Did Slaves Build the White House?
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...
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South view of the President's House looking north and west: earliest known photograph of the White House, c. January 1846, President Polk's first year in office. The cast of the shadows indicates that the photograph was taken in early morning light. Notice the barren trees, the patch of snow in the foreground and the piles of snow at the base of the staircase. Half-plate daguerreotype, approximately 4 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, attributed to John Plumbe, Jr.
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
Pierre Charles L'Enfant selected the site for the President's House and proposed a grand palace four times larger than the...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
White House staff who lived at the President’s House during the nineteenth century, including enslaved and free African Americans, us...
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
After 1802, James Hoban concentrated on his successful business partnership with Pierce Purcell in Washington, distancing himself from the politics and...
Following a competition for the design of the President's House in the spring of 1792, Irish architect James Hoban was commissioned...
President John Adams first occupied the President's House on November 1, 1800. It stood for thirteen years and eight months until it...
The first bath tubs in the White House were portable and made of tin; water was hauled in buckets. Running...
In 1791, working with George Washington, artist and engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant prepared a city plan for Washington, D.C., reserving...
When James Hoban set sail for America, and where he landed, are not certain. By 1785, Hoban was advertising his services...