First Floor West Wing

1 first floor

1.1 oval office
1.2 cabinet room
1.3 roosevelt room
1.4 press briefing room
1.5 white house press corps

first floor

first floor plan.


oval office

cabinet room

roosevelt room

richard nixon renamed room, called franklin roosevelt fish room (where kept aquariums, , john f. kennedy displayed trophy fish) in honor of 2 presidents roosevelt: theodore, first built west wing, , franklin, built current oval office. tradition, portrait of franklin roosevelt hangs on mantel of roosevelt room during administration of president democratic party , portrait of theodore roosevelt hangs during administration of republican president (although bill clinton chose retain portrait of theodore roosevelt above mantel). in past, portrait not hanging on mantel hung on opposite wall. however, during first term of george w. bush, audio-visual cabinet placed on opposite wall providing secure audio , visual conference capabilities across hall oval office.

press briefing room

during 1930s, march of dimes constructed swimming pool franklin roosevelt exercise, therapy polio-related disability. richard nixon had swimming pool covered on create press briefing room, white house press secretary gives daily briefings.

white house press corps

the journalists, correspondents, , others part of white house press corps have offices near press briefing room.