White House Complex

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The White House Complex is the designation of the four principal structures, and the adjoining outdoor ceremonial areas, which serve as the seat of the executive branch of United States government. The structural components include the Executive Residence where the First Family resides; the Old Executive Office Building which houses the executive offices of the President and Vice President of the United States; the West Wing, the location of the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and Roosevelt Room, and the East Wing which houses the office of the First Lady, White House Social Secretary, and provides public access to the State Rooms of the Executive Residence for tours and social events.

The adjoining outdoor spaces are used for ceremonial and social events. They include the Rose Garden, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, North Lawn, and South Lawn.

The central executive residence, original building, was built 1792-1800. The east and west porticos were designed by Thomas Jefferson and built in 1803. In 1859 the East Colonnade was dismantled. The East Wing and West Wing were constructed in 1902, and a modified version of the east colonnades was constructed in 1902 on the same foundations of Jefferson's 1803 original. The White House Chief Usher is the head of household staff and operations.

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[edit] References

• McKellar, Kenneth, Douglas W. Orr, Edward Martin, et al. Report of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion, Government Printing Office: 1952.
• Seale, William. The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1.
• Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0.
• The White House: An Historic Guide. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 2001. ISBN 0-912308-79-6.

[edit] External links

• The National Park Service site on the President's Park and White House Complex
• White House Museum site showing layout of the White House Complex

Coordinates: 38°53′51″N 77°02′11″W / 38.8976°N 77.0365°W / 38.8976; -77.0365

v • d • e White House Complex White House Executive Residence Basement Basement Ground floor China Room  • Office of the Curator  • Diplomatic Reception Room  • Chief Floral Designer  • Library  • Map Room  • Vermeil Room State floor Blue Room  • Cross Hall  • East Room  • Entrance Hall  • Family Dining Room  • Grand Staircase  • Green Room  • Red Room  • South Portico  • State Dining Room  • Chief Usher Second floor Center Hall  • Dressing Room  • East Bedroom  • East Sitting Hall  • Family Kitchen  • Lincoln Bedroom  • Lincoln Sitting Room  • President's Bedroom  • President's Dining Room  • Private Sitting Room  • Queens' Bedroom  • Queens' Sitting Room  • Treaty Room  • Truman Balcony  • West Bedroom  • West Sitting Hall  • Yellow Oval Room West Wing Cabinet Room  • Executive Office  • Oval Office  • Press Briefing Room  • Roosevelt Room  • Situation Room East Wing Office of the First Lady  • Graphics and Calligraphy Office  • Presidential Emergency Operations Center  • Social Secretary Old Executive Office Building Ceremonial Office of the Vice President  • Executive Offices Grounds The Ellipse  • Jacqueline Kennedy Garden  • Lafayette Park  • North Lawn  • President's Park  • Rose Garden  • South Lawn Streets 15th Street  • 17th Street  • Constitution Avenue  • E Street  • East Executive Avenue  • H Street NW  • Hamilton Place  • Jackson Place  • Madison Place  • Pennsylvania Avenue  • State Place  • West Executive Avenue