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Ten years in Washington. Life and scenes in the National Capital, as a woman sees them.
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Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go (14750433796)
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Title: Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Logan, Mary Simmerson (Cunningham), "Mrs. J. A. Logan,", 1838-1923
Subjects: Presidents Executive departments
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., A.D. Worthington & co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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ncy Adams. No swelling tree-crowned knolls, no grassyglades could be more restful to the sight than the southerngrounds of the White House. Its windows look down uponthis rolling park, reaching to the Potomac, bounded by itsplacid waters, on which many boats lazily drift, their whitesails idly flapping in the languid summer air. The inadequateness of the White House as a residencefor the President of the United States has long been recog-nized. It is inconvenient and ill-adapted to such dignity andoccasions of public ceremony as the nation demands of itsChief. There is no adequate accommodation for visitors, sothat guests of the nation must be sent to a hotel. Manysuggestions, and more or less elaborate plans have beenmade for a new and proper Presidents residence whichshould be entirely separate from the Executive offices. The late Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, during the incum-bency of her husband as President of the United States,carefully studied this subject, and plans were drawn under
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MRS. HARRISONS PLANS. 161 her direction for the enlargement of the present ExecutiveMansion. This was in 1892. Nothing has, however, yetbeen done. In 190U Congress made an appropriation fordeveloping plans for the extension of the present ExecutiveMansion by the Officer then in charge of Public Build-ings and Grounds, Colonel Theo. A. Bingham, EngineerCorps, United States Army. This Officer called in theassistance of Mr. F. D. Owen, the architect who had drawnMrs. Harrisons plans. The Harrison plan was restudiedand developed and all the necessary drawings made, to-gether with specifications and a large model. At the Centennial Celebration -of the establishment ofthe permanent seat of Government in Washington, Decem-ber 12, 1900, the opening exercise was an exhibition of thismodel and drawings in the East Room of the ExecutiveMansion in the presence of the President of the UnitedStates, Senators, Governors and other prominent and dis-tinguished officials. An address in explanation was