The White House is the official residence and main workplace of the President of the United States.
The project was devised by George Washington and built in 1790 under the direction of the Irish-born architect James Hoban, in the Neoclassical style. President Washington, together with the city's architect, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, chose the site where the would build. Through a competition, the architect, a native of Dublin, was chosen, who won the gold medal for the presentation of the design that we know today.
The design of the White House was inspired by the Leinster House (Dublin), and Castletown House (Celbridge), both following the style of Palladianism.
As its name implies, it is a white building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Pennsylvania Avenue) northwest of Washington DC Designed during George Washington's first term, the building was inaugurated by John Adams in 1800. Formally, the The building was called the Presidential Palace, the Executive Mansion, until President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 proposed to Congress that it officially adopt the name "The White House".
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