. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ern palace of Europe. Theone at last selected was the country house of the Irish Dukeof Leinster, in Dublin, who had himself copied the Italianstyle. It was open, though not ready for occupancy, in thesummer of 1800. It is always pleasant and restful to thesight when the eyes fall upon
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ern palace of Europe. Theone at last selected was the country house of the Irish Dukeof Leinster, in Dublin, who had himself copied the Italianstyle. It was open, though not ready for occupancy, in thesummer of 1800. It is always pleasant and restful to thesight when the eyes fall upon its freestone walls, peeringpure and softened through the sea of greenery which sur-rounds it. Its cost to the present time exceeds $1,700,000. In 181 ± the British set fire to the building, but heavyrains extinguished the conflagration before it had irretriev-ably injured the walls. Three years later the house hadbeen restored, and it was then painted white to cover theunsightly ravages of fire on its walls, a color which hasever since been retained. The building is 170 feet in lengthand eighty-six feet in depth, and consists of two highstories, with a basement. It contains thirty-one the family dining-room every one of the firstfloor is devoted to state purposes. The basement contains. THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS. 135 eleven rooms, used as kitchens, pantries, and butlers are open, spacious, comfortable, and cheerful. Onthe second floor, five rooms are used as chambers by thePresidential family, and other rooms are the PresidentsOffice, the Cabinet room, private telegraph office, waiting-room, and Library of the President. Its north front facesPennsylvania Avenue, and has a lofty portico with fourIonic columns and a projecting screen of three these columns pass the carriages which in the gayseason form a continuous moving line. The grounds consist of about eighty acres sloping gentlydown to the great circular White Lot, beyond which are
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