He spent most of his presidency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which served as the temporary national capital for 10 years, from 1790 to 1800, while Washington, D.C., a new city, was under construction. George Washington never occupied the White House. The White House was not ready for occupancy until 1800. George Washington's bow window (not depicted) is echoed in the shape of the Oval Office. History, 1789–1909 President's House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks (2001). Examples include Kennedy presenting news of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Nixon announcing his resignation from office (1974), Ronald Reagan following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1986), and George W. Several presidents have addressed the nation from the Oval Office on occasion. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father President Jimmy Carter's day. The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Artwork is selected from the White House collection, or borrowed from museums for the president's term. Presidents generally decorate the office to suit their own personal tastes, choosing furniture and drapery and often commissioning oval carpets. There are four doors: the east door opens to the Rose Garden the west door leads to a private study and dining-room the northwest door opens onto the main corridor of the West Wing and the northeast door opens to the office of the president's secretary. Two built-in bookcases are recessed in the western wall. The oval room has three large south-facing windows, in front of which the president's desk traditionally stands, and a fireplace at the north end. Part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, it is in the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, D.C. The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States. President Joe Biden on the night of his inauguration, 2021 President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office, 2021 Office of the President of the United States in the White House
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