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The first U.S. Federal building authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1807, with an appropriation of $20,000 to build, in New Orleans, a post office, courthouse, or custom house. [ 3 ] Historically, the authorization and construction of the first federally-funded building in a small town often has been a major event.
The classicizing manner of constructions and town planning undertaken by the federal government was expressed in early federal projects of lighthouses, harbor buildings, universities, and hospitals. It can be seen in the rationalizing, urbanistic layout of L'Enfant Plan of Washington and in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 in New York. [3]
McKim, Mead, and White renovation of the Entrance Hall in 1924 during the administration of Calvin Coolidge. An 1882 photograph shows the Tiffany screen, Brumidi frescos, and encaustic tile floor. The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer) is the primary and formal entrance to the White House, the official residence of the president of the ...
English: Floor plan of White House State Floor, which features the State Dining Room, East Room, Red Room, Blue Room, Green Room, Cross Hall, Entrance Hall, Grand Staircase, Family Dining Room, Chief Usher's office, and South Portico
Lobby of a contemporary apartment building in Washington, D.C.. A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. [1] Sometimes referred to as a foyer, entryway, reception area or entrance hall, [2] it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc.) adjacent to the auditorium.
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White House Entrance Hall at Christmastime during George W. Bush’s administration with the Grand Staircase on the left. The Grand Staircase is the chief stairway connecting the State Floor and the Second Floor of the White House , the official home of the president of the United States .