval rooms in the main residence of the White House. The west wing oval office was created when the wing was expanded in the early 1900s, a few years after the wing was built.
East Room in the White House during Harrison Administration. President Chester A. Arthur hired the Washington, D.C., firm of W. B. Moses & Son to redecorate much of the White House in 1881, including the East Room. [75] Moses & Son added new window curtains and drapes, and a suite of ebony furniture carved in a Japanese style.
The White House may seem staid and formal ... But in 1970, Nixon decided the media needed more space, and the White House Press Briefing Room was built directly over the now-empty pool. The old ...
The West Wing (lower right) at night in December 2006 The White House complex. The West Wing of the White House houses the formal office for the president of the United States. [1] The West Wing contains the Oval Office, [2] the Cabinet Room, [3] the Situation Room, [4] and the Roosevelt Room. [5]
Updates to the White House included the practical (leaky West Wing roof repairs and an improved HVAC system in 2017) and the personal (a chandelier in the private presidential dining room).