James Hoban designated what is today the Green Room as a Common Dining Room, and Thomas Jefferson's family took their meals there. A rectangular ceiling fresco with small circles and trapezoids, designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, was added in 1853.
The Green Room, which James Hoban initially named a Common Dining Room, became the place where Thomas Jefferson's family ate their meals. In 1853, a rectangular ceiling fresco with small circles and trapezoids, designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, was added to the room.