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[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan]" – Vintage Wall Art

[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan]", 1853 — historic drawing
[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan]", 1853. Historic drawing from the White House collection.

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Step back in time with [The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan]", a historic drawing rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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The basement plan shows the lowest level of the President's House as it was laid out in 1853, the year Franklin Pierce took office. Rooms on this level held the working side of the household: kitchens, storerooms, and service spaces that supported life and official entertaining upstairs. The mansion had been gutted by British troops in 1814 and rebuilt afterward, so drawings like this one help researchers trace how its interior was arranged in the decades that followed.

Created / published1853
MediumADE - UNIT 2594, no. 3 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143570

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