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Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! 'North façade' of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. A visiting head of state enters the house for a state dinner through the North Portico. Tourists finish their tour by exiting through the North Portico. The house was originally built without porticos. Before construction of the north portico in 1824, the north façade looked much more similar to Leinster House shown in the picture immediately below. Both James Hobanoriginal architect of the White House, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe who developed plans for its rebuilding after the 1814 fire, proposed north and south porticos. Both porticos, as built, are the work of Hoban. 'Leinster House in Dublin' The eighteenth century ducal palace in Dublin served as a model for the White House. 'The White House' from the South Lawn showing the columned South Portico. The South Portico was constructed in 1829 based on earlier drawings by James Hoban. The second floor balcony, known as the Truman Balcony, was added in 1947. Welcome ceremonies for visiting heads of state take place on the South Lawn. Marine One, the president's helicopter service, lands and departs from the South Lawn. 'Jefferson's West Colonnade' is seen on the left of the residence in this nineteenth century engraved view. The West Colonnade originally concealed a stable and laundry room. Later it became the site of Franklin Roosevelt's swimming pool. President Nixon converted the space to the current Press Briefing Room. 'Truman reconstruction, 1949-1952' First the interior rooms were dismantled and stored, then within the original walls a steel and concrete structure was erected. The interior rooms, with most of the original trim and floor boards were rebuilt within the new framework. 'The Red Room' as designed by Stéphane Boudin during the administration of John F. Kennedy. 'The West Wing' of the White House, in the foreground. 'The White House' and surrounding area as seen from the Washington Monument. 'Pennsylvania Avenue' is now closed to all traffic, except government officials.