So You Work At The White House?
by Cora Wandel
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So You Work At The White House?
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Cora Wandel
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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) is a massive building next to the White House, and is part of the White House complex, where many people who work for the "White House" have their offices, including every Vice President since Lyndon Johnson in the early 1960s. President Harry Truman had his official office in the EEOB during most of his presidency as the White House underwent extensive renovations, Herbert Hoover worked out of the building following the Christmas Eve fire of 1929 which destroyed the Oval Office, and Richard Nixon famously had a "hide-away" office in the building during his troubled presidency. The EEOB was built between 1871 and 1888 and was originally the State, War and Navy Building and was for years the world's largest office building. After the Pentagon was built in the 1940s, it became the "Old Executive Office Building" and an annex of the White House. During Bill Clinton's presidency it was renamed the "Eisenhower Executive Office Building." The distinctive French Second Empire styled building is to the immediate west of the White House, on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, and is connected with the White House with underground tunnels and short above ground walkways. I learned years ago after moving to Washington, DC, if a person says they work at the White House, ask them if they work in the actual "White House" or in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
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December 12th, 2017
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