this was recorded at the new york city bar association in 2014. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. robert: thank you very much. thank you for inviting me. thank you all for turning out. it is nice to be here. this is something that has taken up the last three years of my life. in researching and writing this book and encompasses a time. of eight years. it is of no small challenge how to you.nt this and figured out that if i did this thoroughly, i would have to cover one day per second for an eight your story. if i did that, i would already be terribly behind. i thought what i would do addressed to central questions i am often asked about this book. the first is how is it that the most important house in the united states of america was able to deteriorate to the point where it almost killed our president by collapsing? how did we get the white house that we have today? , when yout know this look at the house, you are seeing a federal era house that fortunate enough to be
copy in your packets. i hope you ll enjoy that and hopefully become a subscriber to our journal and keeping up with the latest research. of course, william seale is an architectural historian and specialist on the restoration and preservation of historic buildings. his handiwork is all over the country in executive mansions and capitols. he s also, of course, published the president s house, i just mentioned, which is like the, to us, the bible of white house history. the white house garden, the white house the white house, the history of an american idea, which is really the architectural history of the house that he has written. he s also collaborated with artists. peter wadell on an artist visits the white house past which is a wonderful little booklet that is available. and the new book coming out and will be available tonight in our gift shop and you ll be allowed in early to be able to have a copy signed if you d like to do that at 5:45. the title is the night they
time he published his president s house in 1986. he s been a mentor to us on the staff with research eeducation, publication. over all those many years and now is the editor of our white house history publication that you all received a complementary copy in your packets. i hope you ll enjoy that and hopefully become a subscriber to our journal and keeping up with the latest research. of course, william seale is an architectural historian and specialist an the restoration and preservation of historic buildings. his handiwork is all over the country in executive mansions and capitols. he s also, of course, published the president s house, i just mentioned, which is like the, to us, the bible of white house history. the white house garden, the white house the white house, the history of an american idea, which is really the architectural history of the house that he has written. he s also collaborated with artists. peter wadell on an artist visits the white house past which i
posted thetpelier event. it is about an hour. thank you. our next speaker will be william seale. and to us at the association, he doesn t really need much introduction. he s been a part of our organization as an adviser to our board for at least since the time he published his president s house in 1986. he s been a mentor to us on the staff with research eeducation, publication. over all those many years and now is the editor of our white house history publication that you all received a complementary complimentary copy in your packets. i hope you ll enjoy that and hopefully become a subscriber to our journal and keeping up with the latest research. of course, william seale is an architectural historian and specialist on the restoration and preservation of historic buildings. his handiwork is all over the country in executive mansions and capitols. reservation of historic buildings. his handiwork is all over the country in executive mansions and capitols. he s also, of co
circle up with four circular pieces, which contain staircases that curve down and went down to the crypt because in the first design and then again in 1815, he retains that because it was many people still held out the hope that the washington family would allow george washington s remains to be built to be installed in the crypt at the capitol. so latrobe had accounted for that in his design for the rotunda. thank you very much. thank you. our next speaker will be william seale. and to us at the association, he doesn t really need much introduction. he s been a part of our organization as an adviser to our board for at least as the time he published his president s house in 1986. he s been a mentor to us on the staff with research eeducation, publication. over all those many years and now is the editor of our white house history publication that you all received a complementary copy in your packets. i hope you ll enjoy that and hopefully become a subscriber to our journa