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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
architecture • American art
*Work
Type [link]: mansion
• president's dwelling
*Title/Name: The
White House Title Type:
preferred
*Title/Name: Executive
Mansion Title Type:
former
*Title/Name: President's
House Title Type:
former
*Creator
Display: James Hoban (American, 1762-1831)
*Role
[link]: architect
[link]: Hoban, James
*Creation
Date Display: 1793 to 1801, burned
1814, porticoes 1824 to 1829
[controlled]: •
Earliest: 1793
• Latest: 1829
*Subject
[links]:
• architecture • presidency • power
• porticoes • columns
Style [link]:
• Georgian • Neoclassical • Palladian
*Current
Location [link]: Washington
(District of Columbia, United States)
*Measurements:
3 stories, over 100 rooms, White House and the
grounds occupy 7.2 hectares (18 acres)
[controlled] Extent:
rooms Value:
104 Type: count
| | Extent: stories
Value: 3
Type: count
| Extent: grounds
Value: 7.2
Unit: hectares
Type: area
*Materials
and Techniques: cut-stone bearing
masonry construction
Material [links]: •
masonry Technique
[links]: • dimension stone •
load-bearing walls
Description: The
White House is the residence of the American president.
Design was the result of a public competition
in 1792. Among the entrants was Thomas Jefferson,
later president of the United States. James Hoban
won the commission with a plan for a Georgian
mansion in the Palladian style.
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