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The Vermeil Room was originally a staff work room used for storage and later for the tasks of polishing silver. Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 renovation of the White House by architect Charles Follen McKim reconfigured the use of the house, finishing much of the ground floor for public use.
The room is used for the President's staff meetings as well as larger meetings involving Congress. Increasingly over the past few decades, the Roosevelt Room has been used to announce new staff members or promotions. Since the room is in close proximity to the Oval Office, the Roosevelt Room is often used as a Green Room where people, delegates or dignitaries with meetings with the President wait.