PHOTOS: The White House’s East Wing in history

These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which houses several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942.

The White House started tearing down a part of it to build President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom.

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This photo provided by the U.S. Library of Congress shows the East entrance of the White House, Washington, in 1906. (U.S. Library of Congress via AP)

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This photo provided by the U.S. Library of Congress shows a crowd outside the White House on the wedding day of Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Wilson who married Francis Bowes Sayre, in a White House ceremony in Washington, Nov. 25, 1913. (U.S. Library of Congress via AP)

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Liz Carpenter, press secretary and staff director for first lady Lady Bird Johnson, poses for a photo in her office in the East Wing of the White House in D.C., Dec. 9, 1963. On the walls are her Theta Sigma Phi Headliner Award and two photos of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)

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President Bush waves as walks away from the East Wing of the White House to the neighboring Treasury Building for the swearing-in of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, July 10, 2006 in Washington. At right is Chief of Staff Joshua Bolton. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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First lady Laura Bush, left, meets with U.N. Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari in her East Wing office of the White House in Washington, Dec. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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The East Wing hallway of the White House is decorated for the holiday season, Nov. 29, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Kamala Harris, Janet Yellen, George Akerlof

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Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a swearing-in ceremony with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Yellen’s husband George Akerlof, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at the White House in Washington. The Treasury building stands behind. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A Marine White House Military social aide holds the door to the East Wing entrance of the White House during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The entrance to the East Wing of the White House is decorated for the holiday season during a press preview of holiday decorations at the White House, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

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Work continues on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)