Building repair and reconstruction

Southeast view from the Rose Room (No. 12) during White House renovation. Carpenters are installing door castings to hallway of Room 11, and door to East Sitting Room with cupboard in between.

Fireplace on west wall of Bedroom NO. 20, with slate fireback in place. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

Fireplace on northwest wall of Bedroom Number 18 during the renovation of the White House. The slate fireback has been installed.

Northwest view in the main corridor to lobby with north entrance on right of photograph. The workman is polishing the Tennessee marble floor of alternate blocks of Fontaine Gray and Craig Pink. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

East view in Transformer Room during White House renovation.

Electric switchboard on wall of elevator hallway of main floor of White House during renovation.

Elevator entrance and elevator doors. Photograph taken on ground floor level during the White House renovation.

West view in third floor corridor. The bookcases, constructed by Knipp & Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, are set in the walls. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

Westland Cream (Vermont) marble slabs being set in place in walls of stairway leading from the ground to the main floors of the White House during renovation.

Photograph of chair suggested by B. Altman & Company, 5th Ave., New York City, New York, for the State Dining Room of the White House, after the renovation.