LAFAYETTE PARK AND WHITE HOUSE

LAFAYETTE PARK

• 7 acre public park
• Used as many things...
• Officially named in 1824
• “President’s park”

FIRST CORNER

• Thaddeus Kosciusko

SECOND CORNER

• Jean De Rochambeau

THIRD cORNER

• Lafayette

FOURTH CORNER

• Wilhelm Von Steuben

CENTER

• President Jackson

WHITE HOUSE

HISTORY

• James Hoban design
• Selected 1971
• President family
• Fire 1814
• Renovation 1902
• 50 years later...

FACTS

• Facts: 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 6 levels... etc.
• 570 gallons of paint.
• Kitchen serves 140 guests.
• Official name chosen by Theodore Roosevelt.
• There are a couple of nicknames.