Research Catalog

Title

The White House : an historic guide / White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : The Association, 2001.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• White House Historical Association.
• National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Description

159 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Summary

A color-illustrated tour of the White House that describes each major room and hall's decor and history and presents an overview of the building's changes over two centuries.

Subject

• White House (Washington, D.C.) > Guidebooks
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Guidebooks

Genre/Form

Guidebooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A guide to the mansion : The east colonade ; The ground floor corridor ; The library ; The Vermeil room ; The China room ; The diplomatic reception room ; The map room ; The north entrance ; The east room ; The green room ; The blue room ; The red room ; The state dining room ; The family dining room ; The east sitting hall ; The Queen's bedroom ; The Lincoln bedroom ; The Lincoln sitting room ; The treaty room ; The center hall ; The yellow oval room ; The president's dining room ; The west sitting hall ; The west wing ; The reception room ; The Roosevelt room ; The cabinet room ; The oval office ; The rose garden -- Cutaway view of the White House -- The changing White House -- The president's park.

ISBN

091230880X

OCLC

• 1243799473
• SCSB-11256920

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library