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Out of respect for the historic character of the White House, no substantive architectural changes have been made to the house since the Truman renovation. Since the Kennedy restoration, every presidential family has made some changes to the private quarters of the White House, but the Committee for the Preservation of the White House must approve any modifications to the State Rooms.
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Not long after the inauguration of President George Washingtonin 1789, plans to build an official President’s House in a federal district along the Potomac River took shape. A contest to find a builder produced a winning design from Irish-born architect James Hoban, who modeled his building after an Anglo-Irish villa in Dublin called the Leinster H...
Thomas Jeffersonadded his own personal touches upon moving in a few months later, installing two water closets and working with architect Benjamin Latrobe to add bookending terrace-pavilions. Having transformed the building into a more suitable representation of a leader’s home, Jefferson held the first inaugural open house in 1805, and also opened...
The White House today holds 132 rooms on six floors, the floor space totaling approximately 55,000 square feet. It has hosted longstanding traditions such as the annual Easter Egg Roll, as well as historic events like the 1987 nuclear arms treaty with Russia. The only private residence of a head of state open free of charge to the public, the White...
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12. Feb. 2019 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. Inside the 18th-century contest to build the White House. In 1792, leading architects entered a competition to build the President's House, George Washington judged it,...
Building. Where the President and First Family live and conduct the people’s business. About The White House. The Grounds. Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White...
23. Nov. 2023 · The building was constructed between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia sandstone from the Government Island quarry (also a supplier of stone for the exterior of the US Capitol), bricks made in kilns...
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Vor 2 Tagen · White House, the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is perhaps the most famous and easily recognizable house in the world, serving as both the home and workplace of the president and the headquarters of the president’s principal staff members.
Der Grundstein für den Erstbau wurde am 13. Oktober 1792 gelegt. Der Bau wurde aus Aquia Creek sandstone errichtet, der in einem 45 Meilen entfernten Steinbruch gebrochen wurde. [3] . Der Bau dauerte acht Jahre und kostete $232.371 (in heutiger Kaufkraft: rund $3,35 Millionen). Ab dem 1. November 1800 wurde das Weiße Haus erstmals genutzt. [4]
