白宫英文简介
The White Hou also known as the White Hou is the residence and office of the President of the United States. In 1902, President Theodore Roovelt was officially named "White Hou".
The White Hou is owned by the US National Parks Authority and is part of the "Presidential Park". The picture on the back of the twenty dollar bill is the White Hou.
The White Hou is a white neo-classical style sandstone building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest of Washington, DC. The White Hou covers an area of more than 73,000 square
meters, consisting of the main building and the east and west wings. Becau the White Hou is the residence and office of the President of the United States, the word "White Hou" often
refers to the US government, such as "the White Hou announced that the Chine President visited the White Hou."
The White Hou did not call the White Hou long ago, and was called the "President's Hou" and the "Palace of the President". On July 16, 1790, the US Congress pasd legislation to decide
to establish a permanent US capital on the banks of the Potomac. It authorized the then US President George Washington to lect the capital address. After the location was lected, the French
engineer Pierre Lan Fang was ordered to plan the city blueprint. US Secretary of State Jefferson Jefferson propod to the President and the Colombian District Commissioner for the design of
the two, nationwide architectural design competition.
March 14, 1792, the Colombian District Commissioner announced the race began.
July 17, 1792, was born in Ireland and the educated architect in Ireland, Hoban won the race. His design us the form of hous in the British Isles. In October 13th of the same year, by the
United States Masonic and the Colombian District Commissioner jointly built for the White Hou, the official foundation. Hoban is responsible for directing the site construction.
In 1797, when the President of Washington left office, the White Hou built only the walls and fitted the roof truss.
Hoben personally rved as construction architect. First of all, in the lawn of the north side of the White Hou today built three brick kilns,
firing bricks, for the Capitol and the White
Hou building needs.
Architects on the construction of high quality requirements, many of the building materials from the United States the famous origin, so the construction period of a long delay, so that the
first president of Washington did not live here. When he left office, the residence had just completed the outline of the building.
During the construction period, Hoban continues to find skilled workers outside the United States, to meet the needs of the project. In 1793, he hired a group of tiles in Edinburgh, Scotland.
At the same time, he also hired some slaves. The ba of the White Hou and the stone ud by the facade, taken from the Virginia Glick stone. Stone was shipped along the Potomac River to
Washington. White Hou doors and windows and flooring ud in high quality timber, from North Carolina and Virginia. Lime taken from Maryland's Friedrich.
November 1, 1800, the cond US president John Adams, in his departure a few months before, live in the White Hou. The White Hou began to become a place where the President of the United
States worked and lived with his family. The third president, Jefferson, instructed the door to open the President's hou every morning, and the citizens could visit the residence without
affecting the president's office. This is a concrete manifestation of Jefferson's democratic thinking. The experience in Europe told him that the public was interested in the government's head
office.
In 1809, Madison entered the White Hou. The architect Wright Rob was appointed to decorate the oval hall and designed and manufactured the White Hou furniture.
In 1812, the cond British-American war occurred, the British army invaded Washington.
August 24, 1814, the British burned the building, leaving only an empty shelf.
In 1815, Hoban took office again, commanding the reconstruction of the White Hou, in 1817 in September before the completion of President Monroe.
In 1817, in order to cover up the traces of fire, President Monroe ordered a white paint on the gravel. Since then the president's residence has been called the "White Hou".
In 1834, the spring water into the White Hou, the end of the White Hou to pull out the history of water.
In 1848, the kerone lamp entered the White Hou.
In 1853, when Pierce rved as president, the central heating equipment was installed and the cond floor bathroom and toilet were rebuilt.
In 1857, built on the West platform glass greenhou.
In 1860, the outbreak of the Civil War, the White Hou became the center of decision-making and major activities, the cond floor office in the White Hou, Lincoln President signed the
famous liberation declaration.
In 1877, President Hayes entered the White Hou, the establishment of the library.
In 1882, the first elevator was ud in the White Hou.
In 1902, the United States President Theodore Roovelt officially named it "the White Hou", and later became synonymous with the US government.
In 1909, the western wing was expanded to build the famous oval office.
In 1913, the White Hou ro garden for the first time to grow ros.
In 1927, the construction of the White Hou third floor.
1929 Christmas Eve, the White Hou west of the fire, when President Herbert Hoover had to temporarily leave the Christmas party, command staff from the oval office to rescue the file.
In 1934, the west wing was renewed again. After the United States to participate in World War II, the White Hou has built the east wing and air defen, in the East platform to increa the
cinema.
In 1948, President Truman added a balcony at the Southern Colonnade,
carried out a thorough examination of the structural safety of the White Hou, found the problem riously, and decided
to make a thorough alteration. President Truman and his family moved to Blair, opposite Pennsylvania Avenue. The alteration of the original wallboard, smallpox and furniture of the White Hou,
the interior decoration redo, and the new foundation, bament and steel frame bearing structure.
In 1941, the number of employees in the residence was 62, the annual
budget of about 152,000 US dollars.
In 1965, the White Hou installed a fire alarm system.
July 1, 2021, the White Hou to cancel the implementation of more than 40 years of visitors to take pictures of the ban. From the date, visitors can u the phone or lens length of not more
than 3 inches 7.62 cm camera to take pictures, but not allowed to record.
Before the introduction of the program, Washington has long been on the future of the US presidential residence: it must not be a palace, must not be luxurious, becau the master of the work
here is the state rvant. He put forward the construction of the President's residence of the three requirements: spacious, strong, elegant, giving a feeling beyond the times. He believes that
his country will soon be strong and powerful, expand the territory, in
the world occupy an increasingly important position, the construction of the Presidential residence vague. For the
presidential residence that is about to begin to be designed and built, Washington insists that there is no need to be tall enough to have three levels.
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