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The name "Executive Mansion" was used in official contexts until President Theodore Roosevelt established "The White House" as its formal name in 1901 via Executive Order. [38] The current letterhead wording and arrangement of "The White House" with the word "Washington" centered beneath it dates to the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt .
Upstairs at the White House: My Life With the First Ladies. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ISBN 069810546X. Whitcomb, John; Whitcomb, Claire (2002). Real Life at the White House: Two Hundred Years of Daily Life at America's Most Famous Residence. Florence, Ky.: Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415939515. White House Historical Association (1962).
The "Summer White House" is typically the name given to the summer vacation residence of the sitting president of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of presidents and their guests.
Bummer, George. Our nation's very first president, George Washington, picked the site for the White House and gave its design a thumbs-up. But he left office in 1797 and died in 1799, three years ...
The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0. West, J.B. with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies.
The White House Office was established in the Executive Office of the President by Reorganization Plan 1 of 1939 and Executive Order 8248 to provide assistance to the president in the performance of activities incident to his immediate office. [3]
As part of his decoration of the Obama White House, Smith oversaw the first family's move on the morning of January 20, 2009. Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White ...
The White House was wired for electricity in September 1891, but like a lot of people, Benjamin and Caroline Harrison weren't convinced that the electric lights were safe and refused to operate ...