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white house history (Torched by the British (British retaliation, White…
white house history
Torched by the British
British retaliation
White house burned
Monroe moved in 3 years later
West Wing Fire
An electric fire
Moved back April 14, 1930
congress approved emergency funds
It Wasn't Always White
570 gallons cover the walls
walls werent painted
painted white after the british set on fire
A Twin in Irelend
base model for white house
was built using drawings from james hoban
based drawings on lenister house
Once Americans largest house
biggest in the nation
larger houses werent built till after civil war
completed in 1895
Slaves helped build it
dug footings for white house
cut sandstone
washington dc was made up of maryland and virgina
Washington never lived there
to small and simple for a president
white house was given a grand reception room
accommodate a wheelchair
Additional Monikers
first president didnt stay in it
presidents palece
names white house and 1901
FDR Made It Wheelchair Accessible
Did consider president with dissablilitys
President Roosevelt lived with paralysis due to polio
Franklin Roosevelt also added a heated indoor swimming pool to help with his therapy.
Gingerbread Version
edible white house
it was a tradition
best christmas contection
Truman Saved It From Collapse
had steal bars added
had intirior room gulied
very unstable
European contributions
Scottish stone-seekers raised the sandstone walls
Irish and Italian did brick and plaster work
White house could not me finish w/o European artists
Another twin in france
remolded many times
1800 worked on east and west wing
elegant house constructed in 1817 in Southwest France