National Park Service

Southwest view in Pantry during the White House renovation. The temporary wooden installation was installed to support the weakened arch.

View along south side of White House to the South Portico from the southwest corner, during the renovation. Except for the corner, the concrete underpinning columns along this face were completed with caps.

View of tile flue openings in the large chimney at the southwest corner after sandstone blocks had been removed during the renovation of the White House.

West side of the White House from northwest corner during renovation. A large steel girder is being taken through the large arched window to the west end of the 2nd Floor Corridor by the truck crane.

Northwest view in the East Room of the White House. The four temporary steel shoring columns have been installed to support the roof and third floor during the renovation work.

View of west face and south portico of the White House during renovation, showing temporary wooden steps to the roof and the chute from the southwest window of the Monroe Room to hopper used for disposal of debris from 2nd and 3rd floors.

View looking north from within Broadcasting Room during renovation of the White House. The brick arch walks on each side of Study, Blue Room, and the Broadcasting Room were removed preparatory to installation of permanent steel shoring columns.

The bricks of the east wall of the Red Room, with doorways into the Blue Room, are exposed during the White House renovation. Below the arches are the bricked up doorways dating from about 1795. The doorways were shifted during the reconstruction from 1815-1818.

View down underpinning pit with bottom of brick cistern seen at top of opening. Photograph taken from Usher's Dressing Room during the renovation of the White House.

View at bottom of underpinning pit in the Usher's Dressing Room showing brickwork of old cistern at edge of pit. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.