| 1792/07/00 |
James Hoban wins the competition to design the President's House, The White House. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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| 1795/00/00 |
The Central portion of President's Palace, built 1792-1800, is planned and constructed under the personal supervision of President George Washington. |
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The White House |
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| 1800/11/01 |
John Adams and his wife move into the unfinished brick and stone shell of the White House. The basement, containing work and chamber spaces for cooks, housekeepers and servants, probably seems more inviting than the principal rooms. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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| 1801/04/00 |
Thomas Jefferson opens the White House to the public in the spring of 1801. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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| 1807/00/00 |
Thomas Jefferson creates a museum in the Entrance Hall of the White House, hanging artifacts brought back by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Zebulon Pike, that tell about the mysterious west that fascinates the public. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 1814/08/23 |
As British troops near, Dolley saves the 8 ft tall Stuart portrait of Washington. Bolted to the wall, she has the frame broken and the canvas rolled up. Two men from New York take it for safe-keeping. Dolley flees with the important papers. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Battle of Bladensburg |
| 1814/08/24 |
British troops enjoy feasting on White House food using the presidential silverware and china before burning the President's House. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Battle of Bladensburg |
| 1815/00/00 |
The White House's weakened walls are dismantled to the basement level on the E and W sides and on the N except for the central section. Most of the carved trimming, with scorch marks, was re-used. Almost all this was lost during the Truman rebuilding. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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| 1817/10/00 |
President James Monroe moves into the new White House in the autumn of 1817. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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| 1824/11/23 |
Lafayette arrives in Washington, DC where he is received at the White House by President James Monroe. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1825/09/06 |
Lafayette celebrates his 68th birthday at a White House banquet with President John Q Adams. |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1825/09/07 |
A tearful Marquis de Lafayette embraces President John Quincy Adams after delivering a farewell speech at the entrance to the White House. |
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White House North Portico |
The White House |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1826/11/13 |
Dr Parmely presents himself as a dentist and President Adams takes the opportunity to have a decayed tooth drawn. Parmely also scaled off tartar from Adam's lower front teeth, and urged the drawing of another tooth, which Adams postponed till tomorrow. |
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The White House |
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