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The West Wing began as a to move executive staff out of the residence and create formal presidential offices; that original structure was modest and intended as short‑term accommodation . Over the nex...
The materials provided present about who designed the White House East Wing: some contemporary accounts attribute the design and oversight to , while others name or leave the original designer unspeci...
was a key consulting architect for projects in the 1930s and 1940s whose earlier redesigns of the West Wing under set the layout that later presidents—including —would inhabit; he prepared alternative...
The West Wing experienced two decisive waves of change after its original 1902 construction: emergency repairs and limited remodeling following the Christmas Eve 1929 fire under Herbert Hoover, and a ...
President William Howard Taft is the historically documented first president to occupy an , taking up a newly created oval-shaped office in 1909 after the West Wing’s construction under Theodore Roose...