Our country and its resources; . a dozen private residences inthe Capitol City and thousandsthroughout the land. Built of Virginia freestone, andpainted white since 1S14 to concealthe marks of the fire which de-stroyed it when the British workedtheir will with the then strugglingcapital, the White House is to-daywhat it has always been—a twostory structure but 170 feet long and86 feet deep. It is beautiful withthe beauty of simplicity; designedby James Hoban from the home ofthe Duke of Leinster near Dublin,it has architecturally satisfyinglines, and the great portico withIonic columns is not u
Our country and its resources; . a dozen private residences inthe Capitol City and thousandsthroughout the land. Built of Virginia freestone, andpainted white since 1S14 to concealthe marks of the fire which de-stroyed it when the British workedtheir will with the then strugglingcapital, the White House is to-daywhat it has always been—a twostory structure but 170 feet long and86 feet deep. It is beautiful withthe beauty of simplicity; designedby James Hoban from the home ofthe Duke of Leinster near Dublin,it has architecturally satisfyinglines, and the great portico withIonic columns is not , the house is modernizedinside, and has, of course, all modernconveniences of light, heat, ventila-tion, convenient kitchens, laundries,garage, servants quarters, etc. Butthe fact remains that it is a relic ofan age when the Government of theUnited States was on trial, when thetide which receded from the pompand royalty of the mother countryran far up on the shores of sim-plicity and plain liviug, and that. Photos Harris & [Swing State Dining Room The East Room Garden Facade THE WHITE HOUSE The Presidents Desk THE PRESIDENT—THE EXECUTIVE 47-» it is all out of keeping with the won-derful buildings now being con-structed for the Government, andbuilt by it for its own use in timespast. It is almost laughable to thinkof a two million dollar memorial toLincoln—who so loved simplicity—and a shelter provided for the exist-ing chief magistrate which would bedear at almost any price! The White House is beautifully sit-uated in extensive grounds, with aprivate and fenced-in park of its own to the rear as well as in front,in which are to be found many shadetrees, plants of all sorts, fountains,a tennis court, etc. The White House is open to visi-tors at certain times, and any onecan see the President who has areal reason for wanting to see he is well guarded from an-noyance or the mere seeker for sen-sation, and no one gets to him with-out running a g
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