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White House Historical Association – an official virtual museum of the White House, with floor plans, photographs, and extensive descriptions of both historical and current furnishings. 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W / 38.89778°N 77.03639°W / 38.89778; -77
The West Wing ground floor is also the site of a small restaurant operated by the Presidential Food Service and staffed by Naval culinary specialists and called the White House Mess. [14] [15] It is located underneath the Oval Office, and was established by President Truman on June 11, 1951. [16]
The general layout of the White House grounds today is based on the 1935 design by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. of the Olmsted Brothers firm, commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the Kennedy administration, the White House Rose Garden was redesigned by Rachel Lambert Mellon. The Rose Garden borders the West Colonnade.
The second floor Center Hall of the White House in 2001. Floor plan of the White House second floor showing location of the Center Hall. The Center Hall is a broad central hallway on the second floor of the White House, home of the president of the United States. It runs east to west connecting the East Sitting Hall with the West Sitting Hall.
Until the Polk administration, occupants of the White House relied on oil lamps and candles for illumination. In 1848, gas lines were installed on the first floor of the executive mansion for ...
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 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.
The White House essentially functions as two distinct spaces: the State Rooms and the private quarters. The State Rooms are formal spaces located primarily on the first floor and host everything ...