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The desk, as well as all other furniture in the Executive Office Building, was designed by McKim and built by furniture-maker A. H. Davenport and Company in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1903. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] [ 16 ] [ 8 ] Davenport worked closely with McKim to create furniture that worked within their concept and may have contributed design ideas as well.
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.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth toured junior enlisted housing Friday at Fort Eisenhower. She says issues with housing can be remedied.
Fort Eisenhower, formerly known as Fort Gordon and Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established southwest of Augusta, Georgia in October 1941. It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of Excellence as well as the National Security Agency/Central Security Service' Georgia Cryptologic Center (NSA ...
After a multi-year process, Fort Eisenhower is now officially the name of the local military installation and Fort Gordon has been retired.
With the repair, Hoover was gifted a suite of 17 furniture pieces including a new desk, known as the Hoover desk, by an association of Grand Rapids, Michigan furniture-makers. [12] This new desk was used for the rest of Hoover's term in office and by Franklin D. Roosevelt for his presidency. [13]
Expeditionary Contracting Command was a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.The one-star command was organized to accomplish its global operational missions through its nine Contracting Support Brigades, seventeen Contingency Contracting Battalions, sixteen Senior Contingency Contracting Teams, and ninety-two Contingency ...
An estimated 4,500 soldiers from Fort Eisenhower will travel home this Christmas, as a part of the U.S. Army's holiday block leave. Holiday block leave is a two-week leave intended to give ...