>G'Mornin' Anons… Another Day at the Office.
GMF
>The wording for "choice of 1 in 7 desks" in that context is really off. Should be 1 out of 7. If the idea is it's just a 17 why the odd wording?
>>1 in 7
The C&O desk is__ one of six desks__ ever used in the Oval Office by a sitting President of the United States. The C&O Desk was used in the executive office by only George H. W. Bush, and is currently being temporarily used by Donald Trump. Prior to its use in the Oval Office by Bush, the desk had been in use elsewhere in the White House.
Built around 1920, the C&O desk is one of four desks built for the owners of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) by Rorimer-Brooks. Following a series of railway mergers, Clement Conger convinced Hays T. Watkins of the Chessie System to loan the desk to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State at some point between 1969 and 1974. Conger later became White House Curator and in March 1975 had the desk moved to the Oval Office Study. It was used in this room by Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. George H. W. Bush first had it moved to the Vice President's office in the White House, then the White House Residence, and finally the Oval Office. The C&O desk was donated by Chessie System's successor CSX Corporation to the White House in 1987.
The George Bush Presidential Library, in College Station, Texas, houses a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, including a replica of the C&O desk.
Design and markings
The C&O desk, constructed around 1920, is a walnut reproduction of an eighteenth-century Chippendale double pedestal desk (also known as a partners desk).[1] The desk features an inverted breakfront form and each of the two pedestals is veneered with burlwood and contains three graduated drawers on each of the two faces.[1][2] The narrow desktop consists of a narrow frieze tier of drawers recessed back from the rest of the furniture piece, and the whole desk sits on bracket feet.[1] The top of the desk is inlaid with burled maple.[3]
HistoryVan Sweringen brothers' Terminal Tower offices
A black and white image of the Van Sweringen brothers. One sits behind a desk, the other in a chair to the left
The Van Sweringen brothers sitting at one of the four matching, Rorimer-Brooks designed, walnut partners desks in their Terminal Tower offices in 1928
In 1930, the Van Sweringen brothers, Oris Paxton (O.P.) Van Sweringen and Mantis James (M.J.) Van Sweringen, completed construction of Terminal Tower, a 52-story, 708-foot tall skyscraper built over Union Terminal in Cleveland, Ohio. The tower, built at virtually the same time as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, was designed in a much more conservative, Beaux-Arts style than other towers of the time period. It took a decade to complete. This conservative styling extended to the interiors of the building with the Van Sweringen brothers constructing lavish offices on the 36th floor of the building in an old-world English style.[4] Featuring suites paneled in oak imported from Sherwood Forest, the rooms were filled with furniture pieces designed and built in a variety of historic English styles by Rorimer-Brooks. Louis Rorimer, the sole head of Rorimer-Brooks, was a Cleveland-based interior designer known for his knowledge of art and architectural history.[5] Rorimer-Brooks's records were destroyed in 1957 by Irvin and Co. who had acquired the company.[6] Rorimer-Brooks designed and built matching walnut partners desks for the offices on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower, the Van Sweringen's executive offices.[5] Four matching desks were made for this floor of the tower, one for each office, around 1920.[7][8][9] The four offices, and the four matching desks, originally were used by O.P. Van Sweringen, M.J. Van Sweringen, C. L. Bradley, and D. S. Barret Jr.[4]
The Van Sweringen brothers built a vast tangle of real estate and railroad holdings, including the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). This all came crashing down with the onset of the Great Depression. The Van Sweringen empire collapsed in May 1935 when they had to use all of their cash and equity to pay off creditors. Both of the brothers died shortly after with M.J. dying on December 12, 1935, and O.P. dying less than a year later on November 23, 1936.[4] After the deaths of the brothers the C&O offices remained in Terminal Tower.[10] The desks remained in the four rooms and were used by C&O Chairman Cyrus Eaton, the railroad president, the president's key associate, and one was set aside for visiting dignitaries.[7]
>Mornin' Ralph… Please pass the double Dark Roast, I have a doctor appt in a couple hours and that should rattle him a bit.
Get all those appointments out of the way. Should probably hold off on the special covfefe till tomorrow
>I changed my diet, lost a lot of weight but he wanted me to keep taking the meds.
>Covid happened and I started reading the posts from the Anons and went to CDC and NIH and learned a lot. So I stopped taking the meds as an experiment and at my last checkup my vitals were perfect. I am curious to see how today's appt plays out.
Excellent
Should be an interdasting visit then. Had a similar experience at my last check up years ago. Wanted to put me on BP meds. Instinctively was like, nope. Changed diet and habits and BP normalized. Decision confirmed by anons over the years discussing Big P. Amazing place 8kun/8ch. Will save the special blend covfefe for tomorrow after a clean bill of health
>The C&O desk is one of six desks
>So, which is it?
>1 in 6 or 1 in 7?
>Is Wiki correct? Or did someone modify it?
wiki has it 1 in 6 back till at least 2021