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The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park.
A May 2010 aerial view of The Ellipse and White House grounds President's Park South, commonly called The Ellipse , is a 52 acres (21 ha) park located just south of the White House fence. The entire park is open to the public, and features various monuments within walking distance, including the Washington Monument , the Lincoln Memorial , the ...
A June 1994 tour group exits the White House.. The White House Visitors Office is responsible for public tours of the White House, for maintaining a facility where the public can obtain information about the White House, and for other White House events such as the Easter Egg Roll, holiday open houses, spring and fall garden tours, state arrival ceremonies, and other special events.
Compass rose on top of monument (2014). The monument stands just south of the White House at the north edge of the Ellipse, within President's Park.Atop the monument is a bronze 16-point compass rose with a very small worn-down pyramid at its center whose top serves as a National Geodetic Survey benchmark (HV1847).
That six-hour period of time on Inauguration Day is chronicled in a chapter of designer Michael S. Smith's book Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House (Rizzoli ...
The White House includes six stories and 55,000 square feet (5,100 m 2) of floor space, 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, eight staircases, three elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a (single-lane) bowling alley, a movie theater (officially called the White House Family Theater [86]), a jogging ...
The Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in April 2017. The South Lawn presents a long north–south vista from the White House. Open to the public until World War II, it is now a closed part of the White House grounds that provides a setting for official events like the State Arrival Ceremony as well as informal gatherings including the annual White House Egg Rolling Contest and staff barbecues.
The first executive offices were constructed between 1799 and 1820 on the former site of the Washington Jockey Club, flanking the White House. [6] 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.