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43 The Oval Room in the Family Quarters, 1866 Credit: Library of Congress What is now the Yellow Oval Room began as a ladies’ parlor. It was upgraded to a library in 1850 by President Fillmore and continued in that function through several administrations. Yellow Oval Room, ca. 1989 Credit: White House Historical Association Very little has changed up to the present since the Kennedy-era redesign, when it was converted from a library to a drawing room for the first family’s living quarters. This page is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Baldwin, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory May