The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S.
Top: the Executive Residence's northern façade with a columned portico facing the North Lawn and Lafayette Square in 2008 Bottom: the Executive Residence's southern façade with a semi-circular portico facing the South Lawn and The Ellipse in 2006
An aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner in April 2007
James Hoban's Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, whose design Washington admired
A 1793 elevation by James Hoban; his three-story, nine-bay original submission was altered into this two-story, 11-bay design.
The East Wing was a portion of the White House complex in Washington, D.C. that was built in 1902, significantly expanded in 1942, and controversially demolished in 2025. In the month prior to the dem
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…Residence, the third floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. The East Wing alterations were completed in 1946…
The East Wing of the White House in 2007
The White House East Entrance in 1899, before the first East Wing construction
The original East Wing shortly after its completion in 1902
Demolition of the East Wing on October 21, 2025