Blair House Guide - The Finest and Most Complete of Any in Washington DC

You can find the Blair House in Washington DC. This is just off the corner of the Lafayette Park and is at the opposite side of the Executive Office Building. This now serves as the guest house of the President of the United States of America. In the year 1824, its main house was built so that it would become the Joseph Lovell. He was the first person to become the Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Blair House Official Website

http://www.blairhouse.org/

Today, the Blair House contains four linked townhouses including the first and original Blair House. Overall, the square footage of the townhouses is more than 70,000. Thus, this is larger than the White House itself, which only has about 55,000 square feet.

The Blair House has 119 rooms with 14 bedrooms for the guests, 9 bedrooms for the staff and 4 dining rooms. There are more than 30 bathrooms here as well as a hair salon, an exercise room and a flower shop.

The Blair House held important events that are part of the national and the world history. Among the most memorable event here is the meeting of President Truman with his staff before the Korean War. That said meeting gave way to the decision to make use of the American Sea on June 26. Shortly thereafter, the Korean War started.

Blair House Important Events

http://www.blairhouse.org/events.html

The Blair House is also associated to the World War II particularly during the time when there was not enough space in the White House to accommodate the guests. Stanley Woodward who was the protocol chief of the Roosevelt Administration decided to buy the Blair House.