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 Li of Ame Favorite Architecture.


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