Agent Vargas in the Cross Hall, ten meters in from the East Entrance.

Champagne and dancing followed in the Grand Foyer and Cross Hall.

Following the ceremony, the Marine Band performs in the Cross Hall during the receiving line and reception.

The south side of the room opens to the Cross Hall through a screen of paired Roman Doric columns.

The Grants added to this collection, and hung portraits of presidents from Washington to Lincoln in the Cross Hall behind a glass screen.

The State House contains two primary floors accessible by a pair of circular stairways opening into the ground-floor Cross Hall.

Two trees made up of small pots of white azaleas flank the entrance to the Cross Hall from the Grand Foyer.

McKim's Grand Staircase was entered through an arched opening with the first two steps protruding into the Cross Hall.

Presidents and first ladies would descend to the Cross Hall below during state dinners and official entertaining.

Next, a receiving line and reception will assemble in the Entrance Hall and Cross Hall on the state floor.