Designed by Supervising Architect of the Treasury Alfred Mullett, the granite, slate, and cast iron exterior makes the EEOB one of America’s best examples of the French Second Empire style of architecture. Construction took 17 years as the building slowly rose wing by wing.

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), and originally known as the State, War, and Navy Building (SWAN Building), is a United States government building that is now part of the White House compound in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.

Notable interiors include an ornate cast-iron library, the Secretary’s suite, and the stained glass skylight over the west wing’s double staircase. Many of our most celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the EEOB’s granite walls.

Sep 29, 2014 · Declared a national historic landmark in 1971, the massive block-long Eisenhower Executive Office Building, as it is now called, is widely cherished as a stunningly exuberant relic from a bygone era that could never be replicated.

Behind the large wooden doors, inside grand rooms glowing with stencil-painted walls and bold wrought-iron moldings, decisions were made that dramatically shaped the world as we know it today. The old saying, "If only these walls could talk", fits this building most appropriately.

Towering over the White House, the colossal granite Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) was first constructed to house the departments of State, War, and Navy in the nineteenth century, and it now serves as the home of the Executive Office of the President.

Feb 24, 2020 · Secretary of State Antony Blinken chairs the Annual Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.

Interior cast iron used for columns, pilasters, wall and floor panels, library bookshelves, and decorative trim; Interior corridor bearing walls are 1'-10" thick of brick and plaster; White marble floor tiles are from Vermont; Black floor tiles are limestone from New York

Jan 16, 2025 · The Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) was built between 1871 and 1888 as the State, War, and Navy Department Building, bringing these rapidly growing interrelated government departments together under a single roof. ... The interior has ceilings eighteen feet high, and nearly two miles of corridors, lined with floors of ...

Dec 13, 2023 · Just steps away from the White House stands the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, also known as the EEOB, and formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building.