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United States (United States) (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one en
Tunstall (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one en
Leinster (Irish Republic) (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end
Scotia (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one en
Washington (United States) (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the buildiIn Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one en
Martha Washington (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
s restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end of the building. This room is 80 feet long by 40 feet wide with a ceiling 22 feet high. Lifesized portraits of the Father of his country and Martha Washington adorn the walls, which are decorated in white and gold. There are two mirrors in panels and over the mantels. Two doors open to the west, the one into the red corridor, which runs at right angles to the East Room, and the other into the Green Room —the first of the suite of parlors known as the Green, Blue, and Red rooms—on the south side of the house. Each room measures about 30 × 20 feet. The red corridor is lighted from the glass screen seen on entering; it communicates with the
Samuel Adams (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end of the building. This room is
1792 AD (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
White House, the, Washington, D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end
1814 AD (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
rally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end of the building. This room is 80 feet long by 40 feet wide with a ceiling 22 feet high. Lifesized portraits of the Father of his country and
1818 AD (search for this): entry white-house-the-washington-d-c
model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end of the building. This room is 80 feet long by 40 feet wide with a ceiling 22 feet high. Lifesized portraits of the Father of his country and Martha Washington adorn t
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