George Washington's White House Published Feb 21, 2016 at 12:18 PM EST Updated May 22, 2016 at 9:16 PM EDT The White House, as it appeared in January 1817, by B.H. Latrobe.

The White House would have looked entirely different today if it weren’t for an intense competition to determine its design. In 1792, George Washington spearheaded a contest for those interested ...

White House History . Clip | 2m 51s Video has Closed Captions | CC. President George Washington oversaw the design and building of The President's House. Although he would never have the chance to ...

The cornerstone of the White House was laid under the supervision of President George Washington on this day in history, Oct. 13, 1792. John Adams was first president to live there.

The White House design was chosen in a public design competition launched by the country's first president, George Washington, in 1792, prompting famed architects and imaginative amateurs alike to ...

White House Lectures: George Washington. Special | 57m 27s | Video has closed captioning. The only president not to live in the White House, George Washington considered home to be his Mount ...

Visit America’s first White House where George Washington stayed. The Deshler-Morris House is now open to the public.. The house in Germantown, Pa., was used by the nation’s first president as ...

There is a Washington myth that people didn't start calling the house the White House until it was painted white to conceal the scorch marks left when the British burned it to its walls in 1814 ...

The White House was built in the late 1700s, according to the White House website.President George Washington selected the site for the building in 1791. The first president to live there moved ...