This was the second main staircase in the house.
Second floor center hall white house.
A look inside the white house.
The main corridor on the second floor is a 17 foot wide hall furnished with sitting areas and display areas for the first family s enjoyment and entertaining.
The 1817 design had two side stairs that led up to a landing and a central stair that went the rest of the way to the second floor.
Designed by james hoban the white house has 132 rooms 35 bathrooms and 6 levels in the residence.
Tune in for live white house events with president donald j.
Call 1 800 913 2350 for expert support.
Hans hofmann s staccato in blue.
The best colonial style house floor plans.
Find small traditional home designs 2 story colonial farmhouses more.
This includes 412 doors 147 windows 28 fireplaces 8 staircases.
Trump vice president mike pence and other officials.
The center hall is a broad central hallway on the second floor of the white house home of the president of the united states it runs east to west connecting the east sitting hall with the west sitting hall it allows access to the elevator vestibule east and west bedrooms the grand staircase yellow oval room the first family s private living room and the president s bedroom.
A broad staircase at the west end of the cross hall was removed in 1902 to increase the size of the state dining room.
Hans hofmann s staccato in blue is displayed on.
93 the center hall has always been used as a large drawing room and a waiting area for guests about to be shown into the yellow oval room.
In the early 20th century the tafts decorated this hall with exotic plants and art they had brought with them from william howard taft s stint as governor of the phillipines.
Designer michael smith created a few seating areas in the second floor center hall using classic 1960s style upholstery antiques and a midcentury coffee table.