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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.
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 President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0. West, J.B. with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies.
The first executive offices were constructed between 1799 and 1820 on the former site of the Washington Jockey Club, flanking the White House. [5] In 1869, following the Civil War, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and submit plan and cost estimates for a new State Department Building, with possible arrangements to house the War and Navy departments.
English: Floor plan of White House Second floor, which features the Center Hall, East Sitting Hall, Lincoln Bedroom, Lincoln Sitting Room, President's Dining Room, Queens' Bedroom, Queens' Sitting Room, Treaty Room, Truman Balcony, West Sitting Hall, and Yellow Oval Room
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.
The New Executive Office Building has an offset H-shaped plan with a long blank brick facade along Seventeenth Street." [ 2 ] The building was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke , who also designed 722 Jackson Place and the National Courts Building (717 Madison Place ) on the opposite side of Lafayette Park during the same period.