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The Cross and Entrance Halls: White House Video Tour
The Cross Hall connects the main rooms and parlors on the State Floor. It is used as an elegant thoroughfare and more recently as a gallery for presidential portraits. Next to it is the Entrance Hall remains largely faithful to James Hoban’s original design. The hall is also adorned with portraits of former presidents. Learn more about the history of
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James Hoban: Designer and Architect of the White House
When considering the design of the President’s House yet to be built in the emerging Federal City of Washington, President George Washington asked after a young Irish builder he had learned of while visiting Charleston, South Carolina. Soon James Hoban appeared in Washington’s Philadelphia office with his credentials. By 1792, Hoban was at work on the building site, having won
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Holiday Book Festival - Day 2: Building the President's House, the History of the Eisenhower Executive Building, & President George Washington's Tomb
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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NEW Episode: The 1600 Sessions Podcast “James Hoban: The Charleston Years”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, “James Hoban: The Charleston Years,” which ponders hints and clues of the formative years of the ambitious young Irishman, who designed and built the White House. In this episode, President of the White House Historical Association Stewart McLaurin and historic preservationist and White House Historical Association Next
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WHHA President Stewart McLaurin on The Ryan Tubridy Show
WHHA President Stewart McLaurin was a guest on The Ryan Tubridy Show - RTÉ Radio1 where they discussed the Irish born James Hoban who was picked by President George Washington to design and build The White House. From humble beginnings as a young carpenter and architect in Ireland, Hoban went on to create one of the most iconic buildings in t
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “White House Builder James Hoban’s Irish Roots”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today, “White House Builder James Hoban’s Irish Roots.” In the episode, Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association and author of James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House, travels to Hoban’s birthplace to discover the architectural styles and designs that inf
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New 1600 Sessions Podcast: Exploring the Legacy of White House Architect James Hoban
The White House Historical Association today released the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast. In this episode, White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin talks with historian Dr. Ed Lengel and architect Merlo Kelly, curators of a new volume of essays out in 2019 about James Hoban, the Irish architect who designed the White House. Stewart also speaks with Scottish stonemason
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The White House Historical Association Marks One Year Anniversary of Digital Library Launch
The White House Historical Association is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Digital Library launch today. The free, public resource provides ready access to more than more than 5,000 images of the White House, the grounds and the surrounding neighborhood, with new collections being added regularly. New initiatives are underway and the Association expects to make significant additions to the collection
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Latest White House Historical Association Podcast Tells Stories, Answers Myths About Construction of the White House
The White House Historical Association today released its fifth episode, “A White House of Stone” in The 1600 Sessions podcast series, which reaches back in time to the initial design and construction of the White House, detailing the people and places involved in building the President’s House from the ground up. This episode discusses how many enslaved people helped build the Wh
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Interpreting Buildings
Reminders of the past are all around us. The buildings that survive through the years are artifacts that can tell us a great deal about the values and aspirations of the people who built them. Architects use size, massing, ornamentation, symmetry or asymmetry, and other design features to project an overall image of a structure. This lesson will focus on
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The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
It was about noon, on Saturday November 1, 1800, when the second president of the United States, John Adams, arrived in Washington City and went immediately to the "President’s House." This residence was the outgrowth of George Washington’s dream for a capital city, though it would not be completed during his presidency. Pierre Charles L’Enfant had designed the city, but Wa