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  2. White House - Wikipedia

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    The White House is the ... Constructed between 1792 and 1800, its exterior walls are ... Stéphane Boudin of the House of Jansen, a Paris interior-design ...

  3. Executive Residence - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Entrance Hall - Wikipedia

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    By 1948 the White House had become physically unstable, and the house was temporarily vacated while a major reconstruction took place. The building's interior was dismantled, the furnishings and decorative items were stored, and a new steel frame was built within the exterior walls.

  5. Oval Office - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Yellow Oval Room - Wikipedia

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    The Yellow Oval Room is an oval room located on the south side of the second floor in the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. First used as a drawing room in the John Adams administration, it has been used as a library, office, and family parlor.

  7. Family Dining Room - Wikipedia

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    [a] [1] Not completed when the White House was occupied in 1800, the Grand Stairs were probably finished by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1803 or shortly thereafter. [1] To the north of this wing was a Public Dining Room [ 2 ] and (between the dining room and the entrance hall) a Porter's Lodge [ 3 ] and a narrow, winding Private Stair. [ 4 ]

  8. United States Capitol rotunda - Wikipedia

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    The rotunda is 96 feet (29 m) in diameter, rises 48 feet (15 m) to the top of its original walls and 180 feet 3 inches (54.94 m) to the canopy of the dome, and is usually visited daily by thousands of people. The space is a national showcase of art, and includes numerous historical paintings and sculptures.

  9. Eisenhower Executive Office Building - Wikipedia

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    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.