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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.
On the ground floor, the East Wing includes the visitors' entrance and the East Colonnade, a corridor connecting the body of the East Wing to the Executive Residence. Along the corridor is the White House theater, also called the family theater. Social and touring visitors to the White House usually enter through the East Wing.
The principal story plan for the White House by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1807. The main entrance is located on the north façade under a porte cochere with Ionic columns. [32] The ground floor is hidden by a raised carriage ramp and parapet. The central three bays are situated behind a prostyle portico that was added c. 1830.
The Entrance Hall looking northwest during the administration of George W. Bush. White House State Floor showing the location of the Entrance Room. The Entrance Hall looking north Maquette by Lorenzo Simmons Winslow showing the reorientation of the Grand Stair to the Entrance Hall during the Truman reconstruction.
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.
Original - Principal story plan for the White House by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1807. Reason High resolution file of an architectural design for an early expansion upon an important structure. Restored version of File:Latrobe White House.jpg. Articles this image appears in White House, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Creator Benjamin Henry Latrobe
The interior of the Palais Garnier, an opera house, showing the stage and auditorium, the latter including the floor seats and the opera boxes above. A theater, or playhouse, is a structure where theatrical works, performing arts, and musical concerts are presented. The theater building serves to define the performance and audience spaces. The ...
The East Room is an event and reception room in the Executive Residence of the White House complex, the home of the president of the United States.The East Room is the largest room in the Executive Residence; it is used for dances, receptions, press conferences, ceremonies, concerts, and banquets.