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James Hoban White House Competition Design
This plan was drawn by James Hoban circa his 1793-1794 designs for the White House. Hoban, an Irish-born architect, won the competition to design the President's House. The competition was announced by then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and the prize for the winner was $500 or a medal of equal value. This drawing captures an initial plan for the North Front of the White House. Winfield Parks photographed this plan in 1962.
- Artist
- James Hoban
- Date of Work
- 1793
- Medium
- ink, paper
- Type
- Drawing
- Credit
- White House Historical Association, Original Plans Courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society