Second Floor Center Hall (White House)
- Second Floor Center Hall (White House)
The Center Hall (or Central Hall) is a broad central hallway on the second floor of the White House, home of the President of the United States. It runs east to west connecting the East Sitting Hall with the West Sitting Hall. It allows access to the elevator vestibule, East and West Bedrooms, the Grand Staircase, Yellow Oval Room, the first family's private living room, and the president's bedroom.
In the early 20th century, William Howard Taft decorated the hall with exotic plants and art he had brought with him from his tenure as Governor-General of the Philippines. Later, Woodrow Wilson watched motion pictures here as the present White House theater was still a cloakroom.
External links
* [http://whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/central-hall.htm White House Museum: The Central Hall]
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