Welcome to The White House

The US flag can almost always be seen waving up high at the White House, the primary workplace and official residence of the President of the US. An Irish named James Hoban was the designer of the edifice situated in Washington, D.C. As a Neoclassical architecture, the house was made up of Aquia sandstone painted in white. Since John Adams was in office, it has been the home of all US presidents. After Thomas Jefferson became the president in 1801, the house was lengthened outward with the help of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, an architect, constructing two rows of pillars that are intended to hide storage and stables.

In 1814, at some point in the War of 1812, the British Army put the house on fire in the Burning of Washington, wrecking the inside and burning greatly the outside. Renovation started almost right away and in October 1817, James Monroe transferred to the partly rebuilt home. Creation kept going and in 1824, South Portico was adjoined to the edifice and the North Portico in 1829. In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt had every workplace transferred into the freshly built West Wing due to the overcapacity in the executive house.

William Howard Taft extended the West Wing in 1909 and made the original Oval Office that was ultimately transferred when the area was widened. In 1927, the attic was changed into living quarters through enhancement of trendy roof with lengthy shed dormers. A freshly built East Wing was utilized as a receiving area for social functions. The changes in the East Wing were done in 1946.