Diplomatic Reception Room

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reception room room in the White House

The Diplomatic Reception Room is an elegant, historically significant room on the ground floor of the White House used by the U.S. president for greeting foreign dignitaries and delivering televised addresses.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reception room → room in the White House →
adjacentTo	China Room → Map Room → Vermeil Room →
architecturalStyle	Federal style →
category	Diplomatic buildings and structures of the United States → Rooms in the White House →
city	Washington, D.C. →
connectedTo	South Portico of the White House →
contains	fireplace → historical decorative arts → mantel from the original White House → period furniture → wallpaper depicting American landscapes →
country	United States →
decorativeStyle	Colonial Revival →
floor	ground floor →
hasDoor	entrance to South Lawn →
hasFunction	diplomatic reception → public communication →
hasView	South Lawn of the White House → Washington Monument →
historicalUse	entrance for visitors arriving by carriage → office space → storage area → waiting room →
locatedIn	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW →
location	ground floor of the White House →
managedBy	White House Office of the Curator →
notableFeature	elliptical shape →
openTo	public tours of the White House (limited access) →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
partOf	White House →
redesignedBy	Sister Parish → Stéphane Boudin →
renovatedDuring	Franklin D. Roosevelt administration → John F. Kennedy administration →
significance	site of many presidential radio and television addresses → symbolic setting for U.S. diplomacy →
usedBy	President of the United States →
usedFor	formal ceremonies → greeting foreign dignitaries → receiving ambassadors → televised presidential addresses →
wallpaperDesigner	Jean Zuber et Cie →
wallpaperTitle	Scenic America →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Executive Residence →	contains
Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House restoration →	oversawRoom