[The White House (President's House") Washington D.C. Site plan and principal story plan]" – Vintage Wall Art
![[The White House (President's House") Washington D.C. Site plan and principal story plan]", 1807 — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/62ecb28def40-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [The White House (President's House") Washington D.C. Site plan and principal story plan]". It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Handwritten labels on this drawing name the rooms of the principal story as they were to be reworked: a "Public Drawing Room," a "Common Drawing room," and an "antichamber or Pref. Parlor." These notes show the building's ceremonial and social spaces were still being sorted out in 1807, during Thomas Jefferson's presidency. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect Jefferson relied on for public buildings in Washington, prepared the revisions. The plan records a stage in a long effort to give the executive mansion a functional layout for official receptions and family life, years before the building was burned during the War of 1812.
| Created / published | 1807 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor and ink on paper. |
| Subjects | Inscriptions on recto: Plan of the principal Story to be altered." -- "Public Drawing Room." -- "antichamber or Pref. Parlor" -- "Parlor or antichamber" -- "Common Drawing room." Lined with paper; Watermark: T G & Co. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)." |
| Original scan | 1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111671 |
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