Abraham Lincoln's White House
On a hot summer day in August 1864, Abraham Lincoln strolled from his Second-Floor office to the lawn outside the Executive...
North Front of the White House
- Photographer
- Unknown
- Date of Work
- ca. 1861
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- Library of Congress
North Front of the White House
This black and white photograph shows a north view of the White House with both the driveway and the Jefferson statue on display. The statue of Thomas Jefferson was commissioned by Navy Lieutenant Uriah Levy and sculpted in France by Pierre-Jean David dAngers. It was removed from the White House grounds in in 1874 and placed first in National Statuary Hall and then in the Rotunda, both of which are in the Capitol Building.
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