Aaron--White+House

Have you ever wondered who built the white house or how old it is? The white house is historic mark in the U.S. history it has held the presidents from Adams to Obama. Though Washington was a president. ** “ **It’s over 200 years old and it was the first building that was built in the city of Washington D.C. named after pres. Washington.** ” ** ** (Cornerstone) ** It has a great history from when it was built from the ground up and up until now. ** “ **When Washington was elected president he wanted a grand palace or a president’s palace. So Washington hired a French architect and looked at his work and liked it but he wanted more choices. So Washington held a contest for 3 different architects to draw their best grand palace and he let the community pick which one was the best. A German architect won and built the white house.** ” ** ** (Cornerstone) ** ** “ **When America casted war against Britain the white house was burned down and rebuilt again after the war.** ”(White House) “ **A couple of president’s went by and another incident happened in the white house. William H. Taft was our fattest president and he broke the tub in the white house. Now they have a bigger tub in the new white house because of that.” ** (Presidents) ** ** “ **Since Washington and on down there have been more floors and wings added to the white house now there are 18 different floors and 2 different wings.** ”(Cornerstone) ** ** “ **The white house holds council meetings with the president and his politics. The white house also holds the presidents family. It serves as a mark of government for the U.S.** ” (history) ** ** “ **The white house will have more people to come like Obama and more. More parts may also be added to the white house.** ” (Present) ** So none major parts may also be taken away. The white house may also be torn down and rebuilt but then that’s just a theory. WORKS CITED PAGE.