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Wikipedia: The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. , it was designed by Irish-born James Hoban. and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style.
![[The White House as it looked following the conflagration of August 24, 1814]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_President_27s_House_by_George_Munger_2C_1814_1815_Crop_s.jpg "The White House as it looked following the conflagration of August 24, 1814")
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![[A 1793 elevation by James Hoban, the selected architect from the competition]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HobanWHProgressDrawing_s.jpg "A 1793 elevation by James Hoban, the selected architect from the competition")
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![[Jefferson and Latrobe's West Wing Colonnade in this nineteenth century engraved view, is now the James S]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_House_s.jpg "Jefferson and Latrobe's West Wing Colonnade in this nineteenth century engraved view, is now the James S")
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![[Diplomatic Reception Room, Blue Room, and Yellow Oval Room centered at the residence]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WhiteHouse_morning_s.jpg "Diplomatic Reception Room, Blue Room, and Yellow Oval Room centered at the residence")
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![[The White House North Lawn in the 1860s, during the Abraham Lincoln administration]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1860s_White_House_s.jpg "The White House North Lawn in the 1860s, during the Abraham Lincoln administration")
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![[White House at night]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WhiteHousenightphoto_s.jpg "White House at night")
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![[Marine One prepares for landing on the South Lawn where State Arrival Ceremonies for visiting heads of state take...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WhSouthLawn_s.jpg "Marine One prepares for landing on the South Lawn where State Arrival Ceremonies for visiting heads of state take...")
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![[Earliest known photograph of the White House, taken c]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_House_1846_s.jpg "Earliest known photograph of the White House, taken c")
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![[The White House and surrounding grounds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_House_lawn_s.jpg "The White House and surrounding grounds")
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![[Cross Hall, connecting the State Dining Room and the East Room]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_house_floor1_cross_Hall_s.jpg "Cross Hall, connecting the State Dining Room and the East Room")
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![[Pennsylvania Avenue is now closed to all vehicular traffic, except government officials]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PennAveWhiteHouse_s.jpg "Pennsylvania Avenue is now closed to all vehicular traffic, except government officials")
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![[The Red Room as designed by Stéphane Boudin during the administration of John F]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BoudinRedRoom_s.jpg "The Red Room as designed by Stéphane Boudin during the administration of John F")
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![[Overhead view of the White House grounds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Aerial_view_of_the_White_House_2_s.jpg "Overhead view of the White House grounds")
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![[The North Portico of the White House compared to Leinster House]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_House_North_Side_Comparison2_s.jpg "The North Portico of the White House compared to Leinster House")
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![[Principal story plan for the white house by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1807.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Latrobe_White_House_cropa2_s.jpg "Principal story plan for the white house by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1807.")
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![[The Château de Rastignac compared to the South Portico of the White House, ca]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/White_House_South_Side_Comparison_s.jpg "The Château de Rastignac compared to the South Portico of the White House, ca")
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