Uphi Indawo yokuhlala kaMengameli kanye neHhovisi?
Nakuba kungolwazi oluvamile ukuthi uMongameli waseMelika uhlala eNtabeni eNkulu, akuyazi kahle lapho iVice likaMongameli lihlala khona. Ngakho-ke kuphi eWashington, DC iyindlu kaMongameli?
Impendulo - Inombolo Yomunye Wokubheka I-Observatory, ngezizathu ze-United States Naval Observatory e-34th Street naseMassachusetts Avenue NW (cishe enyakatho-mpumalanga northeast of Georgetown University eduze ne-Embassy Row).
I-Metro Station esiseduzane isiteshi se-Woodley Park-Zoo Metro. Bona ibalazwe.
Indlu yasendlini yesithathu yama-Victorian, eyenzelwe umklami uLeon E. Dessez, eyakhiwa ngo-1893 njengendlu yomsunguli we-United States Naval Observatory. Ngonyaka we-1974, iCongress yaqoka indlu ukuthi ibe yindawo yokuhlala yaseVice. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi abameli bomengameli bathenga amakhaya abo eWashington, DC. I-Naval Observatory, esendaweni engama-acre angu-72, iyaqhubeka isebenza njengendawo yokucwaninga lapho ososayensi benza khona ukukhanya kwelanga, inyanga, amaplanethi nezinkanyezi. I-Observatory nekhaya likaVice likaMongameli libhekene nokuvikeleka okuqinile okuphoqelelwa yi-Secret Service. Izinkambo zomphakathi ze-US Naval Observatory eWashington, DC, ziyatholakala, kodwa ngokulinganiselwe.
UWalter Mondale wayengumongameli wokuqala wokungena ekhaya. Sekuyisikhathi sokuhlala emindenini yeVice-Presidents Bush, Quayle, Gore, Cheney noBiden.
Iphini likaMengameli uMike Pence uhlala khona nomkakhe uKaren.
Indlu yezitini inamamitha ayizi-9,150 futhi ihlanganisa amakamelo angu-33 kuhlanganise nehholo lokumamukela, igumbi lokuphumula, igumbi lokulala, ipulaki lelanga, igumbi lokudlela ekhishini, amagumbi okulala, isifundo, i-den kanye nedamu lokubhukuda.
Lapho iPhini likaMongameli lisebenza khona
I-Vice-President inesihhovisi eWest Wing ye- White House kanti abasebenzi bakhe banamanye amahhovisi e-Eisenhower Executive Office Building, (e-1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC) ebizwa ngokuthi iHhovisi likaMongameli we-Vice President. asetshenziselwa imihlangano bese ucindezela izingxoxo.
Lesi sakhiwo, esakhiwe ngumdwebi u-Alfred Mullett, siyisakhiwo sezwe esiyisizwe esiyi- National Historic Landmark , esakhiwe phakathi kuka-1871 no-1888. Isakhiwo singesinye sezintandokazi zikahulumeni nge-granite, slate ne-cast iron yangaphandle. Kuyinto isitayela sesiFulentshi sesiBuso sesiBili sezakhiwo zokwakha.
IHhovisi likaMongameli we-Vice President lasebenza njengeHhovisi likaNobhala weNavy uma i-Executive Office Building ihlala eHhovisi likaMbuso, iNavy, neMpi. Ikamelo lihlotshiswe ngezimpawu zokuhlobisa kanye nemifanekiso ye-Navy. Iphansi lenziwe ngama-mahogany, i-maple emhlophe, ne-cherry. Ideskiti likaVice-President liyingxenye yeqoqo le-White House futhi laqala ukusetshenziswa nguTheodore Roosevelt ngo-1902.
Isakhiwo esikhulu sinamakamelo angu-553. Ngaphandle kweHhovisi likaMongameli wePhini likaMongameli, i-Executive Office Building yakha ezinye iziphakamiso zesizwe ezinamandla kunabo bonke kanye nezombangazwe ezifana neHhovisi lokuPhatha kanye neBabelomali kanye noMkhandlu wezokuPhepha kaZwelonke.