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Lafayette And White House

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LAFAYETTE PARK AND WHITE HOUSE

By Genevieve and Nevaeh

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

Photo by ThatMattWade

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.