In 1800 the White House was not finished and was wood. When John Adams moved in several of the rooms that are now open to the public were not finished. They hung laundry in the East room. The third floor was not really a "floor" but an attic that was only reached by a ladder. It was used as living space by the servants of the house. The porch that you see today wasn't there and wouldn't be added for another 100 years and the walk way you see today wasn't there yet. Landscaping was very slim with many of the plants just starting. Every president has added something to the house or changed it in someway. It is still changing.
I was told years ago that after a fire the building was all completely painted white and people then referred to it as the white house.
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In 1812 the British burned the white house in the War of 1812. When it was repaired it was painted white. Paint was very expensive in the 1800's so to have a whole house painted white was very unusual and soon when asked about where the president lived they would refer to the "white house". The name stuck and now it is tradition to call it the White House.
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Although originally called the President's Palace, the Presidential Mansion, or the President's House, the formal name was the Executive Mansion. References to the home as the White House appear as early as 1811. President Theodore Roosevelt made formal the usage in 1901 when he had the "White House" name added to the official stationery.
The White House contains the Blue Room, the Red Room and the Green Room.
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The Presidents House
It was called the presidents house
The man who designed the white house was named James Hoban
the dog
The Clinton's had a cat named Socks when they lived a the White House. They later acquired a Labrador Retriever named Buddy.
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The name "White House" is actually the nickname of the house that the President lives in during his term(s). No one every actually named it the white house.
In 1995, the first White House website was invented. This was also when the domain for that website was originally purchased.
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it was originally named Roma
York County was named after a governmental house in England, the House of York. Their symbol was also the white rose.