• White House Stables
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    south grounds
    This photograph of the White House Stables was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston in 1890. This image shows the stables immediately before they were expanded for President Benjamin Harrison in 1891. This High Victorian mansard-roofed structure is the last of the White House Stables before they were demolished in 1911. This stable was built during the Ulysses S. Grant administration in 1871.
  • Overlooking the North Lawn
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    north grounds
    This photograph of the North Lawn was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the summer of 1890. It features the seasonal flowers during the Benjamin Harrison administration. It was taken from an upstairs bedroom window.
  • H Street View of Corcoran Mansion
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    Washington, D.C.
    This photograph of the Corcoran House was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston. It shows the H Street view of the Corcoran House in Washington, D.C. W. W. Corcoran was a philanthropist, banker, and patron of the arts who made his fortune in America. Corcoran hosted many parties for Washington's elite and displayed his vast art collection at this house, located in the northwest corner of Lafayette Square.
  • East Garden
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
    This hand-colored photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston shows the East Garden as it appeared in 1921. The East Garden is now called the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
  • The White House Conservatory
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    Conservatory
    This photograph of the White House Conservatory was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston. The massive Conservatory contained houses dedicated to specific plants such as orchids, ferns, grapes, geraniums, roses, and camellias and even had a house only for the propagation of plants. The Conservatory was located on what is today the West Colonnade and West Wing of the White House.
  • First Floor of the Executive Mansion
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    drawings & plans
    This is a cyanotype reproduction of a plan for the State Floor of the White House produced by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Johnston, one of the first prominent female photographers, specialized both in portrait and architectural photography. Between the 1880s and 1910s, she spent a great deal of time documenting the architecture and inhabitants of the White House.
  • White House, Main Entrance (Tiffany Alterations to the North Door)
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    north view
    White House
    Tiffany & Company
    This photograph of the White House north entrance was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston circa 1893. Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows appear in the door and in the tympanum above. Johnston, one of the first prominent female photographers, specialized both in portrait and architectural photography. Between the 1880s and 1910s, she spent a great deal of time documenting the architecture and inhabitants of the White House.
  • Second Floor of the Executive Mansion
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    drawings & plans
    This is a cyanotype reproduction of plan for the Second Floor of the White House produced by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Johnston, one of the first prominent female photographers, specialized both in portrait and architectural photography. Between the 1880s and 1910s, she spent a great deal of time documenting the architecture and inhabitants of the White House.