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15 Amazing Facts About The White House by Damianobi(m): 3:36pm On Mar 02, 2015
Here are some intresting facts about the white house in washington DC

1)In 1791, working with George Washington, artist and engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant prepared a city plan for Washington, D.C., reserving eighty-two acres for a "President's Park."


2)The construction of the White House started in 1792 and it was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800.


3)Work on the house began in 1792. Stone masons were hired from Scotland. Bricks were made on the north lawn. Sandstone was brought from Stafford County, Virginia, and lumber from North Carolina and Virginia. The total cost was $232,372.


4)On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British troops burned the White House in retaliation for an earlier burning of Canadian government buildings in York, Ontario, by the United States.


5)The White House was the largest house in the United States until after the Civil War.


6)Charles L'Enfant's original design for a "President's Palace" was approximately four times the size of the present White House. James Hoban substantially reduced the house's scale in the final approved design.


7)There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels to accommodate all the people who live in, work in, and visit the White House. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8staircases, and 3 elevators.


8}It sits on a lot that is 784,080 square feet big.
It has an attached garage, central cooling, heat and fireplace.


9)The White House has six floors—two basements, two public floors, and two floors for the First Family.


10)The East Wing has room for the first lady and an underground protection bunker!


11)The White House receives approximately 6,000 visitors a day.


12)With five full-time chefs, the White House kitchen is able to serve dinner to as many as 140 guests and hors d'oeuvres to more than 1,000.


13)The White House requires 570 gallons of paint to cover its outside surface.


14For recreation, the White House has a variety of facilities available to its residents, including a tennis court, a jogging track, a swimming pool, a movie theater, a billiard room, and a bowling lane.


15)President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.

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Re: 15 Amazing Facts About The White House by mkpakanaodogwu(m): 3:38pm On Mar 02, 2015
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Re: 15 Amazing Facts About The White House by enoqueen: 4:03pm On Mar 02, 2015
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Re: 15 Amazing Facts About The White House by Nobody: 5:47pm On Mar 02, 2015
Fact 16; all d presidential occupants have all been white!! Xcept 4 d recent one, ma nigga OBEEZY!

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Re: 15 Amazing Facts About The White House by Sarimah(f): 12:23am On Mar 03, 2015
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