Georgian plays pivotal role in White House construction

As the Trump Administration prepares to add a new ballroom addition to the East side of the White House, it’s leaning on a Georgian to ensure it’s done respectfully and in the classical style of the rest of the National Mall. Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., was named by Trump as the chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, leaning on his decades of expertise as an architect, most famously the Millennium Gate Museum in Midtown Atlanta.  If there are any additions to the West Wing or the Kennedy Center, expect Cook to have his fingerprints all over those as well.  Cook’s architectural influence in our nation’s capital is RISING…