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A Style for the White House
April 14, 1962 issue

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This article presents information on the interior decoration of the U.S. White House. The U.S. White House, turns out to be much larger than one would imagine from the photographs. The spacious central section, rebuilt under former U.S. President James Monroe after the fire of 1814, is rendered even more impressive by the two wings of offices added by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt; while the tall north and south porticos built in the 1820s in the Classical Revival style, confer on the whole the unmistakabIe air of a palace. Precisely this palatial dignity is what The U.S. first lady's new decoration for the public rooms has been designed to underline.

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WHITE House (Washington, D.C.); INTERIOR architecture; INTERIOR decoration; PRESIDENTS -- United States; PRESIDENTS' spouses -- United States; SPACE (Architecture); WASHINGTON (D.C.); UNITED States
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