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WHITE HOUSE, EAST ENTRANCE, WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Published by B. S. Reynolds Co., Washington, D. C.
09
WHITE HOUSE, Washington. The White House
has been the home of the Presidents from the time of
John Adams to the present. Washington selected the
site, laid the corner-stone in 1792, and with his wife
inspected the finished building in 1799. The build-
ing is of Virginia freestone. After the house had
been fired by British troops in 1814, and only the
walls were left standing, the restored exterior was
painted white to obliterate the marks of the fire.
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