1837 print WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C. (#90)

Description: Roux_90 1837 print WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C. (#90) Print from steel engraving titled Presidence - White House - from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, [1837], approx. page size 20 x 12 cm, approx. image size 13 x 9 cm, nice hand coloring, drawn by Arnout, engraved by Alfred. From a set of illustrations for Roux de Rochelle's work on the United States. Roux de Rochelle, the French Minister to the U.S., included this volume in a large series entitled L'Univers. The American volume included 96 images of the United States and it was first issued in 1837. Beginning in 1839 the plates were reissued in several French editions, as well as editions in Italian, Spanish and German. White House, formerly (1818-1902) EXECUTIVE MANSION, official residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares) of ground. The main building has been the home of every U.S. president since John Adams and is the oldest federal building in the capital. In 1791 a public competition was held to choose the most suitable design for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. Thomas Jefferson and others submitted drawings, but the Irish-American architect James Hoban of Philadelphia won the commission (and a $500 prize) with his plan for a Georgian mansion in the Palladian style. This structure was to have three floors and more than 100 rooms, and would be built in pale grey sandstone. The cornerstone was laid on Oct. 13, 1792, and President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, became the newly completed mansion's first occupants in 1800. By 1809 it was already called the "White House" because its white-grey sandstone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings. (President Theodore Roosevelt adopted "White House" as the building's official name in 1902.) The White House was burned during the British invasion of 1814, but it was rebuilt and enlarged under Hoban's direction, and was occupied by President James Monroe in 1817. During the rebuilding Hoban added east and west terraces on the main building's flanks, as well as a semicircular south portico and a colonnaded north portico in the 1820s. Subsequent changes to the building in the 19th century were minor, aside from interior redecorations and the gradual installation of modern conveniences. During the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, the mansion's second-floor rooms were converted from presidential offices to living quarters for his family, and the West Wing was constructed to provide greater office space for the president and his growing staff. More office space was made available with the building of the East Wing in 1942. (The East and West wings are connected to the main building by the east and west terraces.) In 1948, during Harry Truman's presidency, the main building was discovered to be badly in need of structural repairs, and so over the next four years the entire interior was carefully rebuilt, though the original exterior walls were left standing. The last major alterations to the White House were made in the 1960s by Jacqueline Kennedy, who collected items of historic and artistic value with which to decorate its rooms. The White House building complex has a total of more than 130 rooms. The main building still contains the presidential family's living quarters and various reception rooms, all decorated in styles of the 18th and 19th centuries. Parts of the main building are open to guided tours. The north portico is the public entrance to the main building, while the south portico is a private entrance reserved for the presidential family. The west terrace contains a swimming pool and gym, while the east terrace contains a movie theatre. The West Wing contains the presidential office (the Oval Office), the Cabinet room, and the press rooms, while the East Wing contains other offices. Over the years the White House has become a major American shrine, and its public areas are toured by about 1,500,000 people every year. The building is a unit of the National Capital Parks system and was accredited as a museum in 1988.

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