Powered by http://www.tanmarket.com - The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800, and the term is often used by journalists as a metonym to refer to the acts of the President and his top advisors. The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. Source: wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House Useful Reference Keywords: white house easter egg roll white house staff white house printing tickets to the white house white house email address president obama white house white house virtual tour map of white house washington hotels near white house hotels close to the white house white house historical association white house christmas ornaments black market and white house white house ornament obama email address white house white house internship burning of the white house white house christmas ornament white house tour tickets photos of the white house parking near the white house white house youtube white house photostream white house for kids white house adress who lives in the white house all about the white house white house usa confederate white house fun facts about the white house facts on the white house jobs in the white house white house washington dc address white house christmas tour how to email the white house inside white house white house fellows white house press briefing white house rooms the white house project virtual tours of the white house white house press pics of white house the white house website can you tour the white house restaurants near the white house white house of music black and white house the white house facts the white house tour united states white house white house insider white house location the white house pictures white house budget white house press corps first white house white house christmas decorations white house mailing address white house images washington dc white house address secrets of the white house white house press office white house garden white house chef white house cornerstone hotels close to white house white house employment location of the white house white house hotels white house obama obama website white house who named the white house white house historical society pets in the white house white house office white house jamaica white house security white house party crashers white house tours tickets white house schedule white house kids visit to the white house the white house tours why is the white house white virtual tour white house white house store white house china white house tours for kids hotels near white house dc white house greetings office white house wikipedia west wing white house history of white house about the white house white house counsel gabriel over the white house white house picture white house photographer original white house the white house history the address for the white house white house press conference white house situation room white house dinner rooms of the white house white house and black market white house facts for kids how to contact the white house white house garden tour images of white house white house pets white house honey ale white house ghosts white house restaurant pictures of inside the white house white house bunker white house tickets white house dog white house press release where is white house white house briefing thw white house white house photo white house blueprints

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