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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
FAIRMOUNT, PHILADELPHIA
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
THE 1948
FeB 27 4 22 PM 'd8
The President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
RECEIVED
Dear Mr. President:
May I take the liberty of writing you that I
am one of those who view the new balcony at the White
House with approval.
As you doubtless know, the south portico of
the White House was an addition proposed by Jefferson.
It happens that I have written a volume dealing with
Jefferson as an architect. It was Jefferson who, in
America, popularized the type of the tall portico. In
designing the University of Virginia he faced exactly
the problem you now face at the White House, namely, to
gain privacy for the family, sitting out of doors, when
the main floor of the porticos was overrun by the public.
He solved this at the University by adopting a hanging
balcony under the portico. I am sure he would have
approved your balcony at the White House, so admirably
carried out by Mr. Delano.
Yours sincerely,
Take Kimilabl
MG
BECCORDS
FISKE KIMBALL
SERVICE
Cs
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