Oval Office

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office room symbol of the American presidency

The Oval Office is the distinctive, oval-shaped working office of the President of the United States and a central symbol of the American presidency.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Oval Office canonical	18
Oval Office fireplace	1
Oval Office flags	1
White House Oval Office	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	office ⓘ room ⓘ symbol of the American presidency ⓘ
adjacentTo	Cabinet Room ⓘ Roosevelt Room ⓘ Rose Garden ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
category	Presidency of the United States ⓘ Rooms in the White House ⓘ
commissionedBy	President William Howard Taft ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Nathan C. Wyeth ⓘ
damagedBy	West Wing fire of 1929 ⓘ
decorChangedBy	each incoming president ⓘ
featuredIn	news broadcasts ⓘ numerous films ⓘ television series ⓘ
floorCount	1 ⓘ
function	ceremonial photo opportunities ⓘ presidential decision-making ⓘ signing of legislation ⓘ televised presidential addresses ⓘ
hasCustom	presidents redecorate the office to reflect their tastes ⓘ
hasPart	Oval Office curtains ⓘ Oval Office desk ⓘ Oval Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oval Office fireplace Oval Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oval Office flags Oval Office rugs ⓘ Oval Office sofas ⓘ Oval Office windows ⓘ Presidential Seal above the door ⓘ Presidential Seal on the floor rug ⓘ Resolute desk ⓘ
inception	1909 ⓘ
locatedIn	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ West Wing ⓘ White House ⓘ
locatedOn	ground floor of the West Wing ⓘ
occupant	President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ surface form: Executive Office of the President presidential offices complex ⓘ
reconstructed	1934 ⓘ
reconstructedBy	Roosevelt administration ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
shape	oval ⓘ
significance	backdrop for presidential addresses ⓘ iconic image in American politics ⓘ site of meetings with foreign leaders ⓘ symbol of executive power in the United States ⓘ
use	working office of the President of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White House → containsRoom → Oval Office ⓘ

West Wing → houses → Oval Office ⓘ

Cabinet Room → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

Rose Garden → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

Office of the Vice President (West Wing suite) → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

Roosevelt Room → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

White House tapes → recordedAt → Oval Office ⓘ

Oval Office → hasPart → Oval Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oval Office fireplace

Oval Office → hasPart → Oval Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oval Office flags

White House Rose Garden → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

Presidency of the United States → meetsIn → Oval Office ⓘ

Alexander Butterfield → workLocation → Oval Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: White House Oval Office

West Wing of the White House → contains → Oval Office ⓘ

West Wing of the White House → notableRoom → Oval Office ⓘ

West Wing Colonnade → near → Oval Office ⓘ

Resolute desk → locatedIn → Oval Office ⓘ

Oval Office desk → locatedIn → Oval Office ⓘ

Oval Office desk → associatedWithRoom → Oval Office ⓘ

West Wing fire of 1929 → damaged → Oval Office ⓘ

West Wing meeting rooms → adjacentTo → Oval Office ⓘ

Executive Committee of the National Security Council → meetingPlace → Oval Office ⓘ