Do You Know the History of the White House?

Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791, however, he never lived in The White House. He ended his service as chief executive in 1797 and died before the federal government moved in 1800 from Philadelphia to the village capital named in his honor.

He gave his approval of the Georgian design for the mansion submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban in an open competition.