• Principal façade

• Appears to be 2 floor actual 3 floors

§ 3 central and 8 side
• Prostyle portico
§ Flat pediments
§ Alternating pointed and segmented
pediments
§ Central entrance surmounted by lunette
North view fanlight and sculpted floral festoon.
• Ground floor hidden by a raised carriage
ramp and parapet
• The Roofline is hidden by a balustraded
parapet.
• entrance guarded by pagan god

Architecture
• Architect- James Hoban
• Neoclassical style
• Construction began in 13 october 1792
• Material used Aquia Creek sandstone
painted white
• Architect Benjamin Henr y Latrobe in
1801 added low colonnades on each wing
that concealed stables and storage
• At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue • During the War of 1812,Burning of
NW in Washington
South view Washington
• Reconstruction began addition of the
• A main residence and architectural semi-circular South portico in 1824 and
wings on the east and west sides the North portico in 1829.
• 4 stories, plus a basement and sub-
basement § Combination of the Palladian and neoclassical styles of architecture
• 55,000 ft² (5,100 m²) of floor space § 3 Floors
(67,000 ft² including the wings) § The ground floor is rusticated in the Palladian fashion
• 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms,412 § At the center of the façade is a neoclassical projecting bow of three
doors,147 windows,28 fireplaces ,8 bays.The bow is flanked by 5 bays
staircases § windows as on the north façade, have alternating segmented and
• several gardens pointed pediments at first-floor level.
• B u i l d i n g Ty p e l a r g e h o u s e , • The bow has a ground floor double staircase leading to an Ionic
presidential residence, government colonnaded loggia
building • The more modern third floor is hidden by a balustraded parapet and
• C o n s t r u c t i o n S y s te m c u t s t o n e plays no part in the composition of the façade., has a promenade (an
bearing masonry open walkway suitable for pedestrians).
• Detailed view of alternate windows in first floor of both facade
• Greek coloumns

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 The East Wing
• two stories high
• Presidential emergency
Operations Center beneath

First Floor
• House Family Theater
• c o n t a i n s t h e l o b by, w h i c h
welcomes public visitors to the
White House,
• t h e e a s t G a rd e n Ro o m , t h e
The West Wing The Residence White
• two stories high • four stories high
• with the White House Situation Room • with a basement and sub-basement,
and other offices where various staff and maintenance Timeline
facilities are located 1. Site selection 1791
2. C o n s t r u c t i o n b e g a n
Ground floor Ground floor 1792
The ground floor of the White House Residence connects to the first 3. Completed in 1800
floor of the West Wing and the first floor of the East Wing because the 4. War of 1812
Residence sits on on a small hill. This floor has 10 rooms, 1 main 5. Fire in 1814
corridor, 6 lavatories. 6. extensions 1824-29(N-
S porticos) by
Benjamin Latrobe
7. West Wing Colonnade
The first floor added in 1850 by
First floor of the White House Residence is often called the "State Floor," because Jefferson and Latrobe.
8. named as white house
this is where formal receptions of state are held. This floor is at the same
in 1902
level as the second floor of the West Wing and the East Wing because the 9. West Wing, placing the
Residence sits on higher ground. This floor has 8 rooms, 1 main corridor, Oval Office at its
1 entrance hall. center.in 1909 by
The ceilings are 18 feet high except for the Entrance Hall, where it is 19 Roosevelt
10. E l l e n A x s o n W i l s o n
feet high, and the East Room, where it is over 20 feet high
establishes the first
rose garden in the style
of 17th-century Italian
Second floor
Second floor the first family residence, where their bedrooms and private sitting rooms
gardens. in 1910
11. Adittion of East Wing
are located, as well as some guest bedrooms such as the Lincoln office spa ce for t h e
Bedroom. This floor has 16 rooms, 1 main corridor, 6 bathrooms, and 1 First Lady and staff in
lavatory. The first family has overnight guests at the Residence, but 1942
12. T r u m a n e r a
visiting chiefs of state usually stay across the street at Blair House, which reconstruction A steel
is the official guest facility for international leaders and is managed and structure is built within
operated by the Department of State. the ext erior shell.in
The ceilings are a little over 12 feet high, although above the Entrance 1942
Hall and East Room they are a little over 11 feet high

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