Historic buildings

Photograph from Rose Room (No. 12) west along north wall. The stairway and area above lobby are in the foreground. Note the bow in the large beams above the lobby and corridor. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

Photograph of center of White House basement from west to end of the east wall, showing concrete steel columns set on concrete foundations and interior steel cross beams.

Section of cornice design made by Ornamental Plasterers for later installation in the White House.

Photograph from the Broadcasting Room G-6 during the White House renovation.

Southwest corner of the roof of the White House. The roof on this and the other three corners will be removed and raised to the height of the main part during the renovation work.

View from the window of Room G-15 looking east along the south wall of the White House during renovation. The permanent steel columns and cross beams have been erected in this area to the level of the ground floor.

View to bottom of excavation at the northeast corner of the White House outside of east window of Room G-27. This steel-shored pit is for the large pipe of the hydraulic lift of the sidewalk service elevator from the new lower basement.

View along north wall looking east from the window of G-17 during the renovation of the White House. The concrete footings are for permanent steel columns to be erected on the line of the west wall of the lobby and east wall of Family Dining Room.

View from Room G-6 (Broadcasting Room) to the northwest corner of the White House. Steel cross beams are being installed to the permanent steel columns. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

View at the northwest corner, outside and below the north window of Room G-17, during the renovation of the White House. The installation is to test the strength of the foundation. The horizontal iron beams are supported by six vertical columns, below which is a two foot concrete foundation. Iron struts were erected to the wall at each side. A shift downward of 1/16" to 1/4" was recorded when four hydraulic jacks, each with a pressure of 50 tons, were applied to test the foundation.