A     The White House is the home and main workplace of the President of the United States. The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban. It is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.. The building was built between 1792 and 1800 out of white-painted sandstone. It has been the home of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he expanded the building outward. It was originally called the Executive Mansion before being renamed the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt.

B     In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set on fire by the British Army in the Burning of Washington. The fire destroyed the inside of the house and burned much of the outside. Reconstruction began almost immediately. President James Monroe moved into the partially rebuilt house in October 1817.

C     Today, the White House grounds includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, East Wing, Blair House, and the Old Executive Office Building, a separate building west of the West Wing, in which houses the Vice President.

D     The White House is made up of six stories— the two story basement, The Ground Floor, The State Floor, The Second Floor and The Third Floor. In 2007, it was placed second on the American Institute of Architects list of "America's Favorite Architecture."