DE S I G N PLAN
WHITE HOUSE & PRESIDENT’S PARK
Congress authorized the National Park Service to prepare a plan to guide the future management and use of the buildings and grounds at the White House in Washington, D.C. This significant undertaking required three years and cost $1,900,000. The study’s objectives were to accommodate the overlapping and increasingly complex functions of the Executive Office, the Executive Residence, and a living museum while preserving the historic character of the monumental buildings and landscapes that have come to symbolize the stability and continuity of the democratic form of governance of the United States. The United States’ primary national-level private preservation organization, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, was invited to participate in the planning process. Daniel Fogerty of the National Trust represented the organization’s interests and concerns during the Design Plan’s development
