For which history museum complex was Thayer's Hotel sought as a candidate for the structure, which has a collection of the presidential limousine and chair?
Thayer's Hotel Thayer's Hotel is a historic hotel building at 136 Main Street in downtown Littleton, New Hampshire. The story wood frame building was built in 1843, and was a precursor of the grand resort hotels that were later built in northern New Hampshire. It is a prominent structure in downtown Littleton, with a Greek temple front that has three story Doric columns supporting a full entablature and frieze. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with seven gable dormers piercing each side of the roof, and is topped by a cupola. It has served as a backdrop for political rallies, and parts of its architecture were sought by Henry Ford for his museum of Americana in the 1930s.
Resolute desk The "Resolute" desk is a large, nineteenth-century partners' desk used by seven presidents of the United States in the White House Oval Office as the Oval Office desk. It was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and was built from the English oak timbers of the British Arctic exploration ship "Resolute" . Franklin Roosevelt requested the addition of a door with the presidential seal to conceal his leg braces. Many presidents since Hayes have used the desk at various locations in the White House, but in 1961 it was First Lady Jackie Kennedy who had the idea, agreed to by her husband John F. Kennedy, to bring the "Resolute" desk into the Oval Office for the first time.