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1 The White House

In 1791 George Washington chose this site as the location
for the new President’s House, and Irish-born architect James
Hoban was selected to design the building. In 1800, President
and Mrs. John Adams became the first occu pants, even though
the building was not yet completed. Burned by the British
in 1814, the restored edifice was occupied again in 1817, The White House
by James Monroe. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt The official residence of the US
officially named the building the White House, and in president for over 200 years, the
1902 he ordered the West Wing to be built. The East White House facade is familiar to
Wing was added in 1942 on the instruction of President millions of people around the world.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, completing the building as it
is today.

. State Dining Room
Able to seat as many as 140 people,
the State Dining Room was enlarged
in 1902. A portrait of President
Abraham Lincoln, by George
P.A. Healy, hangs above
the mantel.

KEY
1 The West Terrace leads to the
West Wing and the Oval Office,
the President’s official office.
2 The Stonework has been
painted over and over to maintain
the building’s white facade.
3 Blue Room
4 The Green Room was first
used by Thomas Jefferson as
a dining room.
5 Treaty Room . Red Room
6 The East Room is used for large One of three
reception rooms
gatherings, such as concerts and on the state floor,
press conferences.
the Red Room is
7 The East Terrace leads to the furnished in red in
East Wing. the Empire Style
(1810 –30).

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