HistoryofTheWhiteHouse
TheWhiteHousehasatotalofsixstoreysatwo-storey
basementtheGroundFloorStateFloorSecondFloor
andThirdFloorThereareroomsandbathrooms
in the White House There are also doors
windowsfireplacesstaircasesandelevators
TheWhiteHousehasavarietyofrecreationfacilities
including a tennis court jogging track swimming
poolmovietheaterbilliardroomandabowlinglane
The State Floor includes the East Room Green
Room Blue Room Red Room State Dining Room
Family Dining Room Cross Hall Entrance Hall and
Grand Staircase The Ground Floor is made up of the
DiplomaticReception Room MapRoom China Room
Vermeil Room Library the main kitchen and other
officesThesecondfloorfamilyresidenceincludesthe
YellowOvalRoomEastandWestSittingHallstheWhite
House Master Bedroom President’s Dining Room the
Treaty Room Lincoln Bedroom and Queens’ Bedroom
as well as two additional bedrooms a smaller kitchen
andaprivatedressingroomThethirdfloorconsistsof
theWhiteHouseSolariumGameRoomLinenRooma
DietKitchenandanothersittingroom
TheexterioroftheWhiteHousewasexpandedto
include two colonnades in Further additions
includetheSouthporticoinandtheNorthportico
in Today the porticos connect to the East and
WestWingsTheWestWingwasaddedtothehousein
withtheOvalOfficeaddedtothewinginThe
EastWingwasaddedin
Lorenzo Winslow’s 1948 plan for
changes. White House Museum
Alterations to the Executive Mansion.
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