What is Committee for the Preservation of the White House?
The '''Committee for the Preservation of the White House''' is an advisory committee in charge with the [[preservation]] of the [[White House]], the official home and principal workplace of the [[President of the United States]]. The Committee for the Preservation of the White House was created by [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] in 1964 by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] to replace a temporary White House Furnishings Committee created by First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] during the Kennedy White House restoration (1961–1963). The Executive Order states that the [[Curator of the White House]], [[Chief Usher of the White House]], Secretary of the [[Smithsonian Institution]], the Chair of the [[United States Commission of Fine Arts]], and Director of the [[National Gallery of Art]] are ''Ex-Officio'' members of the committee. The Director of the [[National Park Service]] is Chair of the Committee, and the [[First Lady]] is the Honorary Chair of the committee. In February 2010, Los Angeles [[interior design]]er [[Michael S. Smith (interior designer)|Michael S. Smith]] was appointed to the committee;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-members-committee-preservation-white-house |title=President Obama Announces Members of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House |date=3 February 2010 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref> in August of that year, his makeover of the [[Oval Office]] was revealed to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/us/01oval.html?fta=y |title=President's Office Takes On New Neutral Tones, But Keeps Its Familiar Shape |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |work=The New York Times |date=31 August 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:1964 establishments in the United States]]