White House Facts
Torched by the British
West wing fire
Once America's largest house
A twin in Ireland
Another twin in France
Slaves helped build it
European Contribution
FDR Made it Wheelchair Accessible
Washington Never Lived There
Gingerbread Version
Additional Monikers
Truman saved it from collapse
British retaliation
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It wasn't always white
White house burned
Monroe moved in 3 years later
Washington DC was made up of Maryland and Virginia
dug footings for white house
Cut sandstone
Moved back April 14, 1930
An electric fire
Congress approved emergency funds
White house could not finished w/o European artists
Scottish stone-seekers raised the sandstone walls
Irish and Italian did brick and plaster work
Too small and simple for a president
White house was given a grand reception room
Accommodate a wheelchair
First president didn't stay in it
President's palace
Names white house in 1901
Did consider president with disabilities
Pool to help with therapy
Franklin lived with paralysis due to polio
very unstable
had steal bars added
had interior rooms built
Best Christmas connection
Edible white house
It was a tradition
Was built using drawings from James Hoban
Base model for White House
Based drawing on legislator house
Elegant House constructed in 1817 in Southwest France
1800 worked on east and west wing
Remolded many times
Completed in 1895
Biggest in the nation
Larger houses weren't built till after civil war
570 gallons cover the walls
Walls weren't covered in paint
Paint white after the British set on fire