開始建造白宮 (White House) 了：1792年10月13日

湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜曾經參與設計白宮的競賽。不過他的設計圖並沒有得到青睞，而是由住在南卡羅來那州查爾斯頓的愛爾蘭移民詹姆斯‧霍本 (James Hoban) 的設計圖得到採納，並贏得500元美金的獎金。霍本的設計圖是以愛爾蘭都柏林的「萊斯特宮」 (Leister House) 為設計模型。

因為全是由白灰色的砂石所建造，早在1809年的時候，總統官邸就已經被稱為「白宮」。西奧朵‧羅斯福總統在1902年正式採用這個名稱。後來，這棟建築物也歷經多次擴大、強化、火災，以及改建。


Thomas Jefferson was among the many people who submitted a plan for the White House. His design, however, was not chosen. Instead, James Hoban, an Irish immigrant architect living in Charleston, South Carolina, won the competition and a $500 prize, with a design modeled after Leister House in Dublin, Ireland.

Constructed of white-gray sandstone, the presidential mansion was called the White House as early as 1809. President Theodore Roosevelt officially adopted the term in 1902. Over the years, the original building has been expanded, reinforced, set on fire, and rebuilt.

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