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The White House
- The Green Room
Originally used as the dining room by Thomas Jefferson, the Green
Room
served many purposes including a card room as well as a sitting
parlor.
James Monroe purchased the furniture
for the room, later changed to the
Federal Period style during the Coolidge administration.
Many of the furnishing in the Green
Room were made by New York cabinetmaker
Duncan Phyfe.
The Green Room was named "The
Green Drawing Room" by President John Quincy Adams in 1825.
Doors on either side of the fireplace
open to the East Room.
The portraits of Presidents' Andrew
Jackson and William Henry Harrison adorn
the Green Room.
Florence Harding conducted afternoon
teas for wounded servicemen here, a tradition that continues
today.
After losing a bout with typhoid fever,
Willie Lincoln was viewed from the Green Room. After his burial
Mary Todd never set foot in the room again.
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