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(11.) White house was called many names. (Called presidents castle,…
11.) White house was called many names.
Called presidents castle, President House, and presidents castle
Wasn't named the white house until 1901
13.) White house is made from gray colored sandstone.
Sandstone was painted white after the British fires.
Took 570 gallons of paint to cover the white house.
12.) Creating and edible white house became a tradition
Theme of 2002 was all creatures great and small
80 pounds of gingerbread 50 pounds of chocolate and 20 pounds of marzipan.
2.)Electrical fire in white house
Fire gutted executive offices
Congress approved emergency funds
4.)White house was modeled after Ireland
Hoban based plans of the leinisters house.
Ireland inspired white house building
1.)Torched by British
We burnt down British parliament buildings
Reconstructed the white house
6.)Land of Washington dc acquired from Virginia and Maryland
Hired slaves to work on the white house
Cut sandstone and made foothold for the white house.
5.)Another twin
Based on plans James hoban made.
Elliptical south portico mirrors the chatue de restignac
7.)Europeans helped with white house
couldn't have been completed without European artisans
Italian artist carved artwork into white house.
8.) George Washington never lived in white house.
Americas second president lived in the white house
His wife complained about the house.
10.) After 150 years the white houses support beams were about to collapse.
Engineers declared building unsafe.
Engineers gutted the place and replaced all the wooden beams with steel ones.
9.) First it was not wheelchair excess able.
President Roosevelt was the reason it became wheel char ecessable.
Added indoor heated swimming pool.
3.)Original plans were massive
Eventually was changed to a smaller structure
Largest house was made in 1895