State Dining Room
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
Main Content
This photograph of the State Dining Room by Frances Benjamin Johnston was taken in 1893 after its redecoration by Edgar Yergason during the Benjamin Harrison administration. In 1891, electricity was installed, though there are remnants of Louis Comfort Tiffany's redecoration from a
decade before, including light fixtures, hammered silver backed gas wall brackets, and low-back oak chairs. The four walnut side tables lining the walls were placed there in 1867 and would remain there for nearly fifty years.
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
The holiday season at the White House is celebrated with an abundance of glittering décor, decadent desserts, and fresh p...
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy resolved to make the White House a “living museum” by restoring the historic integrity of the...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the gastronomical delights. The elegance of the State Dining...
Chef Roland Mesnier, longtime White House Executive Pastry Chef, mentor and teacher, prolific author, and sought-after speaker, passed away on...
January 14, 1964: State Dinner for Italian President Antonio Segni was hosted by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Featured entertainment included Robert Merrill...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...