White House 360° Tour A 360° Tour of the Executive Mansion with Digital Notebooks for Teachers & Students; Publishing Information On Our Award-Winning Books & White House History Quarterly Journal; Podcast The White House 1600 Sessions; White House History Live Our Facebook Live series on the stories that make up the history of the Executive ...

If you are looking for more specific information about the construction of the White House and in-depth accounts, see Bob Arnebeck’s Through a Fiery Trial: Building Washington 1790-1800, Robert J. Kapsch’s Building Washington: Engineering and Construction of the New Federal City 1790-1840, William Seale’s A White House of Stone: Building ...

The White House 1600 Sessions is a podcast that explores the history, untold stories, and personal accounts of America’s most iconic residence and office – The White House. Through conversations with historians and eyewitnesses to history, we open the doors to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

White House 360° Tour A 360° Tour of the Executive Mansion with Digital Notebooks for Teachers & Students; Publishing Information On Our Award-Winning Books & White House History Quarterly Journal; Podcast The White House 1600 Sessions; White House History Live Our Facebook Live series on the stories that make up the history of the Executive ...

The first known Christmas tree in the White House was placed upstairs in the Second Floor Oval Room (then used as a family parlor and library) in 1889 (during the Benjamin Harrison administration). It was decorated with candles for the Harrison grandchildren. Not all White House families after the Harrisons set up Christmas trees.

It takes 570 gallons of white paint to cover the exterior of just the residence portion of the White House (center), excluding the West and East Wings. While there is no definite set schedule, generally the paint on the White House is cleaned and touched up annually and recoated when needed, with a full coat being applied approximately every 4 ...

White House 360° Tour A 360° Tour of the Executive Mansion with Digital Notebooks for Teachers & Students; Publishing Information On Our Award-Winning Books & White House History Quarterly Journal; Podcast The White House 1600 Sessions; White House History Live Our Facebook Live series on the stories that make up the history of the Executive ...

Since 1965, the White House Historical Association has been proud to fund the official portraits of our presidents and first ladies, a long-standing tradition of the White House Collection. Recent presidents and first ladies typically select their respective artists before leaving the White House and approve the portraits before their formal ...

Since 1965, the White House Historical Association has been proud to fund the official portraits of our presidents and first ladies, a long-standing tradition of the White House Collection. Recent presidents and first ladies typically select their respective artists before leaving the White House and approve the portraits before their formal ...

Willie Lincoln: Willie Lincoln, who died in the White House, was seen in the White House by staff members of the Grant administration in the 1870s. Andrew Jackson: Andrew Jackson, supposedly lying in his bed in the Queens' Bedroom (Rose Room), lets out a guttural laugh that has been heard in the White House since the 1860s. Mary Lincoln claimed ...