The Trump administration is proposing a brand-new screening facility for White Home visitors underneath Sherman Park in conjunction with AECOM and Thornton Tomasetti, according to preparing files sent to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC).
The proposal is backed by the U.S. Trick Service (USSS), National Park Service (NPS), and U.S. Department of the Interior.
AECOM will deal with civil, architectural, electrical, mechanical, pipes, fire defense, landscape architecture, and Section 106 requirements; and Thornton Tomasetti will oversee structural, security, and interaction planning.
Visitors currently enter the White Home through a series of momentary camping tents and trailers operated by USSS on East Executive Avenue. The proposed 33,000-square-foot visitor center would be to the west quadrant of Sherman Park, so regarding avoid below ground sewage system tunnels and “minimize visual impact.”
The screening facility would be to the western quadrant of Sherman Park to prevent underground sewage system tunnels. (Courtesy National Capital Planning Commission)
Sherman Park is home to the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument, developed by sculptor Carl Rohe-Smith and finished by a handful of Rohe-Smith’s contemporaries. It falls under NPS jurisdiction.