Management

Laws and Policies

• Superintendent's Compendium

 

Projects and Notices

• Temporary Area Closures
• Lafayette Park Paver Rehabilitation

 

Park Planning Documents

 

About Us

 

The White House and President's Park is one of over 400 park sites administered by the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS preserves the cultural, historic and natural legacy of America for the education, enjoyment and inspiration of future generations. Our Staff and Offices.

 

Stephen Tyng Mather
First Director of the National Park Service
1916-1929

The National Park System Caring for the American Legacy

"...to promote and regulate the use of the...national parks...which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

National Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.S.C.1.