White House State Dining Room Fireplace

The door to the butler s pantry is at left.

White house state dining room fireplace.

It is the center of white house hospitality. It says i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house. It is used for receptions luncheons larger formal dinners and state dinners for visiting heads of state on state visits the room seats 140 and measures approximately 48 by 36 feet 15 by 11 m. Designed by james hoban the white house has 132 rooms 35 bathrooms and 6 levels in the residence.

White house state dining room the state dining room which now seats as many as 140 guests was originally much smaller and served at various times as a drawing room office and cabinet room. The president went on to quote the adams prayer which was carved into the fireplace mantle of the state dining room in 1945. White house collection white house historical association adams s blessing was carved into the state dining room mantel in 1945 this photograph by white house photographer michael geissinger is of john adams blessing which is engraved in the mantel in the state dining room. This includes 412 doors 147 windows 28 fireplaces 8 staircases.

Not until the andrew jackson administration was it called the state dining room although previous presidents had used it for formal dinners. President obama hosts a meeting in the state dining room in 2009 white house pete souza the north wall in 2008. Obama also updated the old family dining room a smaller room adjacent to the state dining room by swapping its sunny yellow walls and drapery and light toned rug for gray walls contrasting. In 1962 the kennedys had a replica of the 1902 mantel complete with bison heads and the adams quote installed in the state dining room and painted the walls ivory white.

The drapes in 2008 s. Brooks the state dining room in 2006 white house the state dining room in 2006 looking southwest white house. At the time the white house was being prepared for air raids library of congress. Today the state dining room serves as a banquet hall and ceremonial chamber for all manner of official events.

A look inside the white house. The state dining room is the larger of two dining rooms on the state floor of the executive residence of the white house the home of the president of the united states in washington d c.