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The Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State are forty-two principal rooms and offices where the United States Secretary of State conducts the business of modern diplomacy. Located on the seventh and eighth floors of the Harry S Truman Building in Washington, D.C. , the diplomatic reception rooms include one of the ...
The Harry S Truman Building is the headquarters of the United States Department of State. It is located in Washington, D.C. , and houses the office of the United States secretary of state . [ 3 ]
A new book, “America’s Collection: The Art and Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the US Department of State,” offers a closer look at the rooms and collection of Colonial-era ...
A split beam supporting the second floor under Margaret Truman's Sitting Room, 1949. In June 1948, a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below. Investigators found the floor boards had rotted, the main floor beam was split completely through ...
The White House was completely gutted and rebuilt from 1950 to 1952 during the Harry S. Truman administration. When it came time to redecorate the Blue Room, Truman's designers selected for wall coverings a deep blue silk , which contained a pattern of gold urns draped with flowers. [ 9 ]
This level was added during the 1948–1952 renovation, [1] [2] [3] and contains the air conditioning and water softening equipment. [4] [5] [6] The sub-basement and mezzanine also contain storage areas, the heating system, elevator machinery rooms, an incinerator, a medical clinic, a dentist's office, [6] the electrical control system, [1] a laundry room, [6] [1] [7] and flatware and dishware ...
The first inauguration of Harry S. Truman as the 33rd president of the United States was held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 12, 1945 in the Cabinet Room, soon after the death of Franklin Roosevelt. Completed in 1934, the room was built primarily in the Georgian revival style. The neoclassical ceiling molding with triglyphs was installed in 1934.
Second floor location of the Lincoln Bedroom. The Lincoln Bedroom is a bedroom which is part of a guest suite in the southeast corner of the second floor of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Sitting Room makes up the other part of the suite. The room is named for President Abraham Lincoln, who used the rooms for his office.