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