The White House
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The
Wh
House
is
the
of
residence
and
principal
workplace
of
the
President
of
the
United
States.
Located
at
1600
Pennsylvania
Avenue
NW
in
Washington,
it
was
bu
between
1792
and
1800
of
wh
Aquia
sandstone
in
the
late
Georgian
style
and
has
be
the
residence
of
every
U.S.
President
si
John
Adams.
Wh
Thomas
Jeff
moved
into
the
ho
in
1801,
he
expa
the
building
outward,
creating
two
colonna
which
were
meant
to
conceal
stables
and
storage.
In
1814,
during
the
War
of
1812,
the
mansion
was
set
ablaze
by
the
Br
Army
in
the
Burning
of
Washington,
destroying
the
interior
and
charring
much
of
the
exterior.
Reconstruction
be
alm
immediat
and
President
Ja
Mon
moved
into
the
partially
reconstru
house
in
October
1817.
Co
continued
with
the
addition
of
the
South
Portico
in
1824
and
the
Nor
in
1829.
Due
to
crowd
within
the
executive
mansion
itself,
Preside
Theo
Roos
had
nearly
all
work
offices
relocated
to
the
newly-cons
West
Wing
in
1901.
Eight
years
later,
President
William
How
Taft
expanded
the
We
Wing
and
crea
the
first
Oval
Office
which
was
eventually
mov
as
the
section
was
expanded.
The
third-floor
at
was
converted
to
living
quarters
in
1927
by
augmenting
the
existing
hip
roof
with
long
shed
dormers.
A
new
cons
East
Wing
was
used
as
a
reception
area
for
social
even
both
new
wings
were
connected
by
Jefferson's
colonnade
East
Wing
alterations
we
completed
in
1946
creati
additional
office
space.
By
1948,
the
house's
load-bearing
ex
wa
and
internal
wood
beams
were
found
to
be
cl
to
failur
Under
Har
S.
Truman,
the
interior
rooms
were
co
dismantled,
resulti
in
the
construction
of
a
new
internal
load
ste
framework
and
the
reassembly
of
the
inter
rooms.
Today,
the
White
House
Complex
includes
the
Executive
Residence
(in
which
the
First
Family
res
the
West
Wing
(the
locat
of
the
Oval
Office,
Cabinet
Room,
and
Roosevelt
Room),
and
the
East
Wing
(the
location
of
the
office
of
the
Fi
Lady
and
White
Hou
Soci
Secreta
as
well
as
the
Old
Executive
Office
Building,
which
ho
the
executive
offices
of
the
Presi
and
Vice
Pres
The
White
House
is
made
up
of
six
storie
Ground
Flo
Sta
Floor,
Sec
Floor,
and
Third
Floor,
as
we
as
a
two-story
base
The
term
Whi
House
is
regular
used
as
a
metonym
for
the
Execut
Office
of
the
President
of
the
United
Sta
and
for
the
president's
administrati
and
advisors
in
gen
The
property
is
owned
by
the
National
Park
Se
and
is
pa
of
the
Presid
Park.
In
2007,
it
was
ra
second
on
the
Ameri
In
of
Architects's
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of
Ame
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