Presidents Second Floor Office White House

The current desk is part of the white house collection and was commissioned to be built for theodore roosevelt s use in the oval office.

Presidents second floor office white house.

In 1902 president theodore roosevelt relocated his office from the second floor of the residence to this newly constructed building. Several important figures have used the desk including presidents taft wilson harding coolidge and for a few months hoover. The west wing has expanded and undergone several renovations since then but it has remained the official workplace of the president. The white house historical association invites you to the presidential sites summit at the historic willard intercontinental in washington d.

The executive residence is the central building of the white house complex located between the east wing and west wing it is the most recognizable part of the complex being the actual house part of the white house. The second floor of the white house residence is the first family residence where their bedrooms and private sitting rooms are located as well as some guest bedrooms such as the lincoln bedroom. The second floor when john adams first occupied the president s house in 1800 the second floor was generally reserved for private and family use. James madison randolph grandson of thomas jefferson and the first presidential grandchild as well as esther cleveland grover cleveland s daughter and the first presidential child were both born on this floor in the white house.

This central building first constructed from 1792 to 1800 is home to the president of the united states and the first family.