A Look Inside the White House

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A Look Inside the White House

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
• Washington, DC
• Created for Johnson School First and Second Grade
  Students

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THE WHITE HOUSE

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the most
  famous addresses in the world. It has been home
  and official workspace to every American
  president since the year 1800. For over two
  hundred years, the White House has stood as a
  symbol of the Presidency, the United States
  government, and the American people.

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The White House Complex

• The White House Complex includes the Executive
  Residence, the West Wing, the East Wing, and the
  gardens. Nearby is the Old Executive building.
  The White House has 132 rooms, including 16
  family-guest rooms, 1 main kitchen, 1 diet
  kitchen, 1 family kitchen, and 35 bathrooms.

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Sections of the White House

• Executive Residence

• East Wing

• West Wing

• Ground Floor
• includes cloakrooms, a china room, the kitchen,
  and a library
• State Floor
• includes Oval Blue Room, East Room, Red Room,
  Green Room, State Dining Room.
• Second Floor
• includes the private rooms of the President
• Third Floor
• consists mainly of guest rooms and staff quarters

• Offices and staff of the First Lady
• White House Social Office
• Presidential Emergency Operations Center

• Oval Office and offices of senior staff with room
  for about 50 employees
• Cabinet Room
• White House Situation Room
• James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
• Roosevelt Room
• Old Executive Office Building

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THE GROUND FLOOR

• This floor houses several official rooms
  including the Diplomatic Reception Room, Library,
  China Room, Map Room, and Vermeil Room.

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Diplomatic Reception Room

• The Diplomatic Reception Room is one of three
  oval rooms. It is used as an entrance from the
  South Lawn, and a reception room for foreign
  ambassadors

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The Library

• The White House Library is used for teas and
  meetings by the President and First Lady. John
  Adams, the first President to live in the White
  House, used this room as a laundry room. It
  continued to be used as a laundry until 1902 when
  President Theodore Roosevelt had the White House
  renovated.

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The China Room

• The China Room is the room that displays the
  White House's collection of state china. The
  room is primarily used by the First Lady for
  teas, meetings, and smaller receptions.

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The Map Room

• The Map Room was created during the Nixon
  administration and takes its name from its use
  during World War II, when it was used as a high
  security situation room where maps were consulted
  of the war's progress.

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The Vermeil Room

• The Vermeil Room houses a collection of gilt
  silver tableware called vermeil, a 1956 bequest
  to the White House by Margaret Thompson Biddle.
  Portraits of American First Ladies hang in the
  room

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THE STATE FLOOR

• The State Floor is used for official entertaining
  and ceremonial functions. The following rooms are
  found on the State Floor Entrance Hall, Cross
  Hall, East Room, Green Room, Blue Room, Red
  Room, State Dining Room, Family Dining Room, and
  the Chief Usher's office.

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Entrance Hall and Cross Hall

• The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer)
  is the primary and formal entrance. The room is
  rectilinear in shape.

• The Cross Hall is a broad hallway. The room is
  used for receiving lines following a State
  Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn, or a
  procession of the President and a visiting head
  of state and their spouses.

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The East Room

• The East Room is used for entertaining, press
  conferences, ceremonies, and occasionally for a
  large dinner. The White House's oldest
  possession, the 1797 Gilbert Stuart portrait of
  George Washington hangs in the East Room.

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The Green Room

• The Green Room is used for small receptions and
  teas. During a state dinner guests are served
  cocktails in the three state parlors before the
  president, first lady, and visiting head of state
  descend the Grand Staircase for dinner. The room
  is traditionally decorated in shades of green.

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The Blue Room

• The Blue Room is distinct for its oval shape. The
  room is used for receptions, receiving lines, and
  is occasionally set for small dinners.

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The Red Room

• The Red Room has served as a parlor and music
  room, and recent presidents have held small
  dinner parties in it. It has been traditionally
  decorated in shades of red.

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The State Dining Room

• The State Dining Room is the larger of two dining
  rooms on the State Floor. It is used for
  receptions, luncheons, and larger formal dinners
  called State Dinners for visiting heads of state.
  The room seats 140 guests.

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The Family Dining Room

• The Family Dining Room is used for smaller, more
  private meals. Today the President uses the
  Family Dining Room less for family and more for
  working lunches and small dinners. Family
  dinners are more often served on the second floor
  in the President's Dining Room.

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The Second Floor

• The Second Floor contains the private living
  apartments of the president and first family. The
  following rooms are found on the Second Floor
  Yellow Oval Room, Treaty Room, President's Dining
  Room, Lincoln Bedroom, Lincoln Sitting Room,
  Queens' Bedroom, Queens' Sitting Room, Center
  Hall, East Sitting Hall, and West Sitting Hall.
  The Truman Balcony is also located on this floor.
  Four private bedrooms and a dressing room are
  reserved for the president. Different presidents
  have used various rooms as their bedroom.

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The Yellow Oval Room

• The Yellow Oval Room was first used as a drawing
  room by John Adams. It has been used as a
  library, office, and family parlor. Today the
  Yellow Oval Room is used for small receptions and
  for greeting heads of states immediately before a
  State Dinner.

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The Treaty Room

• The Treaty Room is a part of the first family's
  private apartments, and is used as a study by the
  president.

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The Presidents Dining Room

• The President's Dining Room was created in 1961
  during the administration of John F. Kennedy to
  provide a dining room in the First Family's
  residence. The room had previously been used as a
  bedroom and sitting room. The President's Dining
  Room is adjacent to a small kitchen, and
  servicable by a dumbwaiter connecting it to the
  main kitchen on the ground floor.

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The Lincoln Bedroom

• The Lincoln Bedroom is named for Abraham Lincoln
  and was used by him as an office. The room is
  best known as a guest room used by presidents to
  reward friends and political supporters.

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The West Wing

• The West Wing is the location of the Oval Office,
  Cabinet and Roosevelt Room.

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The Oval Office

• The Oval Office is where the president meets with
  foreign leaders, and some of the most formal
  speeches are given and televised in this oblong
  shaped office. No matter what furniture or
  paintings are chosen in the office, two items
  must remain in place behind the desk of every
  president the American flag and the Presidential
  flag.

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The Cabinet Room

• The Cabinet Room is the meeting room for the
  cabinet secretaries and advisors serving the
  President. The body is defined as the United
  States Cabinet. The Cabinet Room looks out
  upon the White House Rose Garden.

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The Roosevelt Room

• The Roosevelt Room is a meeting room located
  almost in the center of the West Wing. The room
  is named for two related U.S. presidents,
  Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  

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Marine One Helicopter

• Marine One is the call sign of any United States
  Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President. A
  Marine Corps aircraft carrying the Vice President
  is designated Marine Two.

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Old Executive Building

• The Eisenhower Executive Office Building was
  formally known as the Old Executive Office
  Building, and originally was built as the State,
  War, and Navy Building.

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