This photograph of the Hay-Adams Hotel was taken by Bruce White in 2008. The historic hotel is located on 16th Street across from St. John's Church and across Lafayette Square from the White House. The hotel's name derives from two of its famous residents: John Hay and Henry Adams. Hay served as the personal secretary to President Abraham Lincoln, United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, and secretary of state to presidents Williams McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Adams, a descendent of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, was a historian and professor.