West Wing - wikipedia West Wing For the television series set in this location, see The West Wing. The West Wing ( lower right ) by night, December 2006. The White House Complex. The West Wing of the White House, also known as the Executive Office Building, houses the offices of the President of the United States. The West Wing contains the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, the Situation Room, and the Roosevelt Room. The West Wing 's seven floors contain offices for the White House Chief of Staff, the Counselor to the President, the Senior Advisor to the President, the White House Press Secretary, and their support staffs. The Vice President -- whose primary office is next door in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building -- also has an office in the building. Adjoining the press secretary 's office, in the colonnade between the West Wing and the Executive Residence is the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room along with work space for the White House press corps. Contents 1 History 2 First Floor 2.1 Oval Office 2.2 Cabinet Room 2.3 Roosevelt Room 2.4 Press Briefing Room 2.5 White House press corps 3 Ground Floor 3.1 Situation Room 3.2 White House Mess 4 Second Floor 5 Depiction on The West Wing TV series 6 References 7 External links History The main entrance on the north side. West Wing from above. Note the Oval Office and the solar panels on the roof of the Cabinet Room. Before construction of the West Wing, presidential staff worked on the second floor of what is now the Executive Residence. However, when Theodore Roosevelt became president, he found that the existing offices in the mansion were insufficient to accommodate his family of six children as well as his staff. In 1902, First Lady Edith Roosevelt hired McKim, Meade & White to separate the living quarters from the offices, to enlarge and modernize the public rooms, to re-do the landscaping, and to redecorate the interior. Congress approved over half a million dollars for the renovation. The West Wing was originally intended as a temporary office structure, built on the site of the greenhouse and stables. The President 's Office and the Cabinet Room took up the eastern third of the building. Roosevelt 's office was located approximately where the Roosevelt Room is now. In 1909, William Howard Taft expanded the building southward, covering the tennis court. He placed the first Oval Office at the center of the addition 's south facade, reminiscent of the oval rooms of the White House. Later, at the outset of his presidency, Herbert Hoover rebuilt the West Wing, excavating a partial basement, and supporting it with structural steel. The completed building lasted less than seven months. On December 24, 1929, the West Wing was significantly damaged by an electrical fire. Hoover rebuilt it, and added air - conditioning. The fourth and final major reorganization was undertaken by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dissatisfied with the size and layout of the West Wing, he engaged New York architect Eric Gugler to redesign it in 1933. To create additional space without increasing the apparent size of the building, Gugler excavated a full basement, added a set of subterranean offices under the adjacent lawn, and built an unobtrusive `` penthouse '' story. The directive to wring the most office space out of the existing building was responsible for its narrow corridors and cramped staff offices. Gugler 's most notable change was the addition to the east side containing a new Cabinet Room, Secretary 's Office, and Oval Office. The new office 's location gave presidents greater privacy, allowing them to slip back and forth between the White House and the West Wing without being in full view of the staff. As the size of the president 's staff grew over the latter half of the 20th century, the West Wing generally came to be seen as too small for its modern governmental functions. Today, most of the staff members of the Executive Office of the President are located in the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Original West Wing and tennis court, circa 1903. Expanded West Wing, circa 1910s. President Taft 's 1909 expansion covered most of the tennis court. Note the `` bow '' of the first Oval Office. President Hoover views West Wing fire ruins, January 15, 1930. Modern West Wing under construction, circa 1933. Exterior of the modern Oval Office, completed 1934. First floor First Floor plan. Oval Office Main article : Oval Office Cabinet Room Main article : Cabinet Room ( White House ) Roosevelt Room Main article : Roosevelt Room Richard Nixon also renamed the room, previously called by Franklin Roosevelt the `` Fish Room '' ( where he kept aquariums, and where John F. Kennedy displayed trophy fish ) in honor of the two Presidents Roosevelt : Theodore, who first built the West Wing, and Franklin, who built the current Oval Office. By tradition, a portrait of Franklin Roosevelt hangs over the mantel of the Roosevelt Room during the administration of a president from the Democratic Party and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt hangs during the administration of a Republican president ( although Bill Clinton chose to retain the portrait of Theodore Roosevelt above the mantel ). In the past, the portrait not hanging over the mantel hung on the opposite wall. However, during the first term of George W. Bush, an audio - visual cabinet was placed on the opposite wall providing secure audio and visual conference capabilities across the hall from the Oval Office. Press Briefing Room Main article : James S. Brady Press Briefing Room During the 1930s, the March of Dimes constructed a swimming pool so that Franklin Roosevelt could exercise, as therapy for his polio - related disability. Richard Nixon had the swimming pool covered over to create the Press Briefing Room, where the White House Press Secretary gives daily briefings. Oval Office Study, 1978. Private Dining Room, 1988. Roosevelt Room, 2006. Secretary 's office, 1961. James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 2007. Formerly, the swimming pool. White House Press corps Main article : White House press corps The journalists, correspondents, and others who are part of the White House press corps have offices near the press briefing room. Ground floor Ground Floor plan. Situation Room Main article : White House Situation Room White House Mess The West Wing ground floor is also the site of a cafeteria, staffed by Naval culinary specialists and called the White House Mess. It is located underneath the Oval Office, and was established by President Truman on June 11, 1951. Ground Floor Lobby. The Situation Room, newly renovated during the Presidency of George W. Bush Entrance to the White House Mess, decorated for Halloween. Second Floor Second Floor plan. Depiction on the West Wing tv series Main article : The West Wing In 1999, The West Wing television series brought greater public attention to the workings of the presidential staff, as well as to the location of those working in the West Wing. The show followed the working lives of a fictional U.S. president, Josiah Bartlet, and his senior staff. When asked whether the show accurately captured the working environment in 2003, Press Secretary Scott McClellan commented that the show portrayed more foot traffic and larger rooms than in the real West Wing. References Jump up ^ `` Tour the West Wing ''. Retrieved May 25, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` The Oval Office ''. Retrieved May 25, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The President 's Cabinet ''. Jump up ^ `` Situation Room ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Roosevelt Room ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Inside the White House ''. Jump up ^ `` TR Center - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt ''. TheodoreRooseveltCenter.org. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ Gould, Lewis L. ( 2014 - 02 - 04 ). American First Ladies : Their Lives and Their Legacy. Routledge. ISBN 9781135311551. ^ Jump up to : William Seale, The President 's House ( White House Historical Association, 1986 ), pp. 946 - 49. Jump up ^ The underground offices became the Situation Room and White House Mess. 1938 photo, showing courtyard lighting the underground offices from Library of Congress. Jump up ^ `` West Wing of the White House ''. Jump up ^ Ingle, Saul ( December 2001 ). `` Dinner at 1600 - naval Mess Management Specialists on duty in White House ''. All Hands. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Scott McClellan Hosts Ask the White House ''. The White House. National Archives. Retrieved 2007 - 08 - 17. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Wing. White House Museum : West Wing, with floorplan and historical images West Wing Interactive, from National Journal Magazine White House Complex White House Executive Residence Basement Basement Chief Floral Designer Ground floor China Room collection Office of the Curator Diplomatic Reception Room Library Map Room Vermeil Room State floor Blue Room Cross Hall East Room Entrance Hall Family Dining Room Grand Staircase Green Room Red Room South Portico State Dining Room Chief Usher Second floor Center Hall Dressing Room East Bedroom East Sitting Hall Family Kitchen Lincoln Bedroom Lincoln Sitting Room President 's Bedroom President 's Dining Room Private Sitting Room Queens ' Bedroom Queens ' Sitting Room Treaty Room Truman Balcony West Bedroom West Sitting Hall Yellow Oval Room Third floor Center Hall Diet Kitchen Linen Room Music Room Sun Room Work - out Room West Wing Cabinet Room Executive Office Oval Office Oval Office Study Press Briefing Room Roosevelt Room Situation Room East Wing Office of the First Lady Graphics and Calligraphy Office Presidential Emergency Operations Center White House Family Theater Social Secretary Visitors Office White House Military Office Grounds The Ellipse Jacqueline Kennedy Garden Lafayette Square North Lawn President 's Park Rose Garden South Lawn White House to Treasury Building tunnel Annex Eisenhower Executive Office Building New Executive Office Building White House Conference Center Blair House Trowbridge House Presidential Townhouse Nearby streets 15th Street 17th Street Constitution Avenue E Street East Executive Avenue H Street NW Hamilton Place Jackson Place Madison Place Pennsylvania Avenue State Place West Executive Avenue Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States, 1901 -- 1909 25th Vice President of the United States, 1901 33rd Governor of New York, 1899 -- 1900 Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1897 -- 1898 New York City Police Commissioner, 1895 -- 1897 New York State Assemblyman, 1882 1883 1884 Presidency First inauguration historic site Second inauguiration `` Square Deal '' Booker T. Washington dinner Conservation Newlands Reclamation Act Transfer Act of 1905 Antiquities Act Pelican Island Devils Tower National Monument Muir Woods National Monument Other National Monuments United States Forest Service, United States Reclamation Service National Wildlife Refuge System Roosevelt Arch Conference of Governors Northern Securities Company breakup court case Coal strike of 1902 Pure Food and Drug Act Food and Drug Administration Meat Inspection Act Expediting Act Elkins Act Hepburn Act Aldrich -- Vreeland Act Federal Employers Liability Act Kinkaid Act Big Stick ideology Hay -- Bunau - Varilla Treaty Panama Canal Zone Panama Canal Venezuelan crisis Roosevelt Corollary Occupation of Cuba Russo - Japanese War Treaty of Portsmouth 1906 Nobel Peace Prize Gentlemen 's Agreement of 1907 College football meetings Bureau of Investigation Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Corporations Keep Commission Inland Waterways Commission Bureau of the Census Great White Fleet Perdicaris incident Cabinet White House West Wing State of the Union Address, 1901 1906 1908 White House desk Federal judiciary appointments Other events Spanish -- American War Rough Riders Battle of Las Guasimas Battle of San Juan Hill `` Bull Moose '' Progressive Party New Nationalism Assassination attempt Boone and Crockett Club Smithsonian -- Roosevelt African Expedition `` River of Doubt '' Amazonian expedition Life and homes Birthplace, boyhood home replica Sagamore Hill Home and Museum Oyster Bay Elkhorn Ranch Maltese Cross Cabin Pine Knot cabin Gravesite Writings and speeches Theodore Roosevelt bibliography The Naval War of 1812 ( 1882 book ) `` The Strenuous Life '' ( 1899 speech ) `` Citizenship in a Republic '' ( 1910 speech ) `` I have just been shot '' ( 1912 speech ) Theodore Roosevelt : An Autobiography ( 1913 book ) The Forum magazine articles Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Archival collections Elections New York state election, 1898 Republican National Convention, 1900 1904 1912 1916 United States presidential election, 1900 1904 1912 Legacy Mount Rushmore Theodore Roosevelt Center and Digital Library White House Roosevelt Room Theodore Roosevelt National Park Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt Island Roosevelt National Forest Roosevelt Study Center Theodore Roosevelt Association Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park Monument Assemblage Roosevelt River Theodore Roosevelt Award Roosevelt Road U.S. Postage stamps Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider sculpture Equestrian statue Popular culture Teddy bear `` Speak softly, and carry a big stick '' Books Films Roosevelt in Africa 1910 documentary The Roosevelts 2014 documentary Related Political positions `` Bully pulpit '' Ananias Club `` Nature fakers '' Progressive Era A Guest of Honor Porcellian Club `` Muckraker '' National Collegiate Athletic Association `` Roosevelt Republican '' Family Alice Hathaway Lee ( first wife ) Edith Kermit Carow ( second wife ) Alice Lee Roosevelt ( daughter ) Theodore Roosevelt III ( son ) Kermit Roosevelt ( son ) Ethel Carow Roosevelt ( daughter ) Archibald Roosevelt ( son ) Quentin Roosevelt ( son ) Theodore Roosevelt Sr. ( father ) Martha Stewart Bulloch ( mother ) Anna Roosevelt ( sister ) Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt ( brother ) Corinne Roosevelt ( sister ) Cornelius Roosevelt ( grandfather ) James Stephens Bulloch ( grandfather ) James A. 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Question: what happened to the west wing of the white house during a christmas party in 1929
Answer: significantly damaged by an electrical fire; significantly damaged by an electrical fire; electrical fire