The Truman Balcony is the second-floor balcony of the Executive Residence of the White House, which overlooks the South Lawn. It was completed in March 1948, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
The Truman Balcony on the second floor of the White House
This photograph, taken at Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth Inaugural Address, shows the White House's south face before the Truman Balcony was built. The awnings that Truman disliked are visible.
President George W. Bush entertaining Mexican president Vicente Fox on the Truman Balcony in September 2001
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S.
Truman Balcony
…The Truman Balcony is the second-floor balcony of the Executive Residence of the White House, which overlooks the South Lawn. It was completed in March 1948, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Truman's plans to build a balcony off the…
Top: the Executive Residence's northern façade with a columned portico facing the North Lawn and Lafayette Square in 2008 Bottom: the Executive Residence's southern façade with a semi-circular portico facing the South Lawn and The Ellipse in 2006
An aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner in April 2007
James Hoban's Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, whose design Washington admired
A 1793 elevation by James Hoban; his three-story, nine-bay original submission was altered into this two-story, 11-bay design.