WHITE HOUSEThe White House is situated in Washington, D.C. The architect was the Irish-American architect, James Habon. The white House is the official home and principal workplace of the President of the United State. It was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone. When construction was finished, the porous sandstone walls were coated with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead, giving the house its familiar color and name. The style of the building is Georgian Neoclassical. The White House is made up of six stories. This building has Executive Residence (where the First Family resides), the West Wing (the location of the Oval Office, Cabinet Rome and Roosevelt Room), and the East Wing (the location of the First Lady and White House Social Secretary), as well as Old Executive Office Building, which houses the executive offices of the President and Vice President. The White house included 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, twenty-eight fireplaces, eight staircases, three elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a (single-lane) bowling alley, a movie theater, a jogging track, a swimming pool, and a putting green. This well-known building receives about 5000 visitors a day.
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