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The history of renovations to the White House
The work often labeled the “$376 million White House renovation” was primarily a multi-year modernization of the Executive Mansion’s mechanical, safety and utility systems that Congress authorized bef...
Presidents have long altered the — from wartime bunker expansions to near‑reconstruction and pool — and federal law expressly carves the White House out of certain historic‑preservation review require...
There is clear and repeated historical evidence that has contained bomb shelters and reinforced subterranean spaces since World War II, initially built under and later modernized into what is publicly...
The Trump White House recorded roughly $1.75 million in purchases for furniture, rugs, wallpaper and related fixtures for the residence and adjacent offices that appear in General Services Administrat...
The East Wing of the White House has been reshaped by different architects across three major moments: the early 20th‑century Roosevelt renovation led by McKim, Mead & White (Charles Follen McKim), mi...