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Aerial view of the West Wing with solar panels visible on the roof of the Cabinet Room in 1984 The main entrance on the north side in October 2007. Before the construction of the West Wing, presidential staff worked on the western end of the second floor of what is now the Executive Residence. [6]
Mount Vernon, George Washington's Fairfax County, Virginia plantation home Peacefield, the home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Albemarle County, Virginia plantation home; appears on the back of the U.S. nickel Montpelier, James Madison's Orange County, Virginia plantation home Lincoln Home, Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois ...
In Western states, drought is closely associated with fire risk, and there have been a number of notable wildfires causing extensive property damage and wildlife habitat destruction. The Western United States is predicted to experience drought-like conditions for much of the 21st century. [28] Violent thunderstorms occur east of the Rockies.
The Map Room continued to retain its name, but in 1970 was decorated in the Chippendale style and turned into a reception room. [23] It retained its name and function as of 2010. [12] A small medical clinic and the office of the White House physician occupy the three rooms to the west of the Map Room as of 2010. [12]
The State of North Carolina also owns a second residence for the use of the governor, at 45 Patton Mountain Road on Town Mountain near Asheville.It was donated to the state by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in 1964, in the hope that future governors would spend more time in—and hence pay more attention to—the western portion of the state.
Exterior of the San Clemente house. La Casa Pacifica (Spanish: La Casa Pacífica, meaning "The House of Peace") [1] [2] is a classic California beachfront mansion located in the gated community of Cottons Point Estates/Cypress Shores in the South Orange County beach town of San Clemente, California, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean from its blufftop position.
Historic Structures Inventory United States Military Academy West Point, NY Vol 2. Washington, DC: National Park Service. Miller, Rod (2002). The Campus Guide: West Point US Military Academy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-294-1. Palka, Eugene; Malinowski, Jon (2008). Historic West Point Photographs.
The Charles M. Schwab House (also called Riverside) was a 75-room mansion on Riverside Drive, between 73rd and 74th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was constructed for steel magnate Charles M. Schwab .