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The Army and Navy Club Library is one of the oldest private libraries in the District of Columbia. The library has close to 20,000 volumes and provides an outstanding source of information on military history and the latest news. The club includes dining rooms, guest rooms, meeting rooms, squash facilities, and a gym.
The President's Dining Room in 1976, after the Zuber wallpaper was removed. First Lady Betty Ford had the dining room's Zuber wallpaper removed. (The wallpaper was installed with a linen backing, which allowed it to be detached from the wall and rolled up without incurring much damage. [18]) Ford then had the walls painted yellow.
Inside the five-story building, there is a lobby, coat room, card room, a library with 15,000 books, a grill room, a lounge, a dining room, sleeping quarters, and a barbershop. [3] [2] There is also a steam room, an exercise room, and two squash courts. [2] Another room serves as a museum, honoring the governors. [3]
It is an AAA 5-star luxury hotel, one of the four in Washington, D.C. [4] The hotel as of 2017 includes 86 rooms, 27 premier suites, and 5 luxury suites. All rooms and suites have a view of the Potomac River and historic Georgetown. [4] It contains a 140 feet (43 m) smokestack which is a private dining room.
The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father ...
The Mansion on O Street is housed in a historic building, [12] incorporating 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2) into 100 rooms. It includes 6 main kitchens, 12 conference rooms, and 30 special event galleries. [13] Rooms, suites and residences have varied theme, including a two-story log cabin, a safari room and an art deco penthouse.
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Cosmos Club at Lafayette Square, c. 1921 725 Madison Place Cosmos Club on Lafayette Square Tayloe House Townsend House ballroom. From 1879 to 1882, the Cosmos Club met in rented rooms on the third floor in the Corcoran Building on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C. [8] [6] The club moved into a rented house at 23 Madison Place in Lafayette Square from 1883 ...