The white house

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History
Construction
Layout and amenities
Public access and security
Evolution of the White House
Photos of the white house
History

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President
of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWin Washington,
D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800,
and the term is often used by journalists as ametonym to refer to the acts of the
President and his top advisors.
The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban
[1]
and built between 1792 and
1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in theNeoclassical style.
When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin
Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were
meant to conceal stables and storage
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in
the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior.
Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into
the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction
continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829.

Construction

Construction of the White House began with the laying of the cornerstone on October
13, 1792, although there was no formal ceremony.[11] The main residence, as well as
foundations of the house, were built largely by enslaved and free African-American
laborers, as well as employed Europeans. Although not yet completed, the White
House was ready for occupancy on or circa November 1, 1800.
Shortages, including material and labor, forced alterations to the earlier plan
developed by French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant for a "palace" that was five
times larger than the house that was eventually built.[13] The finished structure
contained only two main floors instead of the planned three, and a less costly brick
served as a lining for the stone faades.
As it is a famed structure in America, several replicas of the White House have been
constructed.
Layout and amenities
Today the group of buildings housing the
presidency is known as the White House Complex.
It includes the central Executive Residence flanked
by the East Wing and West Wing. The Chief
Usher coordinates day to day household
operations. The White House includes: six stories
and 55,000 ft (5,100 m) of floor space, 132 rooms
and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows,
twenty-eight fireplaces, eight staircases, three
elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a
(single-lane) bowling alley (officially called the
Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley), a movie theater
(officially called the White House Family Theater), a
jogging track, a swimming pool, and a putting
green. It receives up to 30,000 visitors each week.
Public access and security
The White House remained accessible in other ways;
President Abraham Lincoln complained
[citation needed]
that he
was constantly beleaguered by job seekers waiting to ask him
for political appointments or other favors, or eccentric
dispensers of advice like "General" Daniel Pratt, as he began
the business day. Lincoln put up with the annoyance rather
than risk alienating some associate or friend of a powerful
politician or opinion maker. The White House Complex is
protected by the United States Secret Service and the United
States Park Police.
NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile
System) were used to guard air space over Washington, D.C.
during the 2005 presidential inauguration. The same
NASAMS units have since been used to protect the president
and all air space around the White House, which is strictly
prohibited to aircraft.

Evolution of the White House
On Saturday, November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first president to
take residence in the building.[13] During Adams' second day in the house,
he wrote a letter to his wife Abigail, containing a prayer for the house.
Adams wrote:

Adams lived in the house only briefly before Thomas Jefferson moved into
the "pleasant country residence" in 1801. Despite his complaints that the
house was too big ("big enough for two emperors, one pope, and the grand
lama in the bargain"), Jefferson considered how the White House might be
added to. With Benjamin Henry Latrobe, he helped lay out the design for the
East and West Colonnades, small wings that help conceal the domestic
operations of laundry, a stable and storage. Today, Jefferson's colonnades
link the residence with the East and West Wings.
Photos of the white house
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Making : Zorica Gorgieva, Dragan Ancov ,
David Arsov , Jordan Arsov
Teacher: Blagoj Trajkov