Entrance Hall
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The Entrance Hall is the primary and formal entrance to the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The room is rectilinear in shape and measures approximately 31 by
The Entrance Hall looking northwest during the administration of George W. Bush.
White House State Floor showing the location of the Entrance Hall.
The Entrance Hall looking north
Maquette by Lorenzo Simmons Winslow showing the reorientation of the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall during the Truman reconstruction.
Cross Hall
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The Cross Hall is a broad hallway on the first floor in the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. It runs east to west connecting the State Dining Room with the Ea
Entrance Hall
…room is entered from outdoors through the North Portico, which faces the North Lawn and Pennsylvania Avenue. The south side of the room opens to the Cross Hall through a screen of paired Roman Doric columns. The east wall opens to the Grand Staircase. Architect James Hoban's original floor plans show a similar…
The Cross Hall, looking east
The Cross Hall c. 1898, showing James Hoban's original Ionic columns and Louis Comfort Tiffany's glass screen separating the Cross Hall and Entrance Hall.
President Barack Obama walks through the Cross Hall to the East Room to present a televised press conference, 2009.
President George W. Bush delivers his farewell address with the Cross Hall behind him, January 2009