Check out Kamala Harris' new vice presidential offices, which are full of historic White House artifacts

Talia LakritzFeb 5, 2021, 03:25 IST

Vice President Kamala Harris.@VP/Twitter

The vice president has offices in the West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
The ornate EEOB office is used for ceremonial gatherings and press events.
The more modest White House office is a workspace in close proximity to the president.

The vice president of the United States has two office spaces: a nondescript room in the West Wing of the White House, and an ornate ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door.

Through the years, vice presidents have redecorated the spaces with new furniture and family heirlooms. Vice President Kamala Harris is already making both of them her own with some personal touches.

Take a look inside Harris' offices on the White House grounds, and see how they've changed over the years.

President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the construction of the West Wing, where the vice president's smaller office is located, in 1902.

The West Wing, circa 1904. Library of Congress

The vice president's White House office is not particularly fancy or large, with enough space for a desk and a sitting area.

Vice President George H. W. Bush holds a meeting in his office in 1986. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images

Vice presidents have used the office to receive foreign dignitaries and meet with aides.

President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore hold a meeting in 1997. LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty Images

The walls contain portraits of America's first two vice presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby in his West Wing office in 2001. David Bohrer/U.S. National Archives via Getty Images

Cheney also displayed a Civil War-era map with a family connection behind his desk.

Vice President Dick Cheney in his West Wing office in 2007. Charles Ommanney/Getty Images

When Joe Biden served as vice president under President Barack Obama, the walls were painted blue to match the carpet.

Vice President Joe Biden works in his office in the West Wing of the White House in 2009. Antonio Bolfo/Getty Images

Vice President Mike Pence also made a few decorative changes with a navy patterned carpet and plain gray armchairs.

Vice President Mike Pence meets with the President's coronavirus task force in his West Wing office in 2020. D. Myles Cullen/White House

Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't gotten around to decorating the office just yet, but she has added some photos of her family.

Vice President Kamala Harris on a phone call in her West Wing office in 2021. @VP/Twitter

Harris swore in Biden's first Cabinet member, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, in her office the day after the inauguration.

Vice President Kamala Harris administers the oath of office to Avril Haines in 2021. @VP/Twitter

She also spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the phone.

Vice President Kamala Harris on the phone with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2021. @VP/Twitter

The vice president's ceremonial office is located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House.

An entrance to the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Dmitry Kirsanov\TASS via Getty Images

The ceremonial space was formerly used as the Navy secretary's office.

Vice President's Ceremonial Office, pre-restoration. The White House

The desk inside was first used by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

Theodore Roosevelt with what is now the vice president's desk. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

Various presidents and vice presidents have signed the top drawer of the desk since the 1940s.

Vice President Dick Cheney's signature appears on the inside of the top drawer of his desk in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office. David Bohrer/The White House via Getty Images

The ceremonial office is mostly used for meetings and interviews.

Vice President Dick Cheney holds a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in 2006. David Bohrer/White House

The chandeliers are replicas of the original gasoliers from 1900.

Vice President Joe Biden attends a Recovery Act Implementation Cabinet meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images

Pence swore in Cabinet members at the ornately designed ceremonial office in 2017.

Elaine Chao is sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence at the vice president's ceremonial office in 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Harris swore in Chao's successor, Pete Buttigieg, in the same spot in 2021.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff pose with the new Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, after he was sworn in. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Her historic desk includes official stationery.

A view of pen and paper is seen in Vice President Kamala Harris' ceremonial office. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Harris is already making the ceremonial office her own with some personal touches.

Vice President Kamala Harris' ceremonial office. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

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